TechFreedom is a non-profit, non-partisan technology think tank launched in 2011. Our mission is to promote the progress of technology that improves the human condition and expands individual capacity to choose.

TechFreedom Staff

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    President

    Berin Szoka is the President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation.

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    Chief Operating Officer

    Dan Compton is Chief Operating Officer at TechFreedom. Prior to joining TechFreedom in 2012, Dan was the Hiring and Professional Development Manager at the Institute for Humane Studies. He was also previously a member of the Development team at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.

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    Strategic Director

    Jon Henke is the Strategic Director at TechFreedom. Previously, he has worked as a communications staffer in the US Senate and in various public affairs roles.

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    External Affairs & Development Coordinator

    Ian Hosking is the External Affairs & Development Coordinator for TechFreedom.

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    Senior Fellow

    Currently the Executive Director of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), a global think tank, Professor Manne also serves as Lecturer in Law for Lewis & Clark Law School. In this capacity he lends his expertise to various law school endeavors and teaches the school's Law and Economics course.

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    Research Fellow

    William Rinehart is a Research Fellow at TechFreedom. For most of the last decade he has been involved in print publications, beginning first as a reporter for the Illini Media Company, and then moving to production management and advertising.

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    Legal Fellow

    Ben Sperry is a Legal Fellow at TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Legal Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he worked on tech policy and litigation.

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    Legal Fellow

    Matthew Starr is a Legal Fellow at TechFreedom. Prior to joining TechFreedom, he worked as a Public Policy Fellow at Comcast.

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    Senior Adjunct Fellow

    Jim Dunstan is a practicing telecommunications, information technology, and outer space attorney, and founder of Mobius Legal Group, PLLC. Jim has been in private practice for over 25 years, and has been involved in cutting edge technologies since the early 1980s.

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    Senior Adjunct Fellow

    Charlie Kennedy has been involved in communications law since the 1980s, when he worked on the AT&T divestiture litigation. He is currently a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, where he advises clients on a broad range of communications law, privacy law, and related issues, including compliance with FCC and Federal Trade Commission regulations, and privacy and data protection statutes.