Berkeley, CA · 37.87° N, 122.27° W · Reporting for duty in AI safety

Samuele Gabriele.

Operational discipline from the Army. Analytical precision from the law. A writer's care for getting the words right. All of it pointed at one problem: helping the people working to make AI development go well — through operations coordination logistics program design writing .

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The StoryLa storia

From Naples to Berkeley to the mission

I grew up between two languages and two ways of doing things — Neapolitan warmth and American directness. Berkeley raised me; the pool deck gave me my first jobs; a gelato counter on Shattuck Avenue made me an ambassador for the country I came from. Then military college taught me something neither had: that chaos yields to planning, and that the person holding the timeline holds the mission together.

I commissioned as an Army officer at nineteen and studied law and public policy at USC by day. Somewhere between briefing wildfire response operations and writing a thesis on international human rights law, the two threads braided into one conviction: the most important technology of our time deserves the most disciplined operations behind it. That's the work I want — and the story below is my case for why I'm built for it.

BASE — Berkeley, California

COMMISSION — 2LT, May 2024

B.S. — Legal Studies, USC '26

A.S. — Business Admin, VFMC '24 · cum laude

FOCUS — Public policy & law

LANGUAGES — EN · IT · NAP · LA

ISBN — 978-1662944284

Napoli

The roots

Berkeley

Raised & based

Valley Forge

Forged · A.S. '24

Los Angeles

USC & the Guard

The Mission

AI safety operations

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AI Safety & Program Operations

The mission · Why I'm here

My target is operations and program coordination at mission-driven AI safety organizations — the connective tissue that lets researchers do their best work. The case I make is simple: the Army already trained me to run programs. The translation is nearly one-to-one:

Mission analysis → defining the end state

Synchronization matrix → run-of-show

Logistics planning → AV, catering & setup

Site reconnaissance → venue walkthrough

After-action review → post-event debrief

Orders & briefings → docs people act on

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Second Lieutenant, CA Army National Guard

Commissioned May 2024 · The proving ground

As a platoon-level officer I plan and execute operations end to end: objectives, risk assessment, timelines, briefings, written orders, after-action reports — under compressed deadlines, with full accountability. During the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and federal civil-support activations, I coordinated alongside law enforcement, emergency services, and federal partners in fast-moving, high-visibility conditions.

I also serve as the unit's Master Fitness Trainer — a training program I designed, scheduled, and ran from scratch for a large group of soldiers, with curriculum design, feedback loops, and continuous refinement.

Full service record ↓

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B.S. Legal Studies, USC '26

A.S. Business Administration, VFMC '24 · Cum Laude

Public policy & law · The analytical engine

My degree centers on public policy and the law — Policy Analysis, Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Legal Writing & Research — with coursework that reached into the law, policy, and ethics of big data and AI: algorithmic decision-making, predictive analytics, privacy, and discrimination. It builds on an A.S. in Business Administration from Valley Forge Military College, completed cum laude in 2024. As a legal intern at Forward Self Help Inc., I put that training to work under real deadlines, with accuracy held across a high volume of files.

Education & honors ↓

Published Author

Rapid Heart Movement · The craft of words

I independently published Rapid Heart Movement (ISBN 978-1662944284), a poetry collection, owning the entire cycle from structure through line editing to final manuscript. I took first place in the Dante Alighieri Poetry Contest for the Western U.S., and my USC capstone thesis is a long-form work of international human rights research with a full citation apparatus. Writing isn't a hobby beside my work — it's the same discipline: precision, structure, and respect for the reader.

Research & writing ↓

In my world, imprecise writing has real-world consequences.

Orders

Written for soldiers who execute them

Briefings

2025 LA wildfire response

Case files

Accuracy held under deadline

A book

Poetry — final & in print

The RecordIl percorso

MAY 2024 — PRESENT Second Lieutenant · California Army National Guard +

Plan and execute platoon-level operations end to end — objectives, risk assessment, timelines, briefings, written orders, and after-action reports under compressed deadlines. Coordinated multi-agency response during the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and federal civil-support activations. Serve as the unit's Master Fitness Trainer, running a training program built from scratch.

SPRING 2026 Legal Intern · Forward Self Help Inc. +

Conducted legal research and synthesized findings into written summaries; organized documentation, intake records, and filing systems with version control across a high volume of ongoing cases, maintaining accuracy under deadline pressure.

2020 — 2025 Lifeguard / Fitness Staff · UC Berkeley Recreation +

Held safety responsibility for high-traffic aquatic and fitness facilities: opened and closed venues, managed deck setup and breakdown, monitored compliance, and kept administrative records — years of hands-on facilities and operations work where attention can never lapse.

2019 — 2021 Swim & Water Polo Instructor · UC Berkeley, Blue Camp +

Taught Red Cross levels 1–7, created and managed a water polo class for ages 7–13, wrote pupil evaluations, and worked extensively with children with special needs — patient, structured teaching where trust is everything.

2020 — 2022 Sales Associate · Caravaggio Gelato Lab, Berkeley +

Served as the lab's Italian ambassador — made and served gelato, ran the register, and kept the shop stocked and spotless. Customer service the Neapolitan way: fast, warm, and exact.

EDUCATION USC & Valley Forge Military College · Degrees & honors +

B.S. in Legal Studies, University of Southern California (2026) — a public policy–centered program: Policy Analysis, Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Legal Writing, with coursework in the Law, Policy & Ethics of Big Data and AI. A.S. in Business Administration, Valley Forge Military College (2024), Cum Laude — RECONDO Award (2023), Ranger Challenge 1st among U.S. Junior Colleges (2022 & 2023), 2+2 National Army ROTC Scholarship, Civilian Sponsored Scholarship. Cyber Security Certificate, CSFI Cyber Ops Labs (2024).

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Research & WritingRicerca e scrittura

Poetry Collection

Rapid Heart Movement

An independently published poetry collection. I owned the full cycle — structure, line editing, and final manuscript preparation through publication.

ISBN 978-1662944284

Capstone Thesis · USC

International Human Rights Law and Its Failures

Long-form research on the application and enforcement of the UN Charter, Genocide Convention, and Geneva Conventions, integrating primary legal sources, UN reports, and scholarly commentary with a full citation apparatus.

2026

Award

Dante Alighieri Poetry Contest

First place, Western U.S. region — recognized for written expression and command of language across English and Italian.

First Place · 2022

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Four languages · quattro lingue

English and Italian at native level, Neapolitan from the kitchen table, and Latin advanced enough to read the originals.

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Gelato · il gelato

Two years behind the counter at Caravaggio Gelato Lab — the most honest customer feedback loop there is.

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Water · l'acqua

Lifeguard, swim instructor, water polo player and coach. Years of watching, teaching, and staying calm when it counts.

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Poetry · la poesia

The book I published, Rapid Heart Movement, is a poetry collection — the discipline of saying exactly what you mean in as few words as possible.

ContactContatti

Building something in AI safety? Let's talk.

samueleg@usc.edu LinkedIn ↗ Berkeley · San Francisco Bay Area Available for operations & program roles

«This school will really make me: a better son, a better person, a better athlete, a better adult.»

— "Dear Mom" · written from Valley Forge, week one · Rapid Heart Movement