ITI Adds Tech Policy Veteran to Advocacy Team
WASHINGTON — Today, global tech trade association ITI announced that Cisco Minthorn will join as Vice President for Government Affairs. In his role, Minthorn will lead ITI’s trade advocacy, including digital trade and market access agreements, and contribute to ITI’s legislative and political strategy. He comes to ITI from the Intel Corporation, where he served as Senior Director of Government Relations and Senior Counsel.
“ITI members count on us as the most trusted technology policy voice in the world,” said ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman. “Cisco’s deep experience advocating for the global tech industry and serving in the Obama Administration and U.S. Congress will provide enormous value to ITI members and the tech industry.”
“ITI is at the center of the world’s most pressing policy issues,” said Minthorn. “I am excited to join its team and work on behalf of ITI’s members to navigate the complex tech policy landscape while promoting innovation.”
Prior to joining ITI, Minthorn was a Senior Director of Government Relations and Senior Counsel at Intel Corporation’s Global Government Affairs group, based in Washington, DC. His work focused on ensuring the global public policy environment is conducive to the development of world-changing technologies including artificial intelligence, exascale computing, and quantum information science, and that the next generation of scientists and engineers are supported through investments in research infrastructure and STEM education initiatives. During his time at Intel, Minthorn completed a rotation in its Brussels office where he examined the impact of EU investments into indigenous technologies and its ramifications on the global competitiveness of the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Prior to joining Intel, Minthorn served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, on matters of federal Indian law and policy, and oversaw the Department of Commerce’s legislative agenda related to economic development initiatives. Prior to his service in the Obama Administration, Minthorn worked on Capitol Hill for several years, serving as counsel to three congressional committees in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, where he focused on a wide variety of matters related to energy, natural resources and environment policy, and tribal issues.
An attorney, Minthorn earned both a Juris Doctor and Master of Urban Planning degrees from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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