Education
Pepper received his Bachelor of Arts degree and Doctor of Philosophy from the.
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Doctorate (b February 10, 1948 in New York City) is a specialist in communications policy. Pepper held faculty positions at the University of Iowa, Indiana University, and University of Pennsylvania, and was a research affiliate at Harvard University. Following this he was Director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy.
He was subsequently Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy and Chief of Policy Development at the United States. Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communication Commission), and office now known as OSP. At the Federal Communication Commission, he worked on issues such as implementing telecommunications legislation, planning for the transition to digital television, designing and implementing the first United States. spectrum auctions.
He has also been Acting Associate Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and initiator of a program on Computers, Communications and Information Policy at the National Science Foundation. He is Vice President for Global Technology Policy at Cisco, having joined the company in 2005.
He is responsible for the international aspects of the company"s advanced technology policy, working in areas such as broadband, Intellectual Property enabled services, wireless, security and privacy and Information and communications technology development. He serves on the board of directors of the United States. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) and the advisory boards for Columbia University and Michigan State University, and is a Communications Program Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
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He is a member of the United States. Department of Commerce’s Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, the United Kingdom’s Ofcom Spectrum Advisory Board and the United States. Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy.
