Professor Nizamettin Bayyurt, who holds a PhD in the field of Quantitative Methods, has over two decades of experience in teaching data analytics, statistics and operations research (OR) in Turkey, the UK and Belgium. With a background in business and mathematics, he has published numerous academic studies, supervised postgraduate and bachelor theses. His area of expertise is the creation, utilization and application of data analysis and OR models to deliver actionable solutions to complex challenges.