The Technology CEO Council (TCC) announced that Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, will be the group’s newest chair.
He is succeeding outgoing chair D. Mark Durcan, former CEO of Micron Technology.
In his new role, Mollenkopf will spearhead efforts by fellow information technology industry leaders to advance policies that promote U.S. innovation and competitiveness.
TCC also announced that Dion Weisler, president and CEO of HP Inc., will join the group, along with Sanjay Mehrotra, who recently succeeded Durcan as president and CEO of Micron.
TCC is IT industry’s only public policy advocacy organization comprised entirely of Chief Executive Officers.
The CEOs regularly meet with policymakers regarding issues of importance to the high-tech industry and the nation. The membership changes were made official as the CEOs visited Washington last week to meet with government leaders.
In addition to Mollenkopf, Weisler and Mehrotra, TCC members include Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle Corporation; Michael S. Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Inc.; Jeff Jacobson, CEO of Xerox Corporation; Brian M. Krzanich, CEO of Intel Corporation; Tom Leighton, CEO of Akamai Technologies and Virginia M. Rometty, Chairman, president and CEO of IBM Corporation.