FCC: Technical Advisory Council Appointments

The FCC announced the appointment of six members of its Technical Advisory Council (TAC) today, whose purpose will be to share recommendations and ideas to the Chairman on relevant topics affecting the regulation of technological innovations in the United States. The members, with backgrounds ranging from finance, technology, and integration, held their first meeting in December 2010 to discuss strategies to stimulate the nation's broadband evolution.

 

The new Technical Advisory Council members are:

• Shahid Ahmed, a global leader for the Wireless Technology Consulting Practice
• General Wesley Clark, U.S. Army former Four-Star General and Chairman and CEO of Wesley K. Clark and Associates
• Paul Mankiewich, Chief Architect at Mobility Solutions and Juniper Networks
• John Marinho, Director of Enterprise Mobility Solutions at Dell, Inc.
• Deven Parekh, Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners
• Russ Gyurek, Office of the CTO at Cisco Systems

For more information visit http://www.fcc.gov/