A professor at the Silesian University of Technology, Józef Ober, PhD, who works in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the Faculty of Organization and Management at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, is the author of more than 100 publications in the field of management science and quality. His scientific interests focus on innovation, management, sustainable development, and ecology and engineering issues. As an experienced, long-term practitioner in industrial automation and measurements and statistical data analysis, cooperating with the industrial sector, especially in recycling and water and sewage industries, he has actively participated in the implementation of new technologies and execution of scientific and research projects. His combination of science and industrial practice translates into KNOW-HOW reported at the Centre for Incubation and Technology Transfer of the Silesian University of Technology. The projects in which he has participated concerned a number of innovative technological solutions, which were commercialized and applied in industry. These solutions, combining the social aspects of adopting new technologies with the optimization of technological processes, translate directly into the effectiveness of these processes, bringing together technical, economic, and environmental elements.