Michael Maibach is Senior Fellow for the Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century program at The Aspen Institute. He has had successful careers at the European-American Business Council, the Intel Corporation and Caterpillar, Inc. In 2003 Mr. Maibach became President & CEO of the European-American Business Council. He grew membership from 7 to 75 companies and opened the first EABC Brussels office. In 1983 he established Intel’s Government Affairs Department and was also assistant to Intel Co-Founder, Dr. Robert Noyce. Maibach was named Intel’s first Vice President of Government Affairs in 1996. He staffed Dr. Noyce's work on President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and Dr. Gordon Moore's work on President Bush’s National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors. He opened Intel’s Washington, Brussels and Beijing offices. In 1976 Mr. Maibach was employed at the Caterpillar Tractor Co., first as a machine shop foreman, then as a Government Affairs Manager in Illinois, California and Washington DC. Mr. Maibach has completed five degrees from Northern Illinois University, California State University, American University and Georgetown University.