Carl E. Schonander

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About Carl E. Schonander

As a tech policy government relations executive, I am committed to advocating for the proposition that key to unleashing the next wave of innovation is to invest in emerging technologies such as blockchain, fintech, AI, big data, quantum, and other technologies. This should be coupled with risk based regulation, modern digital trade rules, including cross-border data flows, and respect for intellectual property rights. Professional Value Provide political risk judgment, particularly with respect to tech sector Develop collaboratively credible comments/reports that resonate with policymakers Oversee production and rollout of White Papers including “roadshows” of reports Manage consultants and lobbyists to achieve specific goals Create diverse teams to advocate for politically challenging tech policy positions Stage high impact events that bring together relevant players Inform business units regarding pertinent legislative and regulatory trends Advise companies on how to use government resources to open foreign markets Counsel on Environment, Social & Governance posture Career Highlights Played key role in persuading U.S. government to include financial data in trade agreement commitments to permit cross-border financial data flows through developing language to assure regulators that they could access data in real time while preserving trade law consistency. Facilitated contractual confidentiality compromises to win support for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to allow transatlantic data flows. Coordinated passage of Judicial Redress Act, to obtain EU support for the Shield. Thousands of firms depended on this to continue business with the EU. Drove approval for Marrakesh and Beijing Treaties through the U.S. interagency process. Helped secure industry support for Marrakesh Treaty through reassurances on the “three-step-test.” Expertise Advocacy & Negotiation |Fintech and Blockchain | Privacy/Data Governance | Digital Trade | ESG Intellectual Property |Data Flows | Artificial Intelligence | Political Risk Analysis | Export Promotion