Derek Slater
Policy Manger
Google
Derek Slate
Derek Slater is a Policy Manager on Google’s public policy team, where he supports global advocacy efforts on innovation policy, including copyright and telecom issues. Derek started writing about digital media when he bought a Diamond Rio PMP300 MP3 player as a teenager. His work has focused on how public policy can support emerging media business models, and it has been discussed in the Washington Post and the Boston Globe. In 2009, he helped Vint Cerf launch Measurement Lab, an open platform for Internet measurement tools, and he has explored innovative ways to drive broadband deployment.