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James Ennis
Director for Advanced Network Planning, Administration & Policy Department
U.S. State Department
Jamie Ennis is the Director for Advanced Technology Networks in the Communications and Information Policy Office of the Economic Bureau of the State Department. He devotes about half his time these days to the task of coordinating U.S. interagency policy with regard to Iraq telecom reconstruction. The other half of his time is spent leading U.S. delegations to the International Telecommunication Union meetings where global standards are developed for telecommunications networks.
Prior to joining the State Department in 2002, he was Deputy General Counsel at Iridium LLC, the satellite cellular phone company, where he was responsible for legal issues associated with obtaining the licenses and agreements necessary for the mobile satellite system to operate worldwide. Before that, he was for many years a partner in a communications law firm in Washington, D.C. During this period he was also General Counsel to the Washington Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
Jamie has a B.A. from Dartmouth, where he graduated with distinction, and a J.D. and LLM in international law from Georgetown University Law School. He is past Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's Sub-Committee on Satellite Communication Law and Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association's Committee on International Satellite Communications.
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