Staff

Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Director of Technology Policy, examines regulatory policy issues such as alternatives to mandatory "open access" in network-industry structures; Internet governance issues including the feasibility of competing "Internets" as an alternative to regulation; and other regulatory issues including antitrust, privacy and intellectual property. Before joining Cato, Crews was director of competition and regulation policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, where he created the "c:\spin" high-tech commentary series. Earlier, Crews was a legislative aide to Sen. Phil Gramm overseeing regulatory and welfare reform issues, an economist and policy analyst at Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation, an economist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and a research assistant at the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. He holds a master's of business administration from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Lander College in Greenwood, S.C.

Adam D. Thierer Thierer, Director of Telecommunications Studies, conducts research on how government regulations are hampering the evolution of communications networks, including telephony, broadcasting, cable, satellite and the Internet. He also examines the broader economic and constitutional aspects of telecommunications policy. Prior to joining Cato, Thierer spent nine years at The Heritage Foundation, where he served as the Alex C. Walker Fellow in Economic Policy. In that capacity, he covered telecommunications and Internet policy and also wrote extensively on antitrust, electricity and energy policy, the airline industry, and federalism. Before coming to Washington, Thierer worked at the Adam Smith Institute in London, England, where he examined reform of the British legal system. Thierer earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism at Indiana University and received his master's degree in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland.

Lucas Mast Research Assistant in Information Studies at the Cato Institute, Lucas Mast's research areas include telecommunications, the Internet, and privacy related issues. Mast has extensive research and writing experience, working with Norman Ornstein at the American Enterprise Institute and as a columnist for the Stanford Review. Prior to joining Cato, Mast worked in the Civil Division of the San Diego City Attorney's office, researching cases and writing motions. Mast has also worked as a law clerk for a firm handling telecommunications, oil, and privacy related issues and as a Field Representative for Congressman Bill Thomas. Mast received a B.A. in political science from Stanford University and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.