Gene

Gene is a Trilligent Advisory Board member and senior expert on digital platform competition, an experienced litigator, and a powerful advocate before enforcers, regulators, legislators and courts. He is also global policy counsel and spokesperson for the Coalition for App Fairness – CAF, and advisor and spokesperson for the Browser Choice Alliance.

With more than 20 years of experience at the cutting edge of digital platform competition issues all over the world, Gene is a recognized leader in developing and executing on legal, regulatory and legislative strategies to advance his clients’ interests.

Gene spent 15 years at Microsoft, managing antitrust compliance with American and European orders and decrees, then led efforts to apply the same antitrust laws to and develop cases against Microsoft’s competitors around the world. Recently, Gene led Spotify’s legislative strategy, lobbying and advocacy efforts to open up the mobile app ecosystem to free competition and to unleash innovators. While at American Airlines, Gene led the litigation team’s successful defense against the Department of Justice’s landmark predatory pricing case and managed regulatory efforts for the acquisitions of TWA and Aerolineas Argentinas. Gene is an experienced litigator, including defending Exxon in trial against a number of its California dealers. Gene also acted as an external senior advisor with McKinsey and Company’s Regulatory Strategy Group, providing strategic advice to businesses dealing with competition regulators around the world.

Gene received his law degree from the University of Virginia and has a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. Gene is licensed to practice law in the states of California and Washington.