Martin Manley

During the past three decades Marty Manley has started and led companies, labor unions, and a federal agency. He is the founder and CEO of Reputation Networks, the company that developed WorkScore.

Manley founded Alibris with bookseller Richard Weatherford and built the company into the premier global exchange for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Deloitte named Alibris one of North America’s "Fast 500" and one of Silicon Valley’s "Fast 50" technology companies. The New York Times declared that Alibris "radically changed the buying and selling of used books.” Oak Hill Capital purchased Alibris in 2006.

In 1993, President William Clinton nominated Manley to serve as US Assistant Secretary of Labor responsible for creating a new division in the Labor Department under the direction of Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Manley created the Office of the American Workplace, a federal agency charged with promoting workplace innovation. Following his confirmation by the United States Senate, Manley brought together managers and employees throughout the United States to identify and share best practices at work.

Prior to his government service, Manley advised executives of large and often troubled companies as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. During the seventies and early eighties, he was an active union organizer and held positions with the Hotel, Restaurant, and Bartenders International Union (now UNITE), the Service Employees International Union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the Silicon Valley AFL-CIO.

Marty is an honors graduate of the University of California and holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife, Dr. AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean of the School of Information at UC Berkeley and their two sons. He keeps a popular blog on technology, politics, and culture at www.JamSideDown.com.