companies that are national in scope and at&t and verizon and century link and consolidated frontier, windstream, it's a consortium of companies who are very different with different business models but are bound together by a singular vision to get more broadband out to more americans and to do so with my policy. >> before we start talking about some of those policies, give us a sense of your background. it's a little bit eclectic, is in it. >> i will take that as a compliment, thank you. i have been in the business of technology for a good part of my career. i've led companies both in silicon valley and in europe, building media products for consumers. i've also had the opportunity to serve in government. i served on the national security council at the pentagon as the associate director of the knighted states information agency and i also had the opportunity to read and launch another policy focused organization called mobile future which is based here in washington per week recently moved to washington d.c. from california where my family has lived for the past 13 years and we are very excit