Bill Rivers works in the office of the CEO at Palantir Technologies, Inc. Previously, he served as speechwriter to the Secretary of Defense in the first Trump Administration and held a variety of roles in the energy industry and the U.S. Senate. He is the bestselling author of the historical fiction novel Last Summer Boys (2022). He holds an MPA from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied as a Truman Scholar. He lives with his family in Virginia.