Episode 002 - Data Center Industry Education On Capitol Hill - Christian Dawson

Episode 002 - Data CenterIndustry Education on Capitol Hill Raw and honest advice, plus some entertaining stories about the data center industry that drives the digital world in which we live. In this episode, Sean interviews Christian Dawson with Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition). Show Notes: Where are you right now and what are you working on? [2:39] What is the I2C? [3:08] Involvement with I2C [3:36] What motivated you to move into policy work in DC? [3:55] Description of PIPA and SOPA Bills – [5:45] Companies that are part of I2C – [9:07] DC Fly-Ins [10:15] How many members are in I2C? – [11:28] Christian on changes in I2C – [15:05] Do you remember your first experience walking into a data center? [18:50] What is one of more impressive Data Centers you have been through? [25:18] What was your experience growing up around technology? [29:06] Where did you grow up and how were you introduced to first mac? [38:38] Legislators understanding the industry [41:40] What are other resources that are available to those in the industry? [43:46] Electronic Frontier Foundation [44:37] Where do you think the focus will be moving forward for our industry from a legislative perspective? [45:28] Are there private interests outside of government that are advocating for further regulation of the data center and telecommunication industry? [48:27] Do you believe that government agencies that deal with security have the access they need to information that is traversing the Internet? [50:19] Some positive things happening in DC [56:52] What specific points would you want to get across to Data Center professionals? [59:43] How to reach Christian [1:01:18] Links Mentioned in This Episode Connect with Christian on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiandawson The Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/ i2coalition https://www.i2coalition.com/ 2017 Congressional Fly-In https://www.facebook.com/events/1153061131448200/ Digital Education Institute http://digitalei.org/