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At the FCC Dr. Pepper focused on issues such as implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to [[digital television]], designing and implementing the first U.S. [[spectrum]] auctions<ref>[http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031006-30</ref>, and developing policies promoting the development of the Internet. |
At the FCC Dr. Pepper focused on issues such as implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to [[digital television]], designing and implementing the first U.S. [[spectrum]] auctions<ref>[http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=031006-30</ref>, and developing policies promoting the development of the Internet. |
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Before joining the FCC, he was Director of the [[Annenberg |
Before joining the FCC, he was Director of the [[Annenberg Washington Program]] in Communications Policy. His government service also included Acting Associate Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ([[NTIA]]) and initiating a program on Computers, Communications and Information Policy at the [[National Science Foundation]]. <ref>[http://www.itif.org/people/robert-pepper]</ref> |
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His academic appointments included faculty positions at the Universities of Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and as a research affiliate at Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and advisory boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, the UK’s Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy |
His academic appointments included faculty positions at the Universities of Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and as a research affiliate at Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and advisory boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, the UK’s Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy |
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Revision as of 02:50, 17 May 2011
Robert M. Pepper PhD (born February 10, 1948 in New York City) leads Cisco’s International Government Affairs team including driving the Cisco global agenda for advanced technology policy. He works to craft policy in areas such as broadband, IP enabled services, wireless, security and privacy and ICT development. Robert joined Cisco in July 2005 from the FCC where he served as Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy and Chief of Policy Development beginning in 1989. The Office of Plans and Policy has since become OSP[1].
At the FCC Dr. Pepper focused on issues such as implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to digital television, designing and implementing the first U.S. spectrum auctions[2], and developing policies promoting the development of the Internet.
Before joining the FCC, he was Director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy. His government service also included Acting Associate Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and initiating a program on Computers, Communications and Information Policy at the National Science Foundation. [3]
His academic appointments included faculty positions at the Universities of Iowa, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, and as a research affiliate at Harvard University. He serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and advisory boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, the UK’s Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy
Pepper received his BA. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.