Wilfried Lemahieu is a professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, Faculty of Economics and Business, where he also holds the position of Dean. His teaching, for which he was awarded a 'best teacher recognition' includes courses on database management, enterprise information management and management informatics. His research focuses on big data storage and integration, data quality, business process management and service-oriented architectures. In this context, he collaborates extensively with a variety of industry partners, both local and international. His research is published in renowned international journals and he is a frequent lecturer for both academic and industry audiences.