November 2, 2026, Washington, D.C. – Freedom Technologies, Inc. (FTI) announces the hiring of Eric Nelson as Spectrum Management Engineering Consultant and Jacobo Garcia as Spectrum Policy Director. “Eric and Jacobo each have an impressive breadth of public and private experience that will make them vital additions to our growing team,” said FTI President and CEO Janice Obuchowski.
Mr. Eric Nelson joins FTI after 23 years of service at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where he served as Acting Director of the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) and Division Chief of the Spectrum and Propagation Measurements Division.
Prior to joining NTIA, Mr. Nelson built foundational expertise as a Cellular Systems Engineer for USWEST NewVector and AirCell, and as the Director of Radiofrequency (RF) Engineering at CommNet Cellular. He also served as a Combat Communications Engineer with the Washington Air National Guard. Mr. Nelson received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, where he specialized in applied electromagnetics.
Mr. Jacobo Garcia began his career in science and aerospace, conducting chemistry research before joining NASA’s White Sands Test Facility as an analytical chemist supporting spacecraft propulsion hardware for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, and satellite systems. During his time at the agency, he received a NASA Johnson Space Center Group Achievement Award. He later pivoted to law and policy, gaining experience in intellectual property and patent law before focusing on space and satellite policy at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and NASA Headquarters.
Mr. Garcia holds a J.D. from Texas A&M University School of Law and a B.S. in Chemistry, cum laude, from the University of Texas at El Paso. He is admitted to practice in Texas and Washington, D.C., and is a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
About FTI
Established in 1992, Freedom Technologies, Inc. (FTI) is a research and consulting firm with unparalleled policy, engineering, and public affairs experience at the crossroads of government and the private sector. Principals at the firm have decades of experience at high levels of government, industry, law practice and journalism. For more information, visit: www.freedomtechnologiesinc.com.