John Kneuer is a Partner of Fairfax Partners, LLC and is a Senior Partner of Fairfax Media Partners, LLC. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on telecommunications, Internet, and spectrum policy.

From October 2003-November 2007, Mr. Kneuer served first as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, and then as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As Assistant Secretary, Mr. Kneuer was the principal advisor to the President of the United States on telecommunications policy and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ("NTIA"). In addition to representing the Executive Branch in domestic and international telecommunications and information policy activities, NTIA manages the federal use of spectrum; performs cutting edge telecommunications research and engineering; and administers infrastructure and public telecommunications facilities grants.

During his tenure at NTIA, Mr. Kneuer: led a Presidentially directed spectrum policy initiative tasked with modernizing the allocation and assignment of radio frequencies across the entire U.S. Government; served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the 2007 World Radio Conference; represented the Commerce Department in inter-Agency deliberations resulting in the President’s Cyber Initiative; represented the United States in bi-lateral negotiations with respect to spectrum and Internet governance issues with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and China; oversaw the U.S. Government’s responsibilities with respect to oversight of the technical management of the Internet DNS through ICANN; served on the Committee of Principals of the National Communications System; and managed an agency with 300 employees and a budget of more than $60 million.

Prior to his service at NTIA, Mr. Kneuer was in the private practice of law at the firm of Piper Rudnick in Washington, D.C., providing regulatory and legislative representation to corporate clients in the telecommunications, defense, and transportation industries. Mr. Kneuer began his career as an Attorney-Advisor in the Commercial Wireless Division of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Bureau. He is a sought after public speaker, regularly presenting before government, industry and academic meetings and forums. He has testified more than a dozen times before Congress

Mr. Kneuer holds Top Secret/SCI security clearances.