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Verlato, Marco

Name: Marco Verlato

Age: 42

Project: CYCLOPS, e-NMR, EU-IndiaGrid

Position: Senior Technologist

Institution: INFN

Nationality: Italian

First computer: VAX 8600

Favourite IT technology: Skype

1. What's your role within grid computing?
	Responsible of Coordination with EGEE activities” in CYCLOPS project, of “Grid deployment and operations” in e-NMR project, of “Application support” in EU-IndiaGrid project, of INFN-Padova Grid site.

2. Why did you get in to grid?
	To exploit my experience in High Energy Physics computing and data analysis.

3. What did you study at university?
	Physics.

4. What did you want to be at school?
	Spaceman.

5. What are the highlights of your job?
	Traveling worldwide and meeting very different people and scientific communities.

6. What are the lowlights of your job?
	Sometime too much paper to write.

7. What do you do when you’re not at work?
	Alpine skiing, watching football matches, surfing on internet.

8. What are your goals for the next year?
	To get a permanent position.

9. Would you encourage your children to get in to grid and IT?
	Of course.

10. What do you want to be when you grow up?
	I’ve not yet decided.


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