Dr. Ruediger Berlich has studied physics at the University of Bochum in Germany. Until 2001 he was a member of SuSE Linux AG. Among other duties, he has served as Technical Manager (Support) of SuSE's US office in Oakland/California and as founder and Managing Director of SuSE's UK office SuSE Linux Ltd. near London/UK.

In  January 2004, he finished a PHD at Bochum University, relating to particle physics and distributed computing. Since then he has been active in the field of Grid Computing at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany's largest independent research institution.

Apart from his research activities, he is responsible for the work areas "training" and "dissemination and outreach" of the largest EU Grid initiative, EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-SciencE), on behalf of the German/Swiss EGEE federation. To find out more about Ruediger and to get in contact with him please visit his web site.