D. Paul Ralph, PhD (British Columbia) is an award-winning scientist, author, consultant, professor, and director of the Dalhousie Software Engineering Lab. His cutting-edge research at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and project management investigates how to improve the environmental, social, economic, and technical sustainability of software development. Dr. Ralph's previous research has been published in over 100 peer-reviewed articles and used by leading companies including Adobe, Amazon, AT&T, Broadcom, Canon, IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, PayPal, Samsung, Salesforce, Yahoo!, and Walmart. Dr. Ralph is also editor-in-chief of the SIGSOFT Empirical Standards for Software Engineering Research, and author of the landmark book, Sustainable Dual-Track Development. CSRankings and ScholarGPS rank Dr. Ralph among the worlds top 25 software engineering researchers.