Robert J. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Sonecon, LLC
633 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
Tel. (202) 393-2228
rshapiro@sonecon.com

• Founding partner and managing director of a consulting firm advising governments, corporations and non-profit entities on U.S. and global market conditions and U.S. economic policy.
• Facilitates investments in the U.S. by foreign companies.
• Have advised, among others, British Prime Minister Tony Blair; corporations such as Nordstjernan of Sweden, Fujitsu of Japan and, in the U.S, New York Life Insurance Co. and MCI, Inc.; and non-profits including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Public Transportation Association.

• Under Secretary for Economic Affairs: Oversaw policy, planning and operations by the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Office of the Under Secretary, managing 35 executives with responsibility for 10,000 employees and $4.5 billion (FY 2000).
• Oversight included Census 2000, the government's largest operational undertaking. Also directed Department analysis of information technologies and e-commerce.
• chief economic advisor for the Commerce Department and representative to White House economic task forces.

• Managed major operations and strategic planning for a Washington public-policy organization and oversaw development of its economic policy proposals and analyses.
• Raised funds and authored proposals on U.S. and global economic issues. Extensive publications.

• Directed economic analysis and policy development for Washington public policy foundation.
• Also, raised funds and developed policy positions economic issues. Extensive publications.

• Directed and conducted analyses for national corporate and public sector clients on antitrust, telecommunications regulation, corporate taxation, and information technology issues.

• Oversaw development of economic policy for the Clinton presidential campaign. Also, principal economic advisor to Governor Clinton.
• Senior transition advisor.

• Senior writer on macroeconomic policy and author of the weekly "Tomorrow" column.

• Managed legislative strategy and policy staff, and chief liaison to other Senate offices and Senate leadership.
• principal economic advisor to Senator Moynihan, Senator's chief advisor on tax policy and budget policy, and representative to the Senate Finance and Senate Budget committees.

• Ph.D.
• M.A.
• Fellow: 1975-1980

• Fellow

• M.Sc.

• A.B., High Honors

Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Counselor, U.S. Conference Board

Advisor Fujitsu Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Fellow, The Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

Columnist, Slate

Director, Axson-Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden

Director, Center for International Political Economy, New York

Affiliate, Precision Economics, LLC, Washington, D.C.