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High-Tech Giant names new chief for Federal Lobby Office
By USBE
Dec 12, 2008, 14:55

Microsoft has announced that Fred Humphries will be the next managing director of the company’s federal government affairs. Humphries will be replacing Jack Krumholtz, who oversaw development of industry efforts on issues related to intellectual property, encryption technologies, passage of Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and digital TV issues. He was also involved in negotiations resulting in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Fred Humphries has led Microsoft’s policy and political outreach to state governors, mayors and local elected officials. His background includes serving as senior policy advisor to former US Representative Richard Gephardt’s staff in the Office of the Minority Leader. Humphries also served as political director for the Democratic National Committee, and as chief of staff for Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D - GA).

Additionally, he worked on the staff of Ned Ray McWherter, who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995. Fred Humphries has served on the staffs of four US presidential campaigns. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Temple University School of Law.