Mark Leggott is the Executive Director of Research Data Canada, a stakeholder driven organization dedicated to ensuring a sustainable research data management ecosystem in Canada. Prior to that, Mark was the University Librarian at the University of PEI; Founder of the open source Islandora Project; and President of discoverygarden Inc., a private company providing services for Islandora. Mark is passionate about open data, open science, and open source and the benefits they bring to society.