Aitor Oyarbide-Zubillaga holds a degree in industrial organization engineering from Mondragon University and a Ph.D. in engineering from Cranfield University (UK). He is currently a Professor at the University of Deusto, where he teaches at the Bilbao campus. His teaching activities focus mainly on industrial organization degrees or the automotive master's program. Specifically, he teaches the following subjects: business administration, modeling and simulation of industrial processes, quality, and processes, and project management. His publications mainly address the field of industrial organization (where he has developed his main previous experience, having worked as Operations Director and Management Systems Director in a leading industrial company in the country). Other areas of research interest include maintenance, operations, discrete simulation, and Big Data.