FCC's Institutional Memory Joins Cisco

The Washington Post's "In the Loop Column" reports that Bob Pepper, an institution at the FCC, one of the nation's leading telecom policy experts and an overall good guy, is heading to the private sector to join Cisco.  There's probably no one out there who has more institutional knowledge and memory of the FCC than Dr. Pepper.  More on the Post story here.

Washington Post

In the Loop by Al Kamen

June 27, 2005

Top FCC Adviser Goes Private

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Robert Pepper , a top adviser to the last six chairmen of the Federal Communications Commission over 19 years and an institution in the world of telecommunications, is heading to the private sector.

Pepper, most recently FCC chief of policy development, is joining Cisco Systems on July 1 as senior managing director, global advanced technology policy. A highly regarded expert in the telecommunications field, Pepper has been a key player in a number of telecommunications arenas, including the fallout from the break-up of AT&T and the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

When Pepper joined the FCC, it is said, they were still using rotary phones.