Stakeholder Group: Private Sector
Region: Western European and Others Group - WEOG
Biography
Dr. Patrick Ryan is Policy Counsel, Open Internet for Google, where he supports the policy and regulatory efforts for Google’s global products. He leads the policy engagement for Google’s cloud computing platform and coordinates Google’s participation in multistakeholder Internet governance initiatives. In addition, Patrick is an Adjunct Professor (and previously, Faculty Director) at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he teaches Internet and telecommunications policy, and holds an appointment as a Senior Affiliated Researcher with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Prior to joining Google, Patrick spent 18 years as a lawyer and consultant in private practice and advised companies on the deployment of next-generation networks, international investment, and intellectual property. He has published several law-review articles on spectrum, telecommunications and Internet regulation. Patrick received a JD from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBL in international business law from the Universität St.Gallen, (Switzerland), and a Ph.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).