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TechNet Appoints Marissa Mayer, Safra Catz Council Members

By TechTaffy Desk

TechNet, a bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs and senior executives promoting innovation economy, has added Marissa Mayer , Yahoo chief executive officer, president and director, and Safra Catz , Oracle president and chief financial officer to its executive council.

Current members of TechNet’s executive council include:

  • Cisco, John Chambers, (co-chair, TechNet), Chairman & CEO
  • Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, John Doerr (Co-chair, TechNet), Partner
  • Bloom Energy, KR Sridhar, Co-Founder & CEO
  • ClearStreet, Kim Polese, Chairman
  • EMC, Joseph Tucci, Chairman, President & CEO
  • EnerNOC, Tim Healy, Chairman & CEO
  • F5 Networks, John McAdam , President & CEO
  • Genentech, Ian Clark, CEO
  • GlobalFoundries, Ajit Manocha, CEO
  • Google, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman
  • HP, Henry Gomez , Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
  • Marvell, Weili Dai, Co-Founder
  • Microsoft, Brad Smith, General Counsel and Executive Vice President
  • NASDAQ OMX Group, Bruce Aust , Executive Vice President
  • Stanford University, Joseph Grundfest, W.A. Franke Professor of Law and Business
  • VeriSign, James Bidzos, Chairman and CEO

Founded in 1997 by John Doerr, Jim Barksdale and John Chambers, TechNet unites with government leaders across the country to sculpt public policies.

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