Nick De Donder graduated as a biomedical scientist from the University of Ghent, Belgium in 2007 and since 2008 has been employed by Business & Decision Life Sciences at their headquarters in Brussels. He started off in the CRO as a Data Integration Specialist, with responsibilities for the creation of SDTM annotated CRFs, defining the mapping of the conversion process to produce SDTM datasets based on legacy data, the creation of the Define-XML and the complete quality process. Over the years he held different job titles like Project Manager, Line Manager and is now the Head of Data Standards, where he is responsible for the overall quality of the projects and helps defining data standards processes for the industry. Nick is a member of the SDS team for the development of the new standards and a PHUSE committee member since 2017. He is currently leading the European CDISC Coordinating Committee (E3C).