Accenture Hires Robert Hoffman to Lead Government Relations in North America
March 01 2018 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Public-policy expert and technology-company
advocate brings significant experience in both government and
private sectors
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired Robert Hoffman as managing
director of government relations in North America, effective March
5.
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In his new role, Hoffman will lead the company’s government
relations activities in North America, reporting to Chad Jerdee,
Accenture’s general counsel and chief compliance officer.
Hoffman brings to Accenture nearly 30 years of public-policy
experience, including 17 years as an advocate for U.S.-based global
technology companies. He joins Accenture from government-relations
firm Invariant, where he led the company’s technology practice,
whose clients include some of the most innovative companies in
hardware, software, services and the sharing economy.
Prior to joining Invariant, Hoffman served as corporate vice
president of government affairs for Motorola Solutions, leading a
global team of professionals who developed and advanced the
company’s public-policy agenda in Washington, D.C., and in
international capitals. Prior to that, he served as vice president
of government relations for the Information Technology Industry
Council (ITI), a trade association of more than 50 world-leading
technology companies. Hoffman previously served as vice president
of global public policy for Cognizant Technology Solutions, where
he launched Cognizant’s public-policy advocacy operation and helped
develop and launch Cognizant’s math and science education
investment program, Making the Future.
Prior to joining Cognizant, Hoffman served as vice president of
government and public affairs for Oracle. While at Oracle he also
served as co-chair of Compete America, a coalition of industries
and trade associations dedicated to improving the U.S. visa system
for highly skilled professionals, and as chair of ITI’s board of
directors. Hoffman spent his first 13 years in public policy as a
policy advisor and speechwriter for four U.S. senators and the
governor of California.
As an advocate for the technology industry, Robert has appeared
on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS and NPR; has been published in the Wall
Street Journal; and was a regular contributor on tech policy for
The Daily Caller.
“Robert’s expertise will strengthen our overall government
relations program and our ability to support Accenture’s growth
strategy in North America,” Jerdee said. “His extensive experience
in public policy and in the technology sector will serve Accenture
extremely well.”
Hoffman received a bachelor’s degree in political science, magna
cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
and a master’s degree in public policy, with highest honors, from
the University of Maryland.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With more than 435,000
people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives
innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us
at www.accenture.com.
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