Vito Flavio Licciulli obtained a degree in Computer Science at University of Bari in 1992 (110/110). Since 1994 he is involved in Bioinformatics with the Bari BioInformatics Group. He is currently a researcher at the C.N.R.- Institute for Biomedical Technologies (ITB), Bari (Italy). His main research activities are: design, implementation and maintenance of biological databases and data-warehouses; management and integration of large amounts of biological data (BigData); development of bioinformatics analysis pipelines and WEB interfaces. He is author/coauthor of more than 40 papers in international journals in the field of Bioinformatics, has been involved in more 20 national and international project both as participant and as a Principal Investigator, and has played in several lectures inb Bioinformatics courses/masters. He is also responsible of database and computer server management at ITB-CNR-Bari institute.