Eric Burger will Join as New Chief Technology Officer: FCC Chairman Pai

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It has been announced by the Chairman of FCC Ajit Pai that Eric Burger will join the commission as its new chief technology officer. He will take charge of this post in the current month. Henning Schulzrinne served a second round since the end of 2016 as chief technology officer and now he is returning to a Columbia University professorship. He also served as chief technology officer of FCC from 2011 to 2014. He also advised the FCC chairman regarding technology and engineering issues & policies as the senior FCC technology expert. Specific expertise of Schulzrinne was in Voice over Internet Protocol technology, as it allows voice calls to be made over broadband. Pai said in a statement that the work of FCC lies at the crossroads of technology and policy. It makes it vital and we have at our disposal the tech expertise in making perfect policy for the people of United States.

FCC statement has indicated that Burger previously served as the director of the Security & Software Engineering Research Center. His joining would provide a significant amount of help in solving network problems, such as robo-calling, ensuring communication network security & stability, accessibility of communications for American people with hearing & speech wreckage, and reducing the cost of deploying & operating communications networks. The center manages basic & applied research on interest issues to its colleagues, including AT&T, Comcast, Cisco, and Verizon. Eric Burger has a PhD in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and taught at George Mason University, the George Washington University, and Georgetown University. Pai said that FCC has important work to do for the consumers in the United States, so we are adding such skilled & experienced person as our team member.