Jul 15, 2019
Matthew Hussey is the Director of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Ericsson, a multinational network and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden with over 90,000 employees. Matthew has a background in engineering, the legislative process, and advocacy.
- Matthew obtained his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his MBA with a focus in corporate finance from the University of Maryland.
- After college, Matthew worked as a broadband engineer for Media One / Road Runner, a corporate engineering and technology group.
- He transitioned to become a Senior Staff Consultant for Verizon Communications while obtaining his MBA.
- He then joined the American Legislative Exchange Council as the Telecommunications & IT Task Force Director. Matthew had an interest in applying policy to the technical aspects of his engineering background.
- Matthew transitioned to the public sector and became the Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe on issues pertaining to telecommunications and education.
- For six years, he served as Associate Chief of Policy at the Federal Communications Commission before taking on his current role at Ericsson.
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