BRIAN RAYMOND

Brian Raymond is the Director of Tax, Technology, and Domestic Economic Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) headquartered in Washington, D.C. Mr. Raymond works with NAM members, the Administration, and Congress to shape and advance pro-manufacturing positions on technology policy issues including cybersecurity and privacy, telecommunications, R&D funding, and intellectual property protection.

Before joining the NAM in 2011, Mr. Raymond spent more than fifteen years in the government and private sector working on technology policy issues. He was in IBM’s Washington office for more than eight years as part of the company’s government relations team, where he led numerous legislative campaigns on issues important to one of the world’s largest information technology companies. He left IBM to launch the Government Affairs Office of NetApp Corporation, a Silicon Valley technology company. He began his career at TechAmerica working on domestic technology policy issues. Immediately before joining the NAM, Mr. Raymond was the Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), where he was responsible for technology and telecommunications issues.