Ian Lynch has several business interests in the education sector in the UK. His company won the Midlands Small Business of the Year Award in 2000 an a Department of Trade and Industry Smart Award in 2002. He has experience leading school inspection teams and as an assessor of the National Qualification for Headteachers. He is the main point of contact for BECTA, the UK Government Agency for IT in Schools and the Open Source Community and his latest business venture, International Grades in Office Technology (www.theINGOTs.org) provides certification in IT skills and knowledge of open standards and open source issues.