Eleni Stroulia (PhD, Georgia Tech 1994) holds the NSERC/AITF Industrial Research Chair on Service Systems Management (w. IBM support) with the Department of Computing Science. Her research focuses on (a) developing methods and tools to support software-engineering activities, and (b) designing and deploying software-based solutions for real-world applications in health care, education, and knowledge work. She has supervised more than 50 graduate students, has co-authored over 200 publications, and has served in the organization of many international software-engineering conferences. Over the last 6 years, in addition to leading her IRC research program, she has held leadership roles with two NCEs (GRAND and AGE-WELL), the SAVI Strategic Network and a Strategic Project on Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation.