[IP] FCC Announces Senior Advisor on Broadband

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2009
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253 Email: mark.wigfield@fcc.gov

FCC ANNOUNCES SENIOR ADVISOR ON BROADBAND

Washington, D.C. –Dr. Carlos Kirjnerhas been named Senior Advisor to  
the Chairman
on Broadband.  Dr. Kirjner will lend his broad international expertise  
in the business, economics
and operations of the telecommunications industry to the Federal  
Communications
Commission’s development of a National Broadband Plan.

The American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act of 2009, directed the FCC to  
submit a
National Broadband Plan to Congress by February 17, 2010 that  
addresses broadband
deployment, adoption, affordability, and the use of broadband to  
advance solutions to national
priorities, including health care, education, energy efficiency,  
public safety, job creation,
investment, and others.

Dr. Kirjner has worked for 15 years in high-tech and telecom strategy,  
operations,
marketing, business development, and technology. Prior to joining the  
FCC he was Vice
President, Business Development, for Telegent Systems, Inc., a fabless  
semiconductor
manufacturer, where he led business development efforts. He was  
Director for New Business
Development at Vodafone Group, PLC. Before that, he was a partner at  
McKinsey& Co’s
telecommunications and high-tech practices, where he led work for  
clients in wireline and
wireless services, telecommunications equipment and consumer  
electronics manufacturers, IT
services providers, and public safety agencies. Dr. Kirjner has a PhD  
in Electrical Engineering
and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley,  
where he was awarded the
Sakrison Prize for outstanding and innovative research, an MSc with  
distinction in Electrical
Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and a  
BSc in Engineering
from Escola Politecnica de Universidade de Sao Paulo.



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