Gianluca Marullo (Ph.D.) earned Ph.D. in “Accounting, Management and Business Economics” at University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. He has also been Sales Manager and Chief Financial Offi cer (CFO) for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating within automotive sector. Main research interests focus on Big Data Analytics, Forecasting, Predicting models for financial distress, Business Planning.