Armando Irizarry

Armando Irizarry currently serves as Counsel for Antitrust, Competition & Intellectual Property at the Federal Trade Commission, a position held since 2003, with a focus on anticompetitive practices. Irizarry has led consent orders with various trade associations, including the National Association of Animal Breeders and the California Association of Legal Support Professionals, and has negotiated significant consent orders with companies such as American Petroleum Company, Inc. and Negotiated Data Solutions. In addition to technical assistance initiatives across several Latin American countries, Irizarry has also contributed to academia as a Visiting Law Professor at Michigan State University and Florida State University, teaching courses on intellectual property law. Prior legal experience includes a role as an attorney at Fish & Neave and a services management position at Digital Equipment Corporation. Irizarry's educational background includes a JD from the University of Michigan Law School, a master’s degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Puerto Rico.