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Julia JohnsonJulia L. Johnson

Vice President, Communications & Marketing
MILCOM Technologies

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Julia L. Johnson is Vice President of Communication and Marketing for Military Commercial Technologies, Inc. (“MILCOM”).  MILCOM creates dominant technology companies upon proven technologies that are typically acquired from major military contractors.  It provides services and incubation capital to new technology ventures.

Johnson is a national authority on telecommunications regulation. She served as State Chair of the Federal/State Joint Board on Universal Service, which is responsible for issuing federal policy recommendations to the FCC on ubiquitous deployment of the Internet and advanced communications services in the United States.

Governor Lawton Chiles appointed her to the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) where she regulated Florida’s $16.8 billion investor owned utility industry, which includes telecommunications, electric, gas, water and wastewater.  She chaired the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) from 1997-1999.

In 1999, Governor Bush appointed Johnson to chair Florida’s Information Service Technology Development Taskforce (Internet Taskforce) where she advises him on information technology policy and related legislative issues. She also serves as national spokesperson for the Net Compete Now Coalition, an advocacy Coalition dedicated to promoting regulation-free rapid deployment of competitive high speed Internet and communications technology.

She received her BS from the Warrington School of Business at the University of Florida, and her law degree from the University of Florida College of Law.