I am pleased to announce that Mark Piper is now the IDL Product Manager! Mark has been with Exelis VIS for over 13 years in various roles as the IDL training instructor and as a consultant in the Professional Services Group. He has a PhD in astrophysical, planetary and atmospheric sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Mark has been using IDL for almost 20 years, and he loves using IDL and talking about it with others. It's been a fun and challenging experience as IDL Product Manager. I am moving into a new role as Product Manager – Enterprise to launch our software in a web services and cloud deployment model. I expect you will hear from me now and then on this forum. Cheers, Bill Okubo