Potomac Flacks: BSA Names Three New Executives in Communications and Policy Roles

December 17, 2008

BSA Names Three New Executives in Communications and Policy Roles

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today announced it has hired three experienced professionals to fill key positions within the global software industry association. Dale Curtis will serve as Vice President of Communications. Dale comes to BSA from a six-year stint at FD Dittus Communications, where he was a vice president in the firm’s Technology and Telecommunications Practice and was the lead executive on the BSA account. David Ohrenstein will serve as Director of Emerging Markets on BSA’s policy team, a new position. David comes from Fontheim International, where he advised clients on international trade, business, and government relations matters. Lastly, Maureen Ohlhausen joins BSA as Technology Policy Counsel. From 1997 to the present, she has served as a senior official at the US Federal Trade Commission, most recently as director of the Office of Policy Planning. (PF Tipster)

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