I received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the University of Erlangen, Germany, a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and a Habilitation from the University of Mannheim, Germany, in 1997, 2001, and 2007, respectively. Since 2007, I am professor of Information Systems at the University of Mainz. I have published more than 100 technical papers in the context of artificial intelligence, machine learning, evolutionary computation, e-business, and software engineering, co-edited several conference proceedings and edited books, and I am author of the books "Representations for Evolutionary Algorithms" and "Design of Modern Heuristics". I am Academic Director of the Gutenberg School of Business (since 2013) and Chief Information Officer (since 2016). My main research interests are metaheuristics and machine learning. I am a member of the Editorial Board of Evolutionary Computation Journal (ECJ) and ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (TELO). Since 2007, I am a member of the Executive Committee of ACM SIGEVO. I was treasurer of ACM SIGEVO between 2011 and 2019. From 2019 to 2023, I served as chair for ACM SIGEVO. I was conference chair of GECCO 2009.