Andrew Mclaughlin

Andrew McLaughlin, Entrepreneur in Progress. From 2009-2010, Andrew McLaughlin served in President Obama's White House as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the U.S, focusing on Internet, tech, and innovation policy, including open government, network security, online privacy and free speech, R&D, spectrum policy, and building open technology platforms in health care, energy, and education. From November 2008 to January 2009, Andrew served as a member of the Obama/Biden presidential transition team in Washington. From 2004-2009, he was Director of Global Public Policy for Google, based in San Francisco. From 1998-2005, Andrew was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. From Andrew launched and managed ICANN, the Internet's technical coordinating organization, serving as Vice President and Chief Policy Officer. From 2002-2003, Andrew taught at Harvard Law School while working on Internet and telecom law reform projects in a number of developing countries, including Ghana, Mongolia, Kenya, Afghanistan, and South Africa. He was a co-founder of CIPESA, a technology policy think-tank and advocacy center based at Makerere University in Uganda. At Google, Andrew was co-leader of Google's Africa strategy, and a member of the Board of Directors of Bridges.org, an international non-profit organization based in Cape Town. Andrew's undergraduate degree is from Yale University, and his law degree is from Harvard Law School.