Glenn Reynolds

VP Government Relations North America and Head of DC Office, Nokia

Speaker Bio

Glenn Reynolds is Vice President for North American Government Affairs for Nokia. In this role, he heads up the company’s Washington, D.C. office and leads its engagement with Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Federal Communications Commission.


Glenn has extensive experience in communications policy having served in senior positions in both industry and government. As Chief of Staff for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Glenn supported the Assistant Secretary in the agency’s role as principal advisor to the president on communications policy. This included the agency’s efforts in the areas of spectrum, broadband, and Internet policy.  He previously held a number of senior positions at the Federal Communications Commission, including Deputy Chief of the Wireline Bureau.


On the industry side, Glenn is an experienced public policy advocate for companies in the communications sector. He served as regulatory VP for both BellSouth and USTelecom with responsibility for leading policy advocacy at the FCC and Executive Branch agencies. Glenn has also headed up government affairs for the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and iconectiv.


He holds both an undergraduate and law degree from the University of Virginia.