i2Coalition Executive Director On I Love Data Centers Podcast Episode 2

xi2Coalition Executive Director, Christian Dawson, recently appeared on episode 2 of the I Love Data Centers podcast. The I Love Data Centers podcast is a new initiative meant to spotlight the data center industry produced by i2Coalition member Open Spectrum Inc. Open Spectrum is uniquely qualified to produce insight into the data center industry. Open Spectrum specialize in assisting companies looking to buy or sell cloud services, as well as those looking to invest in the industry.  You can find the podcast’s site here and on SoundCloud here. You can listen to this episode of the podcast and find the show notes below.

Episode 002 – Data Center Industry Education On Capitol Hill – Christian Dawson by I Love Data Centers

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?

Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill – Podcast Episode 002 – Open Spectrum

Welcome back to the In Episode 2 – Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill, Sean interviews I Love Data Centers Podcast. Christian Dawson, Executive Director of Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition). Christian spends all of his time lobbying and educating congress on how legislation effects the industry and you as the end user.

Welcome back to the I Love Data Centers Podcast. In Episode 2 – Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill, Sean interviews Christian Dawson, Executive Director of Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition). Christian spends his time lobbying and educating congress on how legislation affects the industry and you as the end user. The time he spends with Congress matters, and you’ll hear why in this episode. You can listen to the podcast on this page, or click to listen and subscribe on our SoundCloud page.”

Show Notes: Episode 2 – Data Center Industry Education on Capitol Hill

• 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 Episode 2

• Connect with Christian on LinkedIn
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiandawson
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation\
  • https://www.eff.org/
• i2Coalition
  • https://i2coalition.com/
• 2017 Congressional Fly-In
  • https://i2coalition.com/get-involved/events/fly-in/
• Digital Education Institute
  • http://digitalei.org/