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Kathryn Martin
Director
Access Partnership, Washington
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As head of Access Partnership's Washington, D.C. office, Kathryn Martin represents clients before the U.S. government's executive and regulatory agencies. In this capacity, she works to ensure that U.S. policy conforms to the requirements of Access Partnership's clients, and mobilizes the U.S. government's trade and advocacy apparatus in support of clients' market access goals.
Kathryn joined Access Partnership from Iridium LLC, where she served as a Director of Marketing and Regulatory Affairs. Kathryn was responsible for developing market access strategies for implementing the global wireless service in markets on five continents. In this context she was directly responsible for securing local partners and licenses to provide Iridium services.
An engineer, Kathryn has broad experience negotiating with industry and governments to secure technical standards, country code assignments, and spectrum access. She was instrumental in the development of the GMPCS-MOU to facilitate the free circulation of handsets across borders.
Before joining Iridium, Kathryn spent five years at the U.S. Department of State, where she led delegations of government and industry representatives to international and regional standards setting-meetings and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings.
Prior to joining the Department of State, Kathryn worked for the Digital Equipment Corporation, where she was responsible for the rapid launch of mid-range computers in the U.S., European, and Asian markets. Kathryn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, and a Master of the Arts degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University.
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