OK, so both of those guys have their hands full with big companies, but you never know what might happen. President-elect Barack Obama has started assembling his cabinet, and there's already been considerable buzz about Obama's plan to name the country's first chief technology officer. 

So who should be the country's top geek? 

We've seen speculation ranging from Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos to Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy. Why not Microsoft's CEO? Or as a bipartisan wild card, how about former eBay CEO Meg Whitman?

If you don't like the choices in the poll below, feel free to make a write-in vote in the comments. No matter who is chosen, he or she will have a lot of work to do, from improving the country's broadband infrastructure to tackling new energy initiatives. Which issues should the CTO tackle first?