Dr. Mark A. Jamison is the Director of the Public Utility Research Center (PURC).  He is also Director of Telecommunications Studies at PURC.  Before joining the PURC staff in 1996, Dr. Jamison was a manager at Sprint Communications and the Head of Research at the Iowa Utilities Board. Dr. Jamison is widely published in the areas of regulation, industrial organization, and telecommunications policy. His current research focuses on the design and implementation of network interconnection agreements, global alliances, and global competition.