Name:Robert Strayer
TitleCompany:Executive Vice President of Policy, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), USA
Bio:Rob Strayer is the Executive Vice President of Policy at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). He leads ITI’s efforts to shape pro-innovation technology policy in major global markets on a wide range of issues, including privacy, data flows, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
Prior to joining ITI, Strayer served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyber and International Communications Policy at the U.S. State Department. In that role, he led dozens of dialogues with foreign governments on technology regulation and cybersecurity issues. He was named as an ambassador by the President to lead the 90-plus person U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in 2018.
Before working at the State Department, Strayer was the general counsel for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and previously practiced telecommunications law at WilmerHale.