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David Manset

Name: David Manset

Age: 30

Project: Health-e-Child, neuGRID, MammoGrid, Sentinelle, EELA-II

Position: Director of Biomedical Applications, CEO of French branch (MAAT France)

Institution: MAAT Gknowledge

Nationality: French

First computer: Thomson TO8D

Favourite IT technology: The Web (in concept)

What's your role within grid computing?
	Consulting, project management and setup. Infrastructures and systems architecture design, system and services delivery to end-users.

Why did you get in to grid?
	Innovative concept. Curious about grid/soa overlap. Application of the concept to new areas such as healthcare.

What did you study at university?
	Computer sciences, agent systems (AI), workflow management systems, model driven engineering, service oriented architecture design.

What did you want to be at school?
	Archaeologist.

What are the highlights of your job?
	Concrete application area with measurable impact.

What are the lowlights of your job?
	No longer touching technologies.

What do you do when you're not at work?
	When?

What are your goals for the next year?
	Deliver a grid infrastructure for biomedical research and bring an e-health platform to the market.

Would you encourage your children to get in to grid and IT?
	Why not.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
	A large group of distributed resources, in the field of e-health infrastructures.