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Andrew McLaughlin

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Country: USA
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Andrew McLaughlin is an Entrepreneur based in Washington D.C. Metro Area.[1] In December 2010, he announced that he was leaving the White House to launch two Internet start-ups. He has plans to teach technology law and policy in the future.[2]

Education

McLaughlin graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1994 with a J.D.[3] He completed his B.A from Yale University in 1991.[4]

Career History

  • Served in President Obama's White House as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the U.S (July 2009 – January 2011)
  • Director of Global Public Policy at Google Inc. (January 2004 – June 2009)
  • Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School (1998 – 2005).[5]
  • Vice President & Chief Policy Officer at ICANN (December 1998 – June 2002).
  • Counsel at U.S. House of Representatives (January 1997 – January 1998).
  • Associate at Jenner & Block (1995 – 1997).
  • Law clerk at United States Court of Appeals (1994 – 1995).[6]
  • He was a memeber of the Board of Directors at Bridges.org.[7]

Work with ICANN

From 1999-2002, Andrew helped to launch and manage the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), serving as Vice President, Chief Policy Officer, and Chief Financial Officer. ICANN is the global non-profit organization responsible for coordinating the Internet's systems of unique identifiers, such as domain names and IP addresses.

Awards and Honors

In 2000, Time named Andrew one of its Digital Dozen. In 2001, he was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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