Michael Petricone

Michael Petricone is the senior vice president of government affairs for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Based in Arlington, VA, CTA is the trade association representing the $351 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, which supports more than 15 million U.S. jobs. CTA also owns and produces CES® – the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies.

In his position, Petricone is responsible for representing the consumer technology industry’s position before the U.S. government on key technology policy issues that impact Americans’ lives. For over two decades, Petricone has advocated before Congress, federal agencies, and state governments on areas such as Internet freedom, intellectual property, music licensing, trade, spectrum, and high-skilled immigration.

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