Rey Ramsey named Technet CEO! Rey Ramsey was named by Technet as its president and chief executive officer to run its bipartisan network of CEOs who promote innovation.
Ramsey will be based in Washington and will oversee TechNet’s operations, strategic planning and public policy, and political agenda. Ramsey’s work begins in January, replacing Lezlee Westine, who left in May to head the Personal Care Products Council.
The high-tech trade group also tapped Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini and Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt to be members of its executive committee.
Ramsey joins TechNet from One Economy, a nonprofit corporation that champions technology to improve the lives of low-income people.
“I want to see social innovation coming together with private innovation.”
“How do we solve problems? That’s what I view is the agenda.”
Ramsey will begin promoting green technology and expanding high-tech sectors next year across the country. And he’ll continue to push for the spread of broadband, a cause that he fostered at One Economy.
“This sector is an important part of a whole mix of jobs that need to be created in America,” he said.
Ramsey co-founded One Economy in 2000 and served as its CEO. He’ll continue as chairman of its board.
He led the organization’s growth from four employees in a basement to a global nonprofit on four continents.
One Economy established itself by helping bring broadband access to more than 350,000 low-income
American homes, offering technology training to young people and producing bilingual websites that provide resources on a number of issues, from jobs to health.
“Rey has a clear understanding of how technology can improve the lives of all of our people, and he knows that our nation’s economic future is dependent on preparing our workers for the jobs of tomorrow,” Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, a TechNet co-founder, said in a statement.
