Crowell Launches Consulting Firm
After years of helping to craft technology and telecom polices, former FCC official and Capitol Hill veteran Colin Crowell will soon find himself assisting companies, nonprofits and others as they work to navigate those issues.
Crowell opened the doors this week on his own consulting firm, Crowell Strategies LLC, that will focus on tech and telecom issues.
"I like the intersection where cutting edge innovation intersects with public policy," he said in an interview, mentioning such issues as online privacy, competition policy, consumer protection online, wireless broadband and green technology.
While green tech is not an issue he's been known for, Crowell said it holds a personal interest for him and is something he worked on in helping to develop the FCC's national broadband plan. The plan calls for using broadband technology in the development of a smart electrical grid and in helping to launch "smart" homes and buildings that can help residents better monitor their energy use.
Crowell has spent his career in government, most of it working on tech and telecom issues. Before joining FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's team in 2009 as a senior adviser, Crowell spent more than 20 years as a staffer for Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce. As Markey's top telecom and tech staffer, Crowell worked on some of the key tech and telecom issues to come before Congress including the 1996 telecommunications act.
Crowell said he had several offers to work for others after leaving the FCC in June. "In the end, I decided I would like the flexibility of starting my own gig and the excitement of starting a business as an entrepreneur," he said.
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