VLAD LEONTIE was born in Iasi, Romania in 1988. He received the B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering at the Technical University “Gh. Asachi” of Iasi, Romania in 2011 and the M.Sc. degree in Computational Engineering at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany in 2015. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. in International Economics and Business at the Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania. His research topics of interest include the study of information technologies used in the construction industry, such as BIM or IoT, digitalization and sustainable construction. Mr. Leontie works since 2015 as a civil engineer in Calculation/Cost estimating department in Germany, where he deals with the latest digital construction technologies in the industry.