Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Brinkmann is a full professor at the computer science institute of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (since 2011). He has been the head of its data center from 2011 until 2021. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2004 from the Paderborn University and has been an assistant professor in the computer science department of the Paderborn University from 2008 to 2011. Furthermore, he has been the managing director of the Paderborn Centre for Parallel Computing PC² during this time frame. His research interests focus on the application of algorithm engineering techniques in the area of data center management, cloud computing, and storage systems. He has published more than 150 papers in renowned conferences and journals and is a senior associated editor of the ACM Transactions on Storage.