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Holleyman confirmed as deputy U.S. trade rep

· Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Holleyman, who was nominated for the post in February.

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Robert W. Holleyman, II, as the new deputy U.S. trade representative.
Holleyman was nominated for the post by President Obama in February.
Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of Cloud4Growth, a cloud technology development company that he started in 2013. Be for that, he was the president and CEO of BSA/The Software Alliance from 1990 to 2013, and served a stint as senior counsel for the Senate Commerce Committee.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.