Brad Bernthal
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Brad leads the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic (LAWS 7619) and the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic (LAWS 7809). In addition to his clinical instruction, Brad teaches doctrinal courses in the areas of telecom policy, spectrum management, and entrepreneurial finance. Prior to joining Colorado Law as an Associate Clinical Professor, Brad served as the Silicon Flatirons Fellow for 2005-2007, a research associate appointment associated with the Silicon Flatirons Center. His current research involves telecommunications policy issues with a focus on spectrum management, public safety, and so-called 'smart' radios (i.e., cognitive and software defined radios). Brad also teaches in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program ("ITP").
Prior to law school, Brad conducted legislative research as a staff assistant to United States Senator Robert Kerrey. Brad started his legal career in San Francisco with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. He then returned to Denver where he practiced at Hogan & Hartson, LLP before most recently working for the Boulder law firm of Berg, Hill, Greenleaf and Ruscitti LLP.
Professor Bernthal discusses with Fox Business why entrepreneurs are flocking to Boulder and how it is benefiting the state and school.
Prior to law school, Brad conducted legislative research as a staff assistant to United States Senator Robert Kerrey. Brad started his legal career in San Francisco with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. He then returned to Denver where he practiced at Hogan & Hartson, LLP before most recently working for the Boulder law firm of Berg, Hill, Greenleaf and Ruscitti LLP.
Professor Bernthal discusses with Fox Business why entrepreneurs are flocking to Boulder and how it is benefiting the state and school.
Christie Cadwell
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Chris Cadwell has over 20 years of experience in both engineering and marketing in the telecommunications industry. Chris began her career designing telephony surveillance systems for the Department of Defense. She later moved into digital video at startup C-Cube Microsystems, where she helped develop the world's first real-time MPEG2 encoder chips, for which her team was awarded an Emmy in 1995 for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development.At C-Cube, she managed the development of the uplink encoder boards for the first digital satellite television system to launch in the U.S. (DirecTV).
Cadwell created and managed the Technical Marketing department at C-Cube, and in 1997 she transitioned into Product Marketing. In 1999, she moved into the wireless arena, joining a startup called Handspring with the goal of launching the tiny company into the smartphone market. She was Product Manager for Handspring's first smartphone, the VisorPhone, and was the Director of the Wireless Marketing group at Handspring through the development of the successful Treo line of smartphones. Handspring was acquired by Palm in 2003, and now Chris is Director of Software at Palm, Inc.
Cadwell created and managed the Technical Marketing department at C-Cube, and in 1997 she transitioned into Product Marketing. In 1999, she moved into the wireless arena, joining a startup called Handspring with the goal of launching the tiny company into the smartphone market. She was Product Manager for Handspring's first smartphone, the VisorPhone, and was the Director of the Wireless Marketing group at Handspring through the development of the successful Treo line of smartphones. Handspring was acquired by Palm in 2003, and now Chris is Director of Software at Palm, Inc.
Bill Ernstrom
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Bill Ernstrom is a Quadrant Associate. He has worked in both large corporations and smaller, entrepreneurial companies during his 20 year career in business. After working for a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company in various information technology roles, Mr. Ernstrom turned his sights on setting off on his own. As its president and CEO, he successfully founded and guided a venture-backed company through start-up, rapid growth, market leadership, acquisitions and eventual sale. He has played the roles of entrepreneur, director, chairman and investor. Mr. Ernstrom was also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization for 6 years. In 2005, he embarked on a new journey in personal growth and coaching. Since then, he has attended numerous trainings and co-facilitated YPO forum retreats. He has his master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and undergraduate degrees from Hamilton College and Columbia University. He lives in Colorado with his wife and three children.
Richard Green
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Richard Green is the former President and CEO of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs). In this position, he headed the research and development organization responsible for charting the cable television industry’s course in technology. Dr. Green had served in this role for 20 years as the first CEO of the labs. During his tenure CableLabs successfully helped the cable industry enter a new era of standards based new business endeavors such as high speed Internet access and digital voice. Prior to CableLabs, Dr. Green was a senior vice president of broadcast operations and engineering at the Public Broadcasting Service, where his contributions included construction of national network origination and transmission facilities. Before that, he helped organize and establish the Advanced Television Systems Committee, a multi-industry-supported organization founded to develop voluntary national standards for advanced television. Dr. Green was director of the CBS Advanced Television Technology Laboratory in Stamford, Conn.
In addition to his work at CBS in digital television and high-definition TV, he participated in the international standardization efforts that date from the late 1970s and chaired the committee that eventually developed CCIR (now ITU-R) Recommendation 601, a worldwide television standard for digital signals.
CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by cable operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives.
In addition to his work at CBS in digital television and high-definition TV, he participated in the international standardization efforts that date from the late 1970s and chaired the committee that eventually developed CCIR (now ITU-R) Recommendation 601, a worldwide television standard for digital signals.
CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by cable operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives.
Dale Hatfield
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Dale N. Hatfield is an independent consultant; a Senior Fellow with the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship; and an Adjunct Professor in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was recently the Executive Director of the Silicon Flatirons Center. Prior to joining the University of Colorado, Mr. Hatfield was the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission and, immediately before that he was Chief Technologist at the Agency. He retired from the Commission and government service in December 2000.
Before joining the Commission in December 1997, Mr. Hatfield was Chief Executive Officer of Hatfield Associates, Inc., a Boulder, Colorado based multidisciplinary telecommunications consulting firm. Before founding the consulting firm in 1982, he was Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Before moving to NTIA, Mr. Hatfield was Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy at the FCC. Mr. Hatfield has nearly four decades of experience in telecommunications policy and regulation.
Before joining the Commission in December 1997, Mr. Hatfield was Chief Executive Officer of Hatfield Associates, Inc., a Boulder, Colorado based multidisciplinary telecommunications consulting firm. Before founding the consulting firm in 1982, he was Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Acting Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Before moving to NTIA, Mr. Hatfield was Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy at the FCC. Mr. Hatfield has nearly four decades of experience in telecommunications policy and regulation.
Bob Kois
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Bob Kois, PMP, graduated from the University of Colorado in 1976 and earned an MBA from the University of Denver in 1998. After five years at Johnson & Johnson in Operations Management and Marketing Management, Mr. Kois spent 21 years at StorageTek in both Functional and Project Management, overseeing Hardware and Software Development Teams. Serving on the MileHi Project Management Education Team, he has taught PMP Certification Exam Prep for the past fifteen years and today served as President for PMI MileHi Chapter.
Mr. Kois was Chairman of the PMI Global Ethics Committee for the Project Management Institute. He taught Leadership Principles at Gindiri College in Nigeria in 2002 and 2005. Today, as President of EPIC PM Inc, Mr. Kois consults and teaches Project Management for companies and individuals along the Front Range while Lecturing at the University of Colorado.
Mr. Kois was Chairman of the PMI Global Ethics Committee for the Project Management Institute. He taught Leadership Principles at Gindiri College in Nigeria in 2002 and 2005. Today, as President of EPIC PM Inc, Mr. Kois consults and teaches Project Management for companies and individuals along the Front Range while Lecturing at the University of Colorado.
Chris Lammers
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Christopher J. Lammers is the COO of CableLabs. He was formerly the president and CEO of Western Communications, as chief operating officer. While at Western Communications, a cable MSO serving 330,000 subscribers that now is part of Tele-Communications, Inc., Lammers held a series of executive positions with increasing responsibility and became CEO for three years ending in 1996 when the cable operations were sold. He holds a law degree from the University of Chicago School of Law and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in psychology from Stanford University.
CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by cable operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives.
CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by cable operating companies, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®) is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those technical advancements into their business objectives.
Larry Nelson
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Larry Nelson is co-founder and producer of the w3w3® Media Network based in Denver. The w3w3® Radio Show is the voice of the Technology Community in Colorado and serves Business, Education, Government and the Community. Mr. Nelson is also executive director of the Institute for Change Research and the co-founder of ICR Web. He has lived in five foreign countries where he headed seminar and consulting companies. He has promoted seminars and conferences in 17 countries.
Mr. Nelson has authored books and other training materials that have been used by various organizations in their management development and marketing programs. In addition to his own published works, Mr. Nelson has sold and promoted thousands of other seminar programs for over 100 different trainers both here and in many foreign countries. He also has marketed thousands of different training materials for seminar leaders worldwide. His promotional efforts for various companies have included single day programs as well as multi-track conferences.
Mr. Nelson has authored books and other training materials that have been used by various organizations in their management development and marketing programs. In addition to his own published works, Mr. Nelson has sold and promoted thousands of other seminar programs for over 100 different trainers both here and in many foreign countries. He also has marketed thousands of different training materials for seminar leaders worldwide. His promotional efforts for various companies have included single day programs as well as multi-track conferences.
Paul Ohm
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Paul Ohm is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School. He specializes in information privacy, computer crime law, intellectual property, and criminal procedure. He was recently on leave from the university serving as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Federal Trade Commission.
In his work, Professor Ohm tries to build new interdisciplinary bridges between law and computer science. Much of his scholarship focuses on how evolving technology disrupts individual privacy. His article Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization, 57 UCLA Law Review 1701, has sparked an international debate about the need to reshape dramatically the way we regulate privacy. He is commonly cited and quoted by news organizations including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and NPR. In 2010, he was awarded the prize for Excellence in Teaching by the students of Colorado Law.
Prior to joining the University of Colorado, Professor Ohm served as an Honors Program trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. Before that, he clerked for Judge Betty Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He earned his law degree from the UCLA School of Law where he served as Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review and received the Benjamin Aaron and Judge Jerry Pacht prizes.
Prior to law school, Professor Ohm worked for several years as a computer programmer and network systems administrator, and before that, earned undergraduate degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from Yale University. Even today, he continues to write thousands of lines of python and perl code each year. Professor Ohm blogs at Freedom to Tinker.
In his work, Professor Ohm tries to build new interdisciplinary bridges between law and computer science. Much of his scholarship focuses on how evolving technology disrupts individual privacy. His article Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization, 57 UCLA Law Review 1701, has sparked an international debate about the need to reshape dramatically the way we regulate privacy. He is commonly cited and quoted by news organizations including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and NPR. In 2010, he was awarded the prize for Excellence in Teaching by the students of Colorado Law.
Prior to joining the University of Colorado, Professor Ohm served as an Honors Program trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. Before that, he clerked for Judge Betty Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He earned his law degree from the UCLA School of Law where he served as Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review and received the Benjamin Aaron and Judge Jerry Pacht prizes.
Prior to law school, Professor Ohm worked for several years as a computer programmer and network systems administrator, and before that, earned undergraduate degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from Yale University. Even today, he continues to write thousands of lines of python and perl code each year. Professor Ohm blogs at Freedom to Tinker.
Preston Padden
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Preston Padden had a 38 year career in the media business holding the following positions: Assistant General Counsel, Metromedia; President, The Association of Independent Television Stations; President, Network Distribution, Fox Broadcasting Company; Chairman and CEO, American Sky Broadcasting (merged into Dish Network); President, ABC Television Network; and Executive Vice-President, Government Relations, The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Padden worked directly for leading industry CEO’s including Rupert Murdoch, Barry Diller, Michael Eisner and Bob Iger. He also served on the Boards of The National Association of Broadcasters and The Motion Picture Association of America. In his career Mr. Padden helped to launch the Fox Broadcast Network, secured waivers of multiple Federal regulations for News Corporation (including a waiver of the Federal Statute prohibiting foreign entities from owning U.S. broadcast stations) and secured legislation extending by 20 years the term of U.S. copyrights.
From 2010 to 2013 Mr. Padden served as an Adjunct Professor of Communications Law at the University Of Colorado and as a Senior Fellow at the Law School’s Silicon Flatirons Center.
From 2010 to 2013 Mr. Padden served as an Adjunct Professor of Communications Law at the University Of Colorado and as a Senior Fellow at the Law School’s Silicon Flatirons Center.
Robert Pepper
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Robert Pepper leads Cisco’s Global Technology Policy team working with governments and business leaders across the world in areas such as broadband, IP enabled services, wireless and spectrum policy, security, privacy, Internet governance and ICT development.
He 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 where he led teams developing policies promoting the development of the Internet, implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to digital television, and designing and implementing the first U.S. spectrum auctions.
He serves on the board 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.
He 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 where he led teams developing policies promoting the development of the Internet, implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to digital television, and designing and implementing the first U.S. spectrum auctions.
He serves on the board 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.
Doug Sicker
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Dr. Douglas C. Sicker has held various positions in academia, industry and government. Presently, Doug is the DBC Endowed Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder with a joint appointment in (and Director of) the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program. Prior to this, Doug was the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Advisor for Spectrum at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Doug also served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and prior to this he served as a senior advisor on the FCC National Broadband Plan. Previously he was Director of Global Architecture at Level 3 Communications, Inc. In the late 1990’s Doug served as Chief of the Network Technology Division at the FCC. He has also held faculty and industry positions in the field of medical sciences. Doug is a senior member of the IEEE, as well as a member of the ACM and the Internet Society. Doug has also served on numerous advisory and program committees. His research and teaching interests include wireless systems, network security and network policy.
Revi Sterling
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S. Revi Sterling is Faculty Director of ICTD (Information and Communication Technology for Development ) graduate studies at the ATLAS Institute. She received her Ph.D. in ICTD from ATLAS in 2008, and is active in several international technology and development initiatives, including her own research on technology and empowerment in Africa, India and South America. She serves on the UN-GAID High Level Panel of Advisors and provides community readiness, gender mainstreaming and sustainable development consulting for NGOS, foundations and corporations. Prior to coming to CU, she worked at Microsoft for a decade, strengthening the academic pipeline of technical women.
Bryan Tramont
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Bryan Tramont is the managing partner of Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP. He offers strategic counsel to Fortune 100 companies and trade associations, as well as small and mid-sized telecommunications and media companies, on all aspects of communications law and regulation. Given the breadth of his work in the industry, he is regularly called on to advise companies as they develop and evaluate new business opportunities in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.
Prior to joining Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Mr. Tramont served as Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Chairman Michael Powell. As FCC Chief of Staff, Mr. Tramont managed all aspects of the agency’s operations and directed the FCC staff in implementing all components of the agency’s broad policy portfolio including media, broadband, mobility and traditional telephone services. Before being elevated to the Chief of Staff post, Mr. Tramont was Chairman Powell’s Senior Legal Advisor, advising him generally on strategic policy matters and specifically on wireless, international, technology, satellite, and consumer issues. Mr. Tramont also served as Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy and, before that, to Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. Before joining the FCC in 1999, Mr. Tramont practiced communications law at Wiley Rein and Fielding in Washington, DC. He also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Duane Benton on the Supreme Court for his home state of Missouri.
Prior to joining Wilkinson Barker Knauer, Mr. Tramont served as Chief of Staff of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Chairman Michael Powell. As FCC Chief of Staff, Mr. Tramont managed all aspects of the agency’s operations and directed the FCC staff in implementing all components of the agency’s broad policy portfolio including media, broadband, mobility and traditional telephone services. Before being elevated to the Chief of Staff post, Mr. Tramont was Chairman Powell’s Senior Legal Advisor, advising him generally on strategic policy matters and specifically on wireless, international, technology, satellite, and consumer issues. Mr. Tramont also served as Senior Legal Advisor to Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy and, before that, to Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. Before joining the FCC in 1999, Mr. Tramont practiced communications law at Wiley Rein and Fielding in Washington, DC. He also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Duane Benton on the Supreme Court for his home state of Missouri.
Phil Weiser
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Phil Weiser is Dean of the University of Colorado’s Law School, Thompson Professor of Law, and Executive Director and Founder of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Dean Weiser re-joined the Colorado faculty in June, 2011. From April 2010-June 2011, he served as the Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the National Economic Council Director at the White House. From July 2009-April 2010, he served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.
Dean Weiser founded the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law and has written and taught in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy. Over the last ten years, Weiser has co-authored three books, written numerous articles (in both law journals and publications such as the Washington Post and Foreign Affairs), and testified before both houses of Congress. He also remained engaged in public service, arguing a number of pro bono cases before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, co-chairing the Colorado Innovation Council, and serving as the lead agency reviewer for the Federal Trade Commission as part of the 2008 Presidential Transition.
Prior to joining the Colorado Law faculty, Dean Weiser served as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States Department of Justice, advising him primarily on telecommunications matters. Before his appointment at the Justice Department, Dean Weiser served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated with high honors from both the New York University School of Law and Swarthmore College.
Dean Weiser founded the Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law and has written and taught in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy. Over the last ten years, Weiser has co-authored three books, written numerous articles (in both law journals and publications such as the Washington Post and Foreign Affairs), and testified before both houses of Congress. He also remained engaged in public service, arguing a number of pro bono cases before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, co-chairing the Colorado Innovation Council, and serving as the lead agency reviewer for the Federal Trade Commission as part of the 2008 Presidential Transition.
Prior to joining the Colorado Law faculty, Dean Weiser served as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States Department of Justice, advising him primarily on telecommunications matters. Before his appointment at the Justice Department, Dean Weiser served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated with high honors from both the New York University School of Law and Swarthmore College.