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Mr. Peter Harter is a Vice President of ZG Ventures. A leading Internet law and public policy authority, Peter Harter serves on the Board of Trustees of the Progress and Freedom Foundation and is managing principal of The Farrington Group.Presently, Mr. Harter consults with a variety of international organizations, multinational corporations, and
governments on issues including information systems security, corporate governance, international trade, technology standards, copyright, micro finance, and music.
Previously, Mr. Harter was SVP for Business Development and Public Policy at Securify, Inc., where he managed Securify's relationships with senior government officials and industry executives in various business development, legislative, regulatory, standards, and market development activities.
Prior to Securify, Mr. Harter served as Vice President of Global Public Policy & Standards for EMusic.com, Inc., (now owned by Vivendi Universal), and as Global Public Policy counsel for Netscape Communications Corporation. In its July 1998 issue, Business 2.0 magazine named Mr. Harter one of “The 25 Most Intriguing Minds of the New Economy.“ In 1996 Mr. Harter co-founded the Internet Law & Policy Forum, an organization dedicated to promoting global growth of e-commerce through greater understanding of the legal issues that arise from the cross border nature of the Internet.
Mr. Harter holds a B.A. in Rhetoric & Government from Lehigh University and a J.D. from Villanova University Law School. He is also a Member of Advisory Board at Visible Path Corporation.
