ITARC 2021
A conference for IT architects
Professor Megan ReitzMA (Cantab), MSc, MRes, PhD
Key note speaker
Megan is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Ashridge where she speaks, researches, consults and supervises on the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 radar of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing. She has written Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time and her new book, with Financial Times Publishing, is called Speak Up which was shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.
Professor Megan ReitzMA (Cantab), MSc, MRes, PhD
Key note speaker
Megan is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Ashridge where she speaks, researches, consults and supervises on the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 radar of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing. She has written Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time and her new book, with Financial Times Publishing, is called Speak Up which was shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.
Barry O'ReillyFounder of Black Tulip Technology and creator of "Residuality theory"
Moderator and speaker
Barry O’Reilly is the founder of Black Tulip Technology and creator of ”Residuality theory”. He has held Chief Architect roles at Microsoft and IDesign, been Microsoft’s IOT TAP Lead for Western Europe, and Worldwide Lead for Microsoft’s Solution Architecture Community. He has also been a startup CTO, and was a founder of Sweden’s Azure User Group.
Barry O'ReillyFounder of Black Tulip Technology and creator of "Residuality theory"
Moderator and speaker
Barry O’Reilly is the founder of Black Tulip Technology and creator of ”Residuality theory”. He has held Chief Architect roles at Microsoft and IDesign, been Microsoft’s IOT TAP Lead for Western Europe, and Worldwide Lead for Microsoft’s Solution Architecture Community. He has also been a startup CTO, and was a founder of Sweden’s Azure User Group.
Whynde KuehnFounder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation
Speaker
Whynde is the Founder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation, helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Whynde has extensive experience in enterprise transformation and planning and is a passionate advocate for using business architecture to enable effective strategy execution and digital transformation. She is a long-time business architecture practitioner, educator, author, recognized global thought leader, and community builder, with extensive experience applying the discipline at leading Fortune 500 enterprises and a range of entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and social initiatives.
She is the Founder of Biz Arch Mastery, a dedicated online platform offering coaching and resources to simplify business architecture and facilitate its practical usage.
Whynde KuehnFounder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation
Speaker
Whynde is the Founder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation, helping organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution. Whynde has extensive experience in enterprise transformation and planning and is a passionate advocate for using business architecture to enable effective strategy execution and digital transformation. She is a long-time business architecture practitioner, educator, author, recognized global thought leader, and community builder, with extensive experience applying the discipline at leading Fortune 500 enterprises and a range of entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and social initiatives.
She is the Founder of Biz Arch Mastery, a dedicated online platform offering coaching and resources to simplify business architecture and facilitate its practical usage.
Matthew Skeltonco-author of Team Topologies | Head of Consulting at Conflux
Speaker
Matthew Skelton is co-author of Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow. Head of Consulting at Conflux, he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation dynamics for software in manufacturing, ecommerce, and online services, including cloud, IoT, and embedded software.
Matthew Skeltonco-author of Team Topologies | Head of Consulting at Conflux
Speaker
Matthew Skelton is co-author of Team Topologies: organizing business and technology teams for fast flow. Head of Consulting at Conflux, he specialises in Continuous Delivery, operability and organisation dynamics for software in manufacturing, ecommerce, and online services, including cloud, IoT, and embedded software.
Jan BoschProfessor at Chalmers University of Technology
Speaker
Jan Bosch is professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and director of the Software Center, a strategic partner-funded collaboration between 16 large European companies (including Ericsson, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, Saab Defense, Scania, Siemens and Bosch) and five universities focused on digitalization.
His research activities include digitalisation, evidence-based development, business ecosystems, artificial intelligence and machine/deep learning, software architecture, software product families and software variability management. He is the author of several books including "Design and Use of Software Architectures: Adopting and Evolving a Product Line Approach" published by Pearson Education (Addison-Wesley & ACM Press) and ÒSpeed, Data and Ecosystems: Excelling in a Software-Driven WorldÓ published by Taylor and Francis, editor of several books and volumes and author of hundreds of research articles.
Jan BoschProfessor at Chalmers University of Technology
Speaker
Jan Bosch is professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and director of the Software Center, a strategic partner-funded collaboration between 16 large European companies (including Ericsson, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, Saab Defense, Scania, Siemens and Bosch) and five universities focused on digitalization.
His research activities include digitalisation, evidence-based development, business ecosystems, artificial intelligence and machine/deep learning, software architecture, software product families and software variability management. He is the author of several books including "Design and Use of Software Architectures: Adopting and Evolving a Product Line Approach" published by Pearson Education (Addison-Wesley & ACM Press) and ÒSpeed, Data and Ecosystems: Excelling in a Software-Driven WorldÓ published by Taylor and Francis, editor of several books and volumes and author of hundreds of research articles.
Rusell MilesCEO and co-founder of Reliably
Speaker
Russ Miles is CEO and co-founder of Reliably where he and his team build products and services that help developers build and run reliable systems. Russ is co-founder of the free and open source Chaos Toolkit project, and is also an international consultant, trainer, speaker, and author. His most recent book, "Learning Chaos Engineering" by O'Reilly Media explores how to build trust and confidence in modern, complex systems by applying chaos engineering to surface evidence of system weaknesses before they affect your users.
Rusell MilesCEO and co-founder of Reliably
Speaker
Russ Miles is CEO and co-founder of Reliably where he and his team build products and services that help developers build and run reliable systems. Russ is co-founder of the free and open source Chaos Toolkit project, and is also an international consultant, trainer, speaker, and author. His most recent book, "Learning Chaos Engineering" by O'Reilly Media explores how to build trust and confidence in modern, complex systems by applying chaos engineering to surface evidence of system weaknesses before they affect your users.
ITARC 2021
Last year we looked at the future of architecture – this year we will ask what kind of architect you want to be in the future. For the fourteenth year in a row, on October 18-19 2021, we will host ITARC – A conference for IT architects. Architecture today is a patchwork of ideas, formed …
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