Michael Daum

Michael Daum is a Director of Technology Policy in Microsoft’s Privacy and Regulatory Affairs group in Redmond, Washington. Mr Daum’s primary responsibilities revolves around domestic and international spectrum policy and related issues that underpins connectivity to the cloud and to user equipment. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2013, Mr Daum served as a Senior Policy Advisor to US Senator Maria Cantwell in her Washington DC office for almost a decade. Mr Daum staffed the Senator on Information and Communications Technology policy issues, other issues of interest to the tech community (high skills immigration, patent reform, capital formation, etc.), and on aviation policy.

Mr Daum began his career as an engineer designing, building, and testing laser and electro-optic systems. After receiving an MBA in the early 1990s, he decided to change course and became a project manager at the US Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards of Technology Advanced Technology Program. Subsequently, Mr Daum was loaned to work successively in the Office of the Secretary of Commerce, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the White House National Economic Council on issues where technology intersects policy.