Dr. Christopher Turner is a senior lecturer in Business Analytics at Surrey Business School, University of Surrey. From 2009 to 2017, he was a senior research fellow and project manager within the Manufacturing and Materials Department at Cranfield University. He has been engaged in the AUTONOM project (integrated through-life support for high-value systems) working with industry partners, such as Network Rail, in the area of automated intelligent maintenance systems. He has also been involved in a knowledge transfer project (KTP) with Basemap. He has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. He is also a member of the IEEE task force on process mining. His research is active in business analytics, digital manufacturing, circular economy, Industry 4.0, and human-centric industry 5.0 automation solutions.