Dr. James Manyika, based in Silicon Valley since 1994, has led research on the global economy, disruptive technologies, the digital economy, and productivity. He is the author of a book on robotics as well as technical and business articles. He was appointed by President Obama as the vice chair of the president's Global Development Council. He is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and is on advisory boards of Harvard, Berkeley, and Oxford, where he was a research fellow.