Harry Biersteker is an information architect at the Judicial Information Service Ministry of Justice The Netherlands. Born August 17, 1973 in Enschede, he studied Computer Science at the University of Twente situated in Enschede and at the Open University in Heerlen The Netherlands. He started his career working for the Dutch Customs. This important investigative authority turns out to be an innovative IT organization. The design of datawarehouses and risk analyses are essential for border protection. This knowledge and additional management training took Harry Biersteker to the Justice Department of The Netherlands where he started to work for the Judicial Information Agency in 2006 as an information architect responsible for the electronic message exchange within the criminal law chain, alien chain and juvenile chain. Ontologies, metadata and business intelligence are his expertise. The Judicial Information Service is a key player in the identification process of prosecuted suspects and criminals in detention and supports the judicial chains with federative information systems.