Kostas Vergidis is a Professor in the Department of Applied Informatics at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Process Optimisation using an Evolutionary Multi-objective Framework from Cranfield University, U.K., in 2008, following an M.Sc. in Information Technology for Product Realisation from the same institution in 2005, where he was awarded the Ghatora Memorial Prize as the top student. His research interests include business process modeling with BPMN, decision modeling with DMN, process redesign and optimization, and blockchain applications in Business Process Management. Prior to his academic career, he served as an IT Special Duties Officer (Lieutenant A') in the Cybercrime Unit and Digital Forensics Laboratory of the Greek Police from 2010 to 2014. He has also been an Academic Collaborator in Research Projects for Business Process Improvement