FCC Media Bureau Names New Chief Engineer

FCC Acting Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey today appointed Jeffrey Neumann chief engineer. “Jeffrey’s breadth of knowledge will be a great asset to the Bureau as it tackles the challenging work pending before it,” said Carey.

Neumann joins from the Media Bureau’s engineering division, where he began his FCC career in 2003. During his tenure, he has worked on cable, broadcast, and satellite issues, including accessibility, set-top boxes, reauthorization of direct broadcast satellite services, mergers and transactions, the DTV transition, and the incentive auction.

Also the bureau’s chief data officer, Neumann previously served as acting media adviser to Commissioner Ajit Pai.

He received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan College of Engineering.