Which federal agency is regulating and will have the greatest impact on the cloud? Hint: There is a right answer.

Mr. Kavounas, is founder, CEO, and President of Cloud Strategix, LLC, based in Washington, DC. Mr. Kavounas has over a decade of experience in telecommunications, cloud computing, and data hosting. Mr. Kavounas works with data storage and analytics, business intelligence, hosting, and financial companies to preserve the interests of his clients facing regulation from multiple federal and state agencies, as well as Congress. Additionally, Mr. Kavounas consults on and designs business strategies for small to large companies trying to win the cloud computing business of federal agencies. Mr. Kavounas founded Cloud Strategix, LLC on the premise that cloud computing and hosting companies were being regulated without even knowing it, and that regulators were entering the cloud computing world like bulls in china shops. The goal of his company is to put the cloud computing and hosting industry in touch with its regulator before the regulator kills the industry due to a lack of understanding and communication. Mr. Kavounas began his career 12 years ago working for telecommunications companies in their Finance and Sales departments, where he focused on enterprise hosting products and services. He practiced law for a top 25 law firm in the areas of IP and Securities litigation and regulation. Mr. Kavounas began his public service by acting as Counsel to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), created by President Obama. In his capacity as Counsel, he worked on several issues, including investigating large banks, portfolio managers, and counter-parties to credit default swaps for asset-backed securities collateralized debt obligations. With his experience analyzing 140 high-grade and mezzanine CDOs and swaps deals done during the crisis, Mr. Kavounas was asked to assist the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in its creation of a transparent swaps market. Part of his responsibilities included researching, analyzing, and reporting on the newly enacted provisions of The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Mr. Kavounas dealt with the establishment of swaps data repositories (SDRs) and swaps execution facilities (SEFs), as well as the enactment of proposed regulation of data centers and third-party hosting service providers. Mr. Kavounas has authored several articles focusing on legal trends in securities and technology litigation and deal structures, as well as mortgage standards in compliance with Dodd-Frank. He co-authored four chapters of the Official Financial Crisis Inquiry Report. Mr. Kavounas has been invited to speak at several events. He spoke to the Washington College of Law’s Business Law Review about the FCIC and the future of government in cloud computing. He was a panelist at Tier 1 Research’s 2011 Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit, where he discussed regulatory challenges facing the industry. Mr. Kavounas earned a double major in Communications and Managerial Economics at the University of California, Davis. He earned his Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law. Mr. Kavounas completed his LL.M. in Securities Law and Policy at the American University's Washington College of Law. He is barred in the District of Columbia, where he resides with his wife and two children.