Chicago, IL - Technology leaders across the nation today endorsed Barack Obama www.barackobama.com the day after he unveiled his innovation agenda at Google headquarters. These entrepreneurs, academics, and innovators are drivers in the effort to recapture American competitiveness.
"Senator Obama not only understands good tech policy, but he also understands the best policy so that tech can do some good," said Lawrence Lessig, founder of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society. "By committing to opening government data, an Obama administration would provide all of us the tools we need to make government work for us, and not for the special interests that flourish in the shadows of a nontransparent government.""I want my kids to grow up in an Obama America - an America in which, as Barack Obama has said, we stop setting settling for what the cynics say we have to accept and reach for what we know is possible," said Julius Genachowski, Co-founder and Managing Director of Rock Creek Ventures. "An America with a President who will summon the nation to a common purpose, who will lead not by polls, but by principle; not by calculation, but by conviction; a President who will combat the common threats of the 21st century - nuclear weapons and terrorism; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. This is what Barack Obama has promised - they are his words. And as someone fortunate enough to know him for two decades, watching him gather extensive real-word experience and a record of great judgment, I am completely confident he will deliver on his promise."A full list of the technology leaders endorsing Barack Obama is below:
Stuart Benjamin, Professor of Law, Duke UniversityRobert Blackwell, Founder and CEO, Electronic Knowledge Interchange ConsultingJoseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission (1996-97); Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics (chief economist), Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (2000-02)Lloyd Frink, President and Co-Founder, ZillowJulius Genachowski, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Rock Creek Ventures; former Chief of Business Operations & General Counsel, IAC/InterActiveCorp; former Chief Counsel to FCC Chairman Reed HundtDon Gips, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Level 3 Communications; former Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President GoreRob Glaser, Founder and CEO, Real NetworksMark Gorenberg, Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture PartnersNick Hanauer, Partner, Second Avenue Partners; Founder, aQuantiveAdam Hanft, Founder and CEO, Hanft UnlimitedReed Hundt, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (1993-97)Mitch Kapor, President, Kapor Enterprises; Founder, Lotus Development Corp.Jed Katz, Managing Director, DFJ Gotham VenturesMichael Katz, Professor, NYU and UC Berkeley; former Chief Economist, FCC; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics (chief economist), Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of JusticeWilliam Kennard, Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (1997-2001)Deborah Lathen, President, Lathen Consulting; former Chief, Cable Bureau, FCCSteve Lerner, Managing Partner, Blue Hill GroupLawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford UniversityBlair Levin, Managing Director, Stifel Nicholas; former Chief of Staff, FCCAndrew McLaughlin, Director, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, GoogleTed Meisel, Elevation PartnersJon Miller, Former Chairman and CEO, American Online, Inc.Glenn Neland, Retired Senior Vice President, DellRobert Nelsen, Managing Director and Co-Founder, ARCH Venture PartnersCraig Newmark, Founder, CraigslistBeth Noveck, Professor of Law, New York Law SchoolChamath Palihapitiya, Executive Vice President, Product and Operations, FacebookDeven Parekh, Partner, Insight Venture PartnersSunil Paul, Founding Partner, Spring Ventures; Co-Founder, BrightmailJohn Place, Retired General Counsel, Yahoo!, Inc.Jeff Pulver, Founder, pulver.comArti Rai, Professor of Law, Duke UniversityJohn Roos, CEO, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiAlec Ross, Senior Vice President, One EconomyKim Scott, AdSense Director of Online Sales and Operations, GoogleCarl Shapiro, Professor of Business Strategy, UC Berkeley; Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Economics (chief economist), Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice (1995-96)Howard Shelanski, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley; former Chief Economist, FCCSteven Spinner, Executive, DanooPhil Weiser, Professor of Law and Telecommunications, University of ColoradoKevin Werbach, Asst. Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaTom Wheeler, Managing Director, Core Capital PartnersTim Wu, Professor of Law, Columbia UniversityEd Zander, CEO, Motorola
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