Tech Daily Dose: The Freshmen That Know Tech http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2008/11/the-freshmen-that-know-tech.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:46:00 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Freshmen That Know Tech The new cadre of freshman coming to Capitol Hill might be a more tech-savvy group than previous classes, but a few of the freshman have direct experience working in the technology sector. Rep-elect Jared Polis was in college when he co-founded his first company, American Information Systems, an Internet access, web hosting and application service provider. He also co-founded bluemountainarts.com, an online greeting card Web site which he latter sold to Excite@Home. Polis also launched a Web company to sell flowers direct from growers to consumers that has expanded to become Provide Commerce, Inc., which was recently acquired by Liberty Media.

Meanwhile, Rep-elect Gerry Connelly of Virginia, once served as a vice president in the Washington office of SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) and he currently serves as director of community relations for SAIC, a Fortune 500 company that specializes in scientific and technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Also on the tech front is Senator-elect Mark Warner who is more well-known to the tech sector for co-founding the company that became Nextel.
-- Winter Casey

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