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TechNet Floats Names In CEO Search;
NY Stock Exchange Names New CTO
As Silicon Valley lobbying group TechNet is continuing its CEO search, some TechNet members have been floating the name Lewis Platt, Hewlett-Packard's former chairman and CEO, who retired last year and now runs a vineyard north of San Francisco. Hewlett-Packard has been a long-time member of the Washington, DC, lobbying community. Finding the right candidate who understands Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley, as well as commanding the respect of the industry is not an easy job, according to search team staff. Former CEO, Roberta Katz, left TechNet earlier in the month to start up her own Internet business.
Microsoft's Washington, DC, government affairs manager Julie Inman has moved "down under" to become corporate affairs manager for Microsoft's Australia and New Zealand office. Inman had been one of Microsoft's first employees in Washington and worked on research and development, taxes, financial services, immigration, education, banking and trade issues for the software company. Prior to Microsoft, Inman was a staff member with Rep. John Miller, R-WA. Microsoft is looking for a replacement for Inman in the DC office.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew strolled through the media tents at the GOP convnetion last week to offer counter spin to the Republican convention and to promote a number of DNC created Web sites including "IknowWhatYouDidInTexas.com" that were critical of George W. Bush's record on healthcare and environmental issues.
At the GOP convention in Philadelphia last week, Cisco Systems lobbyists Bruce Mehlman and Michael Timmeny and Gateway lobbyist Donald McClellan wound their way through the crowd on convention floor last Tuesday night to say hello to delegates from the state of California, who had prominent spots in the front row of the state seats directly in front of the podium where Texas Gov. George W. Bush made his nomination acceptance speech.
Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta swore in Arthur Campbell of Chattanooga, TN, Thursday as assistant secretary of commerce for economic development. Campbell will serve as the principal adviser to Mineta on matters concerning the economic development of states, regions, areas, districts, centers and communities in the United States and its possessions. The swearing in comes on the heels of Clinton's recess appointment of Campbell on Thursday.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobbyist William Morley has been promoted to vice president, putting him second in command of what has become one of the most robust lobbying shops on K St. The Chamber now sports about 20 full-time lobbyists, who will continue to be headed by Senior Vice President Lonnie Taylor. Over the past year, Morley has been a point man on two of Chamber President Thomas Donohue's top priorities — limiting lawsuits related to the Year 2000 computer problem and passing permanent normal trade relations status for China. As vice president, Morley said he will continue to work Capitol Hill, but also will help coordinate the Chamber's lobbyists and steer the group's political operation.
Rochelle Cohen, deputy director of AT&T's media relations in Washington, DC, is leaving the telecommunications giant for a start-up. Effective August 7, Cohen will be the director of corporate communications at FOLIOfn, a Web-based financial services company in Vienna, VA. FOLIOfn allows individuals to buy personalized baskets of stocks over the Internet for a flat subscription fee. Cohen said it was a tough decision and although she didn't like the thought of leaving AT&T, she disliked the idea of passing up the chance to join this new company even more.
President Clinton appointed Craig Mundie as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Wednesday. Mundie, of Redmond, WA, currently serves as senior vice president of consumer strategy at Microsoft. In this capacity, he reports to the chairman and works with him on developing a comprehensive strategy for Microsoft's offerings to consumers and, in addition, coordinates implementation of the products and services across all Microsoft product groups. Mundie also is responsible for developing and maintaining Microsoft's relationships with major strategic alliances in the consumer electronic arena. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1992, Mundie was a co-founder and CEO of Alliant Computer Systems. The advisory committee is made up of high-tech industry executives who advise the White House on the nation's security against telecommunications attacks, such as computer hacking. Other members include Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers and AT&T CEO C. Michael Armstrong. The panel is chaired by Van Honeycutt, chairman and CEO of Computer Sciences.
Cisco Systems, the network equipment company that provides much of the infrastructure for the Internet, announced two high-profile additions to its board on Monday. Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, which operates the world's most popular portal, and Larry Carter, chief financial officer of Cisco Systems, were elected by the board in June. The election raises the number of board members to 12.
The New York Stock Exchange's board of directors announced last week that Roger Burkhardt will be the exchange's new chief technology officer and senior vice president. Burkhardt will lead the technology division and manage the exchange's relationship with Securities Industry Automation, the technology subsidiary of the exchange. He also will coordinate business and technology strategies and will be a member of the management committee. Burkhardt, who was most recently president of listing equities at Jersey City, NJ-based Optimark Technologies, will replace William Bautz, who retired. Burkhardt also worked at IBM as a systems engineer and sales manager.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation last week announced the recent addition of a new board member, professor Pamela Samuelson, and two new members of the staff — legal director Cindy Cohen and senior staff attorney Lee Tien. Samuelson is a professor of law and information management at the University of California at Berkeley and a world-renowned expert on cyberlaw and intellectual property. She also is a director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. Cohn specializes in Internet-related civil litigation, including cases involving free speech, encryption, spam, domain names, privacy, unfair competition and defamation. In 1997, she was named one of California's lawyers of the year by California Lawyer magazine for her work on Internet issues. Tien has practiced law for nine years and specializes in First Amendment cases and has worked in private practice in cases involving cyberlaw. He is currently a co-host of the Legal Conference on the online community at the WELL.
Adam Eisgrau recently joined The Wexler Group as a principal and director focusing on electronic commerce and telecommunications policy issues. Before joining Wexler, Eisgrau spent a year and half as director of government relations for Handgun Control, a group focused on preventing handgun violence. He said he was drawn to his new job by the opportunity to work on "cutting edge issues in the commercial sphere." Prior to his stint at Handgun Control, Eisgrau served as legislative counsel for the American Library Association where he worked on such issues as trying to balance fair use rights with protection of intellectual property on the Internet. From 1993 to 1995, Eisgrau served as counsel for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on the Judiciary Committee.
CIT Group has named John Fischer to the position of president of technology financing at CIT Equipment Financing in Livingston, NJ. Fischer has served as CIT's CIO and executive vive president for the past eight syears and was responsible for all CIT's information technology initiatives. In 1999, Fisher and his IT team helped CIT to be recognized by Information Week as the No. 1 technology innovator in the financial services industry worldwide. He was also selected as one of the "Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2000" by ComputerWorld. Prior to joining CIT, Fischer was CIO of the New York Stock Exchange and was previously managmer of application systems at Smith Barney.
CapNet hosted a Technology Forum lunch for Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-MD, at the headquarters of America Online on Monday. Representatives from EWA Information & Infrastructure Technologies, Cable & Wireless USA, Computer Associates, Winstar Communications, Intuit and Motorola. Topics of discussion were Internet security, the digital divide, broadband access, and government competition against private industry.
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