Tapan Munroe is a recognized author, speaker, consultant and advisor in the area of economic and policy analysis. His expertise includes regional economics, environmental economics, economic impact studies, and high-tech industry analysis. His research and writings focus on the Silicon Valley and Bay Area economies and the study of the Dot-Com boom-bust cycle and the resurgence of high technology industries. Tapan Munroe has been a director of LECG, LLC, a world wide consulting firm. Currently he is an affiliate of the firm. He has served as the Chief Economist for PGE and as a Director of the Capital Corp of the West, a bank holding company located in Merced, California. Munroe is also a former President of the National Association of Business Economists, Bay Area Chapter, a former member of the National Petroleum Council Task Force on Oil Prices, former Quarterly Chair for the Commonwealth Club of California and the former Chair of the Economics Committee for Edison Electric in Washington, D.C. A widely published author, Munroe recently authored the book Dot-com to Dot-bomb: Understanding the Dot-Com Boom, Bust and Resurgence. His forthcoming book is entitled Silicon Valley: Ecology of Innovation. He has been a columnist on economic issues for the San Francisco Examiner and the Journal of Corporate Renewal. He is currently a columnist for the Contra Costa Times and several other news organizations. Tapan is a commentator on both regional and national radio and TV news programs including KRON TV, KGO TV, CNBC in Los Angeles and New York, the Dow Jones Investors Network and the Bloomberg News Service.