Jorge Marx Gómez studied Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering at the University of Applied Science in Berlin, Germany. He was a lecturer and researcher at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg where he also obtained a PhD degree in 2001 in Business Information Systems. From 2002 to 2003 he was a visiting professor for Business Informatics at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany and ... Read moreworked as a lecturer in different countries. In 2004 he received his postdoctoral lecture qualification for his work on "Automated Environmental Reporting through Material Flow Networks" at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Since 2006 Jorge Marx Gómez is a full professor and chair of Business Information Systems/Very Large Business Applications (VLBA) at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. His research interests include Business Information Systems, Federated ERP Systems, Business Intelligence, Big Data, Interoperability, Environmental Management Information Systems and e- and Mobile Commerce. Brenda Scholtz (PhD) is a senior lecturer at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Brenda has worked in the IT industry for over 15 years as programmer, systems analyst, consultant and IT manager. She was awarded her PhD in ERP skills and education in 2012. Her research interests i nclude IS education, specifically in the field of ERP systems, business process management,enterprise systems, enterprise architectures and environmental information systems. She is currently serving as project manager for several research collaboration programmes between South Africa and Germany. Brenda is a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) as well as the Business Architecture Guild and has published several papers in international journals and conferences.   Show Less