Brad Dixon is the director of product management for MontaVista Software, where he works with the MontaVista product management group on new concepts. At MontaVista, Brad has helped some of the world's most demanding companies understand how to apply Linux and other open source technology to design new applications and devices. In addition to technical nuts and bolts, Brad is involved in licensing, quality assurance, networking, security, and support issues. Brad graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) with a degree in computer engineering. Brad's blog "Open Device, Insert Code" is at http://mvista.com/blogs/dixon/.