Professor Pekka Abrahamsson is a Full Professor of Software Engineering at Tampere University, Finland, and one of the most cited scholars in his field. He leads GPT-Labs, where his research focuses on generative and agentic AI in software-intensive systems, with an emphasis on trust, autonomy, and strategic resilience. He has held tenured professorships in Norway, Italy, and Finland, and was the first Software Engineering Professor elected to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. A pioneer in Agile methods, he also co-founded the Software Startup Research Network (SSRN). In 2024, he was ranked among the top 1% of software engineering researchers worldwide.