While rumor has it that the economy may not be doing so hot, for the time being, at least, plenty of good people continue to get good jobs in our little happy niche.
The big inside baseball gossip item of the week was that Dean Garfield, the MPAA's chief strategic officer, grabbed the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) top gig. Garfield is replacing the well-respected Rhett Dawson, who helped make ITI a strong DC lobbying force for the industry.
Andrew Noyes asks Garfield the obvious question:
Q: What do you say to those who question a content industry executive's appointment to a leadership post at a high-tech trade group?
A: I spend lot of time being creative and one thing I know is that in a time of change, the old rules don’t always work and the old alliances don’t always work. They remain valuable but you have to work hard at building new relationships. Sure, we may have had our policy differences on various issues but I've tried to instill a belief in being pragmatic and not making it personal. As time goes on, trust that my interest will be consistent with stakeholders at ITI.
Also announced this week, was the big move from Senator Diane Feinstein's top aide Peter Cleveland to Intel as their new VP of global public policy. Politico notes:
A 17-year Hill veteran, Cleveland has worked for the Democratic senator from California for four years, two as legislative director and two as chief of staff.
He’ll be joining a company working to raise its Washington profile.
Since May, Intel has been running an inside-the-Beltway ad campaign, highlighting its $40 billion investment in stateside capital and research and development projects. The company has also been touting the fact that it manufacturers three-fourths of its chips domestically even though it earns 80 percent of its revenue outside the country.
Joining Cleveland in the DC office is former FTC chair Deborah Majoras' Chief of Staff Brian Huseman. I got to know Brian when he was at the FCC and was always impressed by his boss's tech savvyness. I'm sure some credit should go to Brian. He is also a nice guy that I like even more because he acknowledged that this little blog tipped him to the fact that Intel might be hiring.
Last but absolutely not least is the move by Jamie Hedlund from Yahoo! to the Consumer Electronics Association as their new VP of regulatory affairs responsible for all things FCC. Jamie is a great guy who will be very successful at CEA. We at 463 wish him well in his new gig.
Congrats all.
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