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Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a public policy research organization based in Dallas, Texas. Prior to joining IPI in 1992, Mr. Giovanetti was the director of marketing and product development for a small manufacturing company in Dallas, and thus has real-world experience in how taxes and regulations affect companies as they try to create jobs and products for consumers.
Since joining IPI, Mr. Giovanetti has published numerous opinion/editorials and longer policy pieces on a wide variety of topics including tax reform, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, telecom reform, Internet governance, education reform, the broadband revolution, and out-of-control government spending. In addition to being published in leading papers including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Sun-Times, and the San Diego Union Tribune, he has also appeared on a host of radio and television programs.
Mr. Giovanetti represents IPI as an accredited NGO with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he has delivered a number of interventions during WIPO deliberations. IPI was also accredited as an observer organization with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), where he argued against UN involvement with Internet governance.
Mr. Giovanetti’s interest in Internet tax policy afforded him an opportunity to participate in a discussion with a delegation from the U.K. House of Lords on U.S. Internet tax policy in 2000. And in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) in February, 2005, Tom predicted the collapse of President Bush's well-intended Social Security reform efforts due to the administration's strategic mistakes.
In addition to his writing projects and leadership duties at IPI, Mr. Giovanetti has also testified before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics, and is an engaging policy speaker and media interview. He resides in rural Copper Canyon, Texas.
Tom also maintains a personal blog at www.GioBlog.com.
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