Prof. Dr. Henk G. Sol

Professor of Business and ICT and Founding Dean (2004-2009),

Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Professor of Systems Engineering and Founding Dean (1992-2003),

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

For over 40 years Prof. Dr. Henk G. Sol has been a driver of engaged scholarship in the field of information systems and decision enhancement. With his school of over 80 PhD dissertations supervised and over 10 PhD dissertations under way, he is a major contributor to building the foundations of design science research in management and information systems. As founding dean he has established the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology and the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Prof. Sol has organized numerous international conferences and workshops, he has published widely in renowned journals, edited many books, and given many keynote presentations all over the world. He is fellow of the Association for Information Systems and has fulfilled over 35 supervisory functions in many organizations.