Dr. Rüdiger Berlich has studied physics at the University of Bochum in Germany. He has served as founder and Managing Director of SuSE Linux AG's UK office (SuSE Linux Ltd.) near London. Before he moved to the UK, he was Technical Manager of SuSE's US office in Oakland, California. Rüdiger has worked as a researcher and trainer in the field of Grid- and Cloud-Computing at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. His professional interests also include stochastic optimization procedures, management sciences, Linux and finding ways of coping with overly bureaucratic organizations. Rüdiger holds an MBA from Steinbeis Business Academy.