How Global Economic Restructuring is Changing the Future of Silicon Valley Employment

Drawing on newly released data from the Index of Silicon Valley 2004, Doug Henton will discuss the impact of global economic e-structuring on the Valley's jobs. The talk will examine industry and occupational trends in Silicon Valley. The focus will be on what kinds of jobs are most likely to stay in the Valley.

Doug Henton has more than thirty years of experience in economic and community development. He is nationally recognized for his work in bringing industry, government, education, research, and community leaders together around specific collaborative projects to improve regional competitiveness.

He serves as national coordinator for the John W. Gardner Academy of the Alliance for Regional Stewardship, which is a national network of leaders from over firty regions in the United States. He was project manager for the start-up of the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. Doug is a consultant to the California Economic Strategy Panel, California's first state economic strategy process linked to industry clusters and regions. He has served as advisor on regional efforts around the United States, including in San Diego, Sacramento, Massachusetts, Chicago, and others.

Doug founded Collaborative Economics in July 1993 after a decade as assistant director of SRI International's Center for Economic Competitiveness. At SRI, Doug directed strategy projects in diverse regions, including Austin (Texas), Hong Kong, Japan, and China.

With colleagues Kim Walesh and John Melville, Doug has written Grassroots Leaders for the New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities (1997) and Civic Revolutionaries: Igniting the Passion for Change in America's Communities (2003). Doug holds a bachelors degree in political science and economics from Yale University and a masters of public policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley.