Dr. Robert D. Atkinson is the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and one of the country’s foremost thinkers on innovation economics and technology policy. He is the author of “The Past and Future of America’s Economy: Long Waves of Innovation That Power Cycles of Growth (Edward Elgar, 2005). Before coming to ITIF, Atkinson was Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute and Director of PPI’s Technology & New Economy Project. Ars Technica listed Atkinson as one of 2009’s tech policy People to Watch.