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Inside Intel: A Peek At Pet Policies
by Randy Barrett
New Intel CEO Paul Otellini was seen regaling staffers in the bowels of the Capitol during an off-the-record, meet-and-greet session early Tuesday.
Otellini had plenty to say, but because the rules of engagement required the excision of all words leaving his mouth -- and nixed notations of who was there -- suffice it to say the usual industry suspects were in attendance munching dry bagels, sipping coffee and looking well showered.
Otellini has some large cordovans to fill. His predecessor, Craig Barrett, was a regular Washington fixture. According to materials smuggled out of the event, Intel has a busy policy agenda for 2006.
Topping the list is support of the new competitiveness initiative recently outlined by President Bush. Capitol guards down the hall reported many positive-sounding murmurings emanating from the room during that portion of Otellini's talk.
The company also plans to push for wider deployment of high-speed Internet service, particularly the kind based on the WiMAX wireless technology. To help make that happen, Intel supports harmonization of spectrum allocations among countries.
Intel also supports adoption of health information technology and is asking Congress to fully fund the Health and Human Services Department office focused on that issue, as well as to approve related legislation.
Also on the plate is patent reform. "Intel will support legislation that imposes rational rules on damages awarded and puts procedures into effect to minimize damage from patent trolls," the materials said. An Intel official coined the term "patent trolls" to describe firms that acquire tech patents and then seek settlements from companies that could be infringing on them.
On trade, Intel wants modernized export controls, and the company plans to work with policymakers on upcoming World Trade Organization negotiations on tariff elimination and strong intellectual property rights.
AeA Welcomes Procurement Expert
The tech group AeA has hired Goldy Kamali as national government procurement officer and events manager.
The association said Kamali will coordinate national procurement events for AeA industry members and advise clients. She also will keep them abreast of federal and state procurement news and programs, the acquisition process and legislative/executive branch issues.
Kamali comes from Onvia, where she was a corporate sales manager. "Goldy has an intimate understanding of the high-tech industry, and her experience will serve our members well," AeA President Bill Archey said in a statement. "We feel very fortunate to have her on board."
Earlier in her career, Kamali spent eight years in various senior-level sales jobs within the telecommunications industry, most recently at XO Communications.
AeA also announced a new technology for government task force. The group will help foster relationships for its members to do business with state and federal governments through programs and events around the United States.
Task force members include: AAJ Technologies, American Science and Engineering, Apple Computer, Cienna, Citrix, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Infovista, Intel, Manugistics, Oberthur, Palm, Secure Computing, Symantec, Symbol Technologies and Sun Microsystems.
"The task force will bring government leaders face to face with innovation that can enhance areas of state and federal government in all areas, from homeland security, cyber security and constituent resources," AeA Procurement Director Greg Poersch said in a statement.
Future procurement events are scheduled for Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
New Chief for Satellite Company
Michael Targoff has been named CEO of Loral Space and Communications. He succeeds Loral chief Bernard Schwartz, who retired Feb. 1 after spending 34 years at the company.
Targoff worked at Loral for 17 years earlier in his career and was a member of the company's board. "The knowledge of both the company and the industry that [Michael] Targoff has accumulated over his long relationship with Loral will certainly serve the company well, and we are fortunate that he has accepted this new assignment," Schwartz said in a statement.
Targoff is the founder of Michael B. Targoff & Company, a telecommunications industry investment firm. He also is chairman of Communication Power Industries and Leap Wireless International. And Targoff is a director of ViaSat, as well as non-executive chairman of three private telecom companies.
Loral also named Mark Rachesky as non-executive chairman.
In other corporate news, Dallas-based Internet America has named Jennifer LeBlanc as chief financial officer. LeBlanc comes from the Pannell, Kerr and Forster accounting firm in Texas. Before that, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
LeBlanc will relocate Internet America's accounting and finance operations to Houston, where the firm will establish a new headquarters.
"We are very excited to have an experienced financial manager such as Jennifer joining our team," Chief Operating Officer Glen Blackmon said. "Over the past few months, Jennifer, in a consulting role with us, has been leading the restructuring of our financial management and reporting systems to accommodate our continued focus on our wireless Internet access business."
Elsewhere, Harry Raduege has been named chairman of the Deloitte and Touche's new Center for Network Innovation. The Washington-based center will help clients develop solutions for increasingly interdependent technology systems. It also will provide leadership and a meeting place for network-centric solutions in business and government, and on the battlefield.
An Air Force general until last year, Raduege most recently led net-centric operations as director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. He previously directed command-and-control systems for the headquarters of North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Command, and he directed communications and information at Air Force Space Command headquarters. He also served as the chief information officer for all three commands.
Asian Internet Provider Adds CEO to Board
Singapore-based Pacific Internet has named its CEO, Teck Moh Phey, to its board. He joined the company in mid-January.
Phey has spent 20 years in the Asian telecom business and did stints at Compaq and Motorola.
In related regional news, Shanghai-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International has announced a change of executives. Cai Lai Xing resigned as non-executive director and was replaced by Fang Yao.
"Mr. Cai confirmed that he has no disagreement with the board and that there are no other matters in respect of his resignation that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the company," SMI said in a statement.
Finalists For Electronics Awards Named
The Consumer Electronics Association has named the finalists for its 2006 Mark of Excellence Awards, which recognizes leaders in custom products, services and installations for home users.
The finalists include: Colorado vNet, Denon Electronics, Krell Industries, LG Electronics, NuVo Technologies, Phase Technology, Russound, Sonance and others. Winners will be announced at an awards banquet on March 31, 2006 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla.
Quote Of The Week
"In order for America to be a competitive nation in the years to come, we have got to have a workforce that is strong in engineering and science and physics. ... And so we have a choice to make: Do we want to retreat, become protectionist; or do we want to seize the moment and shape our future?"
-- President Bush, speaking at a school in Dallas on Friday.
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