Yves Vanderbeken is Chief Technologist (aka CTO) for DXC Technology, Belgium. He focuses on delivering innovative approaches to digital services transformation. Mr. Vanderbeken helps clients identify benefits from introducing new technologies based on the adoption of new digital strategies. He has a keen interest in information usage and innovation. Mr. Vanderbeken is a core team member of the Flemish Government’s Open Data team. He has defined the technical strategy for setting up the Open Data Platform (ODP) and extracting, transforming, and publishing information in a consistent manner. Mr. Vanderbeken is coauthor (shadow author) of the Open Data Handbook. He coaches and advises various departments on their open data master plan and how to disclose data from their source systems to the ODP, thereby ensuring data quality and consistency across data sets. Mr. Vanderbeken holds a master’s degree in IT management from Antwerp Management School, Belgium. He can be reached at yves.vanderbeken@dxc.com.