Martin Tschandl received the Ph.D. degree in social and economic sciences from Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria, in 1993. He completed his Research Semester with New York University, NY, USA. From 1991 to 1998, he was with industrial and service companies where he was responsible for finance and IT. Then he became a Professor of business administration and controlling. Since 2001, he has been the Head of the Industrial Engineering Institute “Industrial Management,” FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences, Austria. He was a Visiting Professor with four international universities. He is the Head of the Austria II working group of the International Controller Association (ICV), Member of the International Group of Controlling (IGC), and Member of the board of the Logistics Network Association (VNL) and the Austrian Association of Industrial Engineers. He is involved in more than 70 research and industry projects on these topics. He has authored or coauthored more than 140 scientific publications, and edited the book series Industrial Management. His research interests include planning and control, strategic corporate development, management of logistics, and digital finance (forecasting, RPA).