Jeroen Rombouts has been Professor at ESSEC Business School since 2013. He is Director of the Accenture strategic business analytics chair. He obtained a PhD in econometrics in 2004, and as a full Professor of statistics and econometrics, he teaches big data analytics and data science courses at the MBA, master and executive programs at ESSEC in Paris and Singapore. His research topic is predictive analytics, in particular time series analysis and forecasting. He published numerous scientific articles, organizes frequent workshops and is an Associate editor of several quantitative scientific journals. His research is funded by the European Commission and the French national research agency. He intervenes frequently as an expert consultant on strategic business analytics and data science topics. Prior to joining ESSEC Business School, Jeroen was Associate Professor at HEC Montreal (2004-2012).