Speaker
Eltjo R. Poort leads the architecture practice at CGI in The Netherlands. In his 40-year career in the software industry, he has fulfilled many engineering and project management roles, as solution architect, developer, designer, requirements engineer, manager, consultant, reviewer, teacher, researcher, coach and practice leader. In the 1990s, he oversaw the implementation of the first SMS text messaging systems in the United States. In the last decades, he produced various publications on improving architecting practices, including a PhD thesis.
Eltjo is best known for his work on Risk- and Cost-Driven Architecture, a set of principles and practices for agile architecting, for which he received the Linda Northrop Software Architecture Award in 2016.
Topics of interest: Agile Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Debt Control, Risk Management, “Non-Functional” Requirements, Architecture Evaluation, ethical and social implications of digital systems, responsible AI.
Speaker
Eltjo R. Poort leads the architecture practice at CGI in The Netherlands. In his 40-year career in the software industry, he has fulfilled many engineering and project management roles, as solution architect, developer, designer, requirements engineer, manager, consultant, reviewer, teacher, researcher, coach and practice leader. In the 1990s, he oversaw the implementation of the first SMS text messaging systems in the United States. In the last decades, he produced various publications on improving architecting practices, including a PhD thesis.
Eltjo is best known for his work on Risk- and Cost-Driven Architecture, a set of principles and practices for agile architecting, for which he received the Linda Northrop Software Architecture Award in 2016.
Topics of interest: Agile Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Debt Control, Risk Management, “Non-Functional” Requirements, Architecture Evaluation, ethical and social implications of digital systems, responsible AI.
Speaker
Sarah is a technology leader, consultant and conference speaker with a focus on microservices, engineering enablement, observability and DevOps. She has over 20 years’ experience as a developer, principal engineer and tech director across product, platform, SRE and DevOps teams.
She is the author of the O’Reilly book Enabling Microservice Success: Managing Technical, Organizational and Cultural Challenges.
Speaker
Sarah is a technology leader, consultant and conference speaker with a focus on microservices, engineering enablement, observability and DevOps. She has over 20 years’ experience as a developer, principal engineer and tech director across product, platform, SRE and DevOps teams.
She is the author of the O’Reilly book Enabling Microservice Success: Managing Technical, Organizational and Cultural Challenges.
Speaker
Ola Appelros is the Country IS Manager for ABB's Swedish operations and is part of the Swedish management team. He is especially passionate about Consumer Experience issues and collaboration between global functions and local operations.
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Ola Appelros is the Country IS Manager for ABB's Swedish operations and is part of the Swedish management team. He is especially passionate about Consumer Experience issues and collaboration between global functions and local operations.
Get to know the team behind the program
Matti Kinnunen
“My ambition is to ensure that IT systems benefit both their users and humanity as a whole”
I work as enterprise architect for Gofore, a large consultancy in Finland. In the past, I have been chief architect for two banks, led R&D at Nokia, and worked IT and management consultant for a decade. My educational background is from MIT (engineering and management) and the University of Helsinki (philosophy, logic). I live in Helsinki, Finland.
Thijmen de Gooijer
”My ambition is to bring different ideas and people together to grow the architecture profession.”
My daily job is that of lead solution architect in Nordea’s Financial Crime Prevention unit. I have a past in bringing academic research into product innovations, which included talks at multiple research conferences. Before joining IASA Sweden’s board, I was heavily involved in the SEI’s SATURN conference and served on the IEEE ICSA conference program committee.