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June 20, 2013The Honorable Harry ReidMajority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510

The Honorable Mitch McConnellRepublican LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510

Dear Leader Reid and Leader McConnell:

As representatives of the leading technology innovators, designers, manufacturers,entrepreneurs, and job creators in the United States, we write to request your support for S.744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013.This critically important legislation would help ensure that America continues to be the locationof the worlds most innovative and fastest growing industriesthose that rely on intellectual

property and highly educated talent. Your support for S. 744 will allow America to better realizeopportunities for innovation and job creation today, as well as secure our economic strength inthe future.

America is the most prosperous country in the world. The U.S. technology sector employs over6 million Americans and contributes $1 trillion to our countrys Gross Domestic Product. Oursuccess stems from our historic diversity, and the constant infusion of new and innovative ideasfostered by our democratic system of education and innovation.

We applaud the Gang of Eight, the bipartisan sponsors of S. 744, as well as the bills bipartisansupporters in the Senate Judiciary Committee, who have collaboratively crafted and refined acomprehensive bill that would truly modernize a broken and outdated immigration system. We

strongly believe the many reforms in S. 744 that impact high skilled immigration including keyimprovements in the availability of both green cards and H-1B visas will help address thenational talent shortage in the near-term, while also creating a long-term pipeline of Americanworkers through establishing a much-needed new fund for science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) education, including computer science education. The bill will also protect andbetter prepare American workers, and enable employers and entrepreneurs of all sizes in everystate to recruit and retain the worlds best talent.

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Senate approval of S. 744 is essential if our economy will continue to foster innovation andinvigorate many U.S. business sectors through an educated and highly skilled workforce ofdomestic and foreign-born talent. Absent reform, if every American graduate receiving anadvanced STEM degree gets a job, the U.S. is estimated to face at least 200,000 unfilledadvanced-degree STEM jobs by 2018. These unfilled jobs represent lost opportunities for ourcountry, but with S. 744, we can fill these jobs, create new ones and invest in a future of

economic growth.

We urge your support for S. 744, which will help to open a new path to American innovation,American economic strength, and greater opportunities for American workers.

Sincerely,

Evan BurfieldCo-founder1776

Maury Blackman,

President & Chief Executive OfficeAccela

Khaled NaimCo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerAddy Inc.

Darrell FordChief Human Resources OfficerAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Pankaj Jindal

Chief Operating OfficerAkraya Inc.

Hannah KainChief Executive OfficerALOM

Eric DavidsonPresidentAmerican Automation & Communications,Inc.

David A. RaymondPresident & Chief Executive OfficerAmerican Council of EngineeringCompanies

Mike SplinterChief Executive OfficerApplied Materials, Inc.

Kevin SuraceChief Executive OfficerAppvance

Steven Zylstra

President & Chief Executive OfficerArizona Technology Council

Richard LordPresident & Chief Executive OfficerAssociated Industries of Massachusetts

Morgan ReedExecutive DirectorAssociation for Competitive Technology

Randall Stephenson

Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerAT&T

Carl BassPresident & Chief Executive OfficerAutodesk, Inc.

Kevin KennedyChief Executive OfficerAvaya Inc.

Jim Wunderman

President & Chief Executive OfficerBay Area Council

Michael S. ScheeringaPresident & Chief Executive OfficerBBA Aviation Flight Support

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Brad BullingtonChief Executive OfficerBridgelux

Matt ReidSenior Vice President

External Affairs, BSA | The SoftwareAlliance

Mike MontgomeryExecutive DirectorCALinnovates

Pasquale RomanoPresident & Chief Executive OfficerChargePoint

Richard Lowenthal

Chief Technology OfficerChargePoint

John ChambersChief Executive OfficerCisco Systems

Kim PoleseChairmanClearStreet Inc.

Edward Black

President & Chief Executive OfficerComputer & Communications IndustryAssociation

Todd ThibodeauxPresident & Chief Executive OfficerComputing Technology Industry Association

Gary ShapiroPresident & Chief Executive OfficerConsumer Electronics Association

David SprengManaging PartnerCrescendo Ventures

Kim FennellPresident & Chief Executive OfficerdeCarta Inc.

Steve PriceSenior Vice President, Human ResourcesDell

Don MeansFounder & Principal

Digital Village

John DonahoePresident & Chief Executive OfficereBay Inc.

Ronald SegeChairman & Chief Executive OfficerEchelon Corporation

Vishal VermaPartner

EDGEWOOD Ventures

Fabio RosatiChief Executive OfficerElance, Inc.

Michael McGearyCo-FounderEngine

Belal HummadiChief Executive Officer

ExciteM

Mark ZuckerbergChief Executive OfficerFacebook

JerryMixChief Executive OfficerFinelite Inc.

Caroline DowlingPresident INS

Flextronics

Jeff BussgangGeneral PartnerFlybridge Capital

Martin SchoepplerPresident & Chief Executive OfficerFUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.

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Eric SchmidtExecutive ChairmanGoogle

Rami BranitzkyChief Executive Officer

Grok

Koichi FujikawaCo-FounderHapyrus Inc.

Josh MendelsohnManaging DirectorHattery

Fred HochPresident & Chief Executive Officer

Illinois Technology Association

Thomas FallonChief Executive OfficerInfinera

Dean GarfieldPresident & Chief Executive OfficerInformation Technology Industry Council

James GutierrezChief Executive Officer

Insikt

Douglas MelamedSenior Vice President and General CounselIntel

Adriane BrownPresident & Chief Executive OfficerIntellectual Ventures

Paul LovoiFounder, President & Chief Executive

OfficerJan Medical

Kevin JohnsonChief Executive OfficerJuniper Networks

Mary MeekerGeneral PartnerKleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

John DoerrPartner

Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers

Shaun CrossChief Executive OfficerLee & Hayes

Josh BeckerChief Executive OfficerLex Machina

Marty BeardPresident & Chief Executive Officer

LiveOps, Inc.

Karl SunChief Executive OfficerLucid Software Inc.

Geetha VallabhaneniChief Executive OfficeLuminix, Inc.

Matt McIlwainManaging Director

Madrona Venture Group

Tom HopcroftChief Executive OfficerMassachusetts Technology LeadershipCouncil

Darlene McCalmontChief Executive OfficerMcCalmont Engineering

Steve Ballmer

Chief Executive OfficerMicrosoft

Robert GreifeldChief Executive OfficerNASDAQ OMX

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William ReinschPresidentNational Foreign Trade Council

Bobbie KilbergPresident & Chief Executive Officer

Northern Virginia Technology Council(NVTC)

Randell J. McMillsSenior Vice PresidentRegional Executive the Americas, nxpSemiconductors

Ralph SchmittPresident & Chief Executive OfficerOCZ Technology Group, Inc.

Eric StangChief Executive OfficerOoma

Chris LarsenChief Executive OfficerOpenCoin, Inc.

Safra CatzPresident & Chief Financial OfficerOracle

Joseph TaylorChairman & CEOPanasonic Corporation of North America

Maryse ThomasChief Executive OfficerPokeware

Paul JacobsChairman of the Board and Chief ExecutiveOfficerQualcomm Incorporated

Lanham NapierChief Executive OfficerRackspace

Steve CaseChief Executive Officer & ChairmanRevolution LLC

Rita CepedaChancellorSan Jose Evergreen/Community CollegeDistirct

Barbara Holzapfel

SVP & Managing Director, SAP Labs NorthAmericaSAP

Denny McGuirkPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSEMI

Brian TooheyPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSemiconductor Industry Association

Greg BeckerPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSilicon Valley Bank

Carl GuardinoPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSilicon Valley Leadership Group

Scott LangChairman, President & Chief ExecutiveOfficerSilver Spring Networks

Ken WaschPresidentSoftware & Information Industry Association

Gary YacoubianChief Executive OfficerSpecialty Technologies, LLC

Andrew BallPresident, West RegionSuffolk

Virginia KlausmeierChief Executive Officer, Co-founderSylvatex Inc

Steve BennettPresident & Chief Executive OfficerSymantec Corporation

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Aart de GeusChairman and co-Chief Executive OfficerSynopsys, Inc.

Scott AllisonChief Executive Officer

Teamly Inc

Bruce MehlmanExecutive DirectorTechnology CEO Council

Shawn OsbornePresident & Chief Executive OfficerTechAmerica

Alix BurnsActing Chief Executive Officer

TechNet

Terry HowertonFounderTechNexus LLC

Grant SeiffertPresidentTelecommunications Industry Association

Rich TempletonChairman, President & Chief Executive

OfficerTexas Instruments Incorporated

James BrettPresident & Chief Executive OfficerThe New England Council

Steve WestlyManaging DirectorThe Westly Group

Ryan RogowskiChief Executive OfficerTranslate Abroad

Robert LallyPresident

TransPak, Inc.

Steven BerglundPresident & Chief Executive OfficerTrimble Navigation

Stephen KauferPresident & Chief Executive OfficerTripAdvisor

David CushChief Executive Officer

Virgin America

Susan SiglPresident & Chief Executive OfficerWashington Technology IndustryAssociation

Steve MilliganPresident & Chief Executive Officer

WesternDigitalCorporation

Moshe Gavrielov

Chief Executive OfficerXilinx

Marissa MayerChief Executive OfficerYahoo

Jeremy StoppelmanChief Executive OfficerYelp

Mark Pincus

Chief Executive OfficerZyngna

cc: Members of the United States Senate