2. An Overview of Precursor, LLC
A longtime policy advisor, Scott Cleland served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for
communications and information policy and a senior policy advisor for the United States
Department of State. Since he founded Precursor, LLC, in 2006, Scott Cleland has led the firm to a
position of internetization leadership in capital markets, industry change, and public policy.
3. An Overview of Precursor, LLC
A proven thought leader and internetization consultancy, Precursor, LLC, has worked with several
Fortune 500 companies on topics ranging from internetization, cyber-security, cyber-ideology,
communications competition and property rights. In addition to providing thought leadership in a
number of areas, Precursor hosts a research library with an extensive scope encompassing a wide
range of Internet issues.
4. An Overview of Precursor, LLC
The Precursor website offers examples of its founder’s testimony before Congress about subjects
such as the evolving digital marketplace, the effect of antitrust laws on the telecommunications
industry in the future, and the merger of corporations. The website also offers information on the
book Search and Destroy: Why You Can’t Trust Google, Inc., and links to related websites where
visitors can explore some of the book’s ideas in greater depth.