Who should be the US CTO? The UK's? How about a team play?

Sez the NYT:

Barack Obama wanted to know whom Mr. Doerr would recommend for chief technology officer of the United States, a position that Mr. Obama has promised to create. Mr. Doerr’s first choice was Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, in which Mr. Doerr invested early on. Mr. Joy is now a partner at Mr. Doerr’s firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Mr. Doerr said it would be a sacrifice to lose him to the Obama administration, but that “there is no greater cause.”

Apart from wondering what Kleiner gets out of handing over one of their scions to the US Gov (truly there is no greater cause he could serve ). Does the US - and the UK - need a CTO, a TechCzar? If so, who? Is Mr Joy still the best man (or woman) for the job - is any one person up to the job?

If it were me, I'd go for a more Web 2.0 feel - a (gasp) network of experts, who work collegiately - A Wisdom of A Few Good People.....