Timothy Wendt is a former Director of Industry Analysis for New York State Industrial Cooperation Council, where he designed and organized economic development strategies for New York's telecommunications and electronic industries. Wendt is author of the Commission Studies: Giving Up the Edge: The US Telecommunications Industry in International Competition; America's Steel Industry: A Time to Act, and several related publications. Wendt is former Executive Director of a PBS Television and radio affiliate. He completed his undergraduate degree from Brown University and received his graduate degree from the Columbia University School of International Affairs.