Sayeed Choudhury is the Associate Dean for Research Data Management and Head of the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) of Johns Hopkins University (JHU). I’m also a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES) at JHU. I’ve been the Principal Investigator for several grants from various funding agencies including the National Science Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Library of Congress, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Microsoft Research, and a Maryland based venture capital group. I am one of the administrators and researchers at JHU that is leading our efforts to develop open, digital infrastructure, applications, and services.