Ruth Malan is participating in Hewlett-Packard's research internship program, working in the Software Reuse Department at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories for the Summer. Her interests span the business aspects of software reuse, including business opportunity assessment, reuse cost -benefit analysis and business metrics; reuse incentives, funding models and performance measures; and reuse asset management and portfolio planning. She received an MBA from Virginia Tech in 1990, and an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University in June, 1993.