Peter Cleveland is Vice President of Global Government Affairs at the largest contract semiconductor company in the world. Responsibilities involve overseeing policy, legislative, legal, regulatory and standards matters. TSMC manufactures leading edge silicon and is highly valued with a $400 billion market capitalization.

Previously, Mr. Cleveland worked at Intel as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. He also served on Capitol Hill for sixteen years for lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Foreign Relations Committees and Chief of Staff for California Senator Dianne Feinstein. Mr. Cleveland’s past experience includes advising clients as an attorney in private practice. He graduated from Columbia University (BA) and Georgetown University (JD), and he is a Member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars and Council on Foreign Relations.

Over a twenty-five year career, Mr. Cleveland was elected to chair the BOD of trade associations — such as the Information Technology Industry Council and the Trans Atlantic Business Council — and helped drive industry consensus on challenging issues, including: U.S. tariffs on Chinese product impors, immigration reform, IP protection, free trade agreements and tech export controls.

Additionally, Mr. Cleveland has published op-eds on technology law and made TV media appearances on key subjects, and he was cited in Politico’s annual survey for many years as a top corporate representative in Washington, DC.