11 Facts About Doug Hickey

Douglas Thomas Hickey is an American businessman and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Finland from 2022 to 2024.

Doug Hickey has more than 30 years of operational experience holding senior-level positions in the telecom, internet, and technology industries.

From 1989 to 1994, Doug Hickey was the president of Metropolitan Fiber Systems.

Doug Hickey later joined GlobalCenter, a web hosting service, before it was acquired by Exodus Communications.

From 1998 until his resignation in 2001, Doug Hickey was the president and CEO of Critical Path, Inc From 2000 to 2010, Doug Hickey was a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in San Francisco.

Doug Hickey was later the president and CEO of BinWise, Inc.

In 2014, Doug Hickey was appointed to serve as the United States Ambassador and commissioner general to Expo Milano by President Barack Obama.

Hearings on Doug Hickey's nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 3,2022.

Doug Hickey was confirmed by the entire Senate via voice vote on March 24,2022.

Doug Hickey presented his credentials to President Sauli Niinisto on May 11,2022.

In 2016, Doug Hickey received an honorary doctorate degree from Siena College.