Obama Announces Transition Group on Technology, Innovation and Government Reform

The Obama-Biden Transition team has named its Policy Working Group on Technology, Innovation & Government Reform. The focus of the Policy Working Groups will be to develop the priority policy proposals and plans from the Obama Campaign for action during the Obama-Biden Administration. The Technology, Innovation & Government Reform includes:

1) Blair Levin, a Managing Director of Stifel Nicolaus and the firm's principal telecom, media and tech regulatory and strategy analyst. Prior to his work as an analyst, Levin served as Chief of Staff to Chairman Reed Hundt at the Federal Communications Commission from 1993 through 1997.

2) Sonal Shah who heads Google.org's global development efforts. Prior to joining Google, she was Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. developing and implementing the firm's environmental policy. She is also the co-founder of Indicorps, a US-based non-profit organization offering one-year fellowships to Indian-Americans to work on development projects in India. Sonal also worked at the Center for American Progress on trade, outsourcing and post conflict issues and the Center for Global Development on development policy issues. Sonal worked at the Department of Treasury from 1995-2002 on various economic issues and regions of the world, including Bosnia, Kosovo, the Asian crisis and sub-Saharan Africa.

3) Julius Genachowski, co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital, a special advisor at General Atlantic, and a member of various boards of directors and advisors. From 1997 to 2005, he was a senior executive at IAC/InterActiveCorp, where his roles included Chief of Business Operations, General Counsel, and a member of the Office of the Chairman. Genachowski served at the Federal Communications Commission from 1994 to 1997, including as Chief Counsel to the Chairman.