Ian Osborne is Project Director for the Grid Computing Now! Project at Intellect. Grid Computing Now! is a knowledge-transfer network, funded by the UK government's Technology Strategy Board, aimed at transferring the knowledge and capabilities necessary to realize the value of grid technologies in UK public and private sectors. Intellect, the UK trade association for the IT, telecoms, and electronics industries, is leading this project in partnership with the National e-Science Centre in Edinburgh, a world leader in grid technologies for e-science, and CNR Ltd., a Bristol-based management consultancy. The project involves leading IT suppliers, the UK e-science community, and a growing number of interested business and academic professionals. Mr. Osborne has worked in ICT since 1972. He trained as a computer programmer at Cornhill Insurance before stints with British Airways and International Computers Limited. In 1979, he joined HP, where he enjoyed a substantial career working in R&D, quality, and marketing at HP locations in the US and UK. He held senior management positions in HP's European Research Laboratories and Telecom Systems Business. Mr. Osborne has a master's degree in the management of technology, a joint degree awarded by the Universities of Sussex and Brighton in 1992. He is a member of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Information Technology Professional, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, and an Associate Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He can be reached at ian.osborne at intellectuk.org.