| As Grid Solutions Manager, Ian Lumb serves as Platform Computing Inc.'s technology evangelist for Grid Computing. In this role, he is responsible for educating and liaising with customers and partners regarding the principles of grid computing, including standards, proof of concept, and production deployment requirements. In addition, Mr. Lumb champions Platform's comprehensive enterprise grid solutions, as well as partner grid solutions based on the Globus Toolkit. Throughout his career with Platform, Mr. Lumb has held various positions, including Senior Technical Consultant where he was responsible for establishing the company's training practice, and Integration Architect, where he acted as technical liaison for the company's system vendor partners. Mr. Lumb has enjoyed an extensive career in scientific research and distributed computing on an international scale. Prior to joining Platform Computing in 1998, Mr. Lumb was a Researcher and Educator at Toronto's York University, where he also performed work on distributed computing. Mr. Lumb is a graduate of McGill University where he received a Bachelors of Science, and subsequently completed a Masters of Science at Toronto's York University. | 
