Brian King leads the Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, a global program of the CGIAR consortium centered on digital transformation of food systems worldwide. He has designed and led programs leveraging successive waves of digital technologies for the social and economic transformations they can effect including early internet networks and policies, mobile telephony, building more inclusive mobile financial services, and developing governance for critical digital infrastructure. He has led development of digital strategies for an array of public, private, and non-profit clients. He is a former agriculture extensionist and a California rice farmer.

Digital development professional graduated from University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and University of California, Berkeley Department of Spanish and Portuguese.