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Matthew Le Merle
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</ref> Digital economy and innovation During the 1990s Le Merle was a director of the San Francisco Partnership that successfully worked to have Mission Bay established as a leading Biotechnology center for San Francisco. in 1999 to 2001 he was an Advisor to the City of San Francisco including working on the formation of the MultiMedia Industry strategy for the City. Between 2002 and 2006 Le Merle was an advisor to the State of California on the future development of the Biotechnology Industry in the state and in each of the four biotechnology clusters in the State: San Diego, Southern California, Sacramento and the Bay Area and to Shanghai Municipality as the city developed its new Life Sciences Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. From 2006 and 2008 Le Merle was Co-President of Keiretsu Forum SF/NB (the world's largest angel investor network) in which capacity he was invited in 2007 to speak to representatives of the provinces of China in the Great Hall of the People at Tiananmen Square on the topics of innovation and angel investing. Le Merle is also a frequent speaker on innovation, the Digital Economy, interactive media and entertainment and has been a top ranked speaker at GDC in San Francisco and China. Since 2006 Le Merle has also been a frequent publisher and speaker on the topic of how prospective Internet regulation may negatively impact innovation and growth in the Digital Economy. He has been invited by the governments of Korea, India, Indonesia, Israel, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and USA among others to provide expert input and advice on how to stimulate clusters of innovation and digital economy growth. Honors and Positions Le Merle is an adjunct faculty member at Singularity University. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). Works ;Innovation * Le Merle, M.C. and Davis, A. (2017) "Corporate innovation in the Fifth Era", Cartwright Publishing ;Investment * Le Merle, M.C. and Davis, A. (2017) "Build your fortune in the Fifth Era", Cartwright Publishing Personal life Le Merle resides in Tiburon, California with his wife Alison Davis. They have five children 
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