FCC's Media Bureau Names Chief Engineer

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Jeffrey Neumann has been named the FCC Media Bureau's 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 acting Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey.

Neumann has been with the Media Bureau's engineering division since 2003. He is also the chief data offcer and has is former acting media advisor to new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.

He got his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan College of Engineering and has a law degree from Georgetown.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.