When Wire Was King captures the story of the telecommunications revolution through the voices of the experts who were present during and participated in this historical period. We conducted interviews for our documentary with the following people:
Kathleen Q. Abernathy; former FCC Commissioner
Admiral (retired) Jamie Barnett; Senior Vice President, RigNet, Inc.
Colleen Boothby; Retired Partner; Levine, Blaszak, Block and Boothby LLP
Gerald W. Brock; Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, The George Washington University
Vinton G. Cerf; Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
Sharon Coffey; Consultant, Registered Lobbyist
Gerald Connell; Lead Attorney, U.S. v AT&T
Matthew J. Desch; CEO, Iridium
Michele Farquhar; Managing Partner, Hogan Lovells
Ambassador Brian Fontes; CEO, National Emergency Number Association
Henry Goldberg; Founder; Goldberg, Godles, Wiener and Wright LLP
Dale Hatfield; Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
Thomas W. Hazlett; Clemson University
Brian Lamb; Founder and Executive Chairman, CSPAN
Lon Levin; President and CEO, GEO-Share
Ruth Milkman; Partner, Quadra Partners LLC
Kent Nakahara; Partner; Harris, Wiltshire and Grannis
Morgan O’Brien; CEO, Pacific Data Vision
Ambassador Janice Obuchowsi; President, Freedom Technologies; former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce
Bruce Owen; Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor in Public Policy Emeritus; former Director of the Public Policy Program, Stanford University
Gary Parsons; CEO, NextNav
Jon M. Peha, Ph.D.; Carnegie Mellon University
Robert Pepper, Ph.D.; Global Connectivity and Technology Policy, Facebook
Michael Powell; former FCC Chairman; current President and CEO, National Cable and Television Association
Anne Swanson; Partner; Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer LLC
Ed Thomas; Technologist
Ambassador Phil Verveer; former Senior Counselor to the FCC Chairman; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy