Donata v. Schichau

Experienced Consultant, Entrepreneur and Lecturer ( International Luxury Management ) with a demonstrated history of working in the consulting and FMCG industry with a Master’s Degree focused in International Management from Il Sole 24 ORE Business School / Milan.

Skilled in Strategy Consulting, Change Management, Brand Management, Marketing & Communication, Brand Developement, Creative Management, Coaching / Mentoring and Product Management on an intercultural and intersectoral level.

Analyst for Fashion-Investment-Value sharing reports/insights for calculating ROI of Heritage/Quality Investment for design products and textile materials in general.

Strong Arts and Design Professional, including Prototype Development with sketching, drawing and painting skills (Microsoft Word, Sales, Sketching, Adobe Photoshop, and Marketing).

Maureen Erven

Maureen Erven is an IT Security Consultant at neusta software development in Bremen. With a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Bremen and a strong software engineering background, she bridges the gap between secure systems and real-world development practices. On stage, Maureen focuses on making security actionable for engineering teams—clear, hands-on, and built for day-to-day collaboration.

Anton Brass

With a strong foundation in medical informatics from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, I have built my career at the intersection of technology and people development. Over the years, I’ve advanced from roles in software engineering and IT architecture to my current position as People Development Manager and Senior IT Architect. My experience spans over a decade, during which I have honed expertise in areas such as software development, Java programming, and Scrum methodologies while mentoring teams to achieve their full potential.

At iteratec, we specialize in driving digital transformation for businesses across industries like automotive, energy, financial services, logistics, media, and more. As a trusted end-to-end partner for innovation and technological advancement since 1996, we deliver tailored solutions—from custom software development to cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain and AI—helping organizations become digital champions. Our team of over 500 employees is committed to creating exceptional user experiences through innovative applications and robust digital infrastructures that empower our clients’ future growth. Contact me if you’d like to learn more about how we can help your business excel in the digital era!

Steffi Kieffer

Steffi Kieffer has guided teams through complex transformation for over 20 years. With roots in UX design and Design Thinking, she brings methodological rigor to understanding how people actually work with AI—not just what the technology can do.

She co-founded an AI startup in healthcare before ChatGPT existed, learning early what happens when humans work alongside AI under high-stakes conditions. Today, she specializes in the cognitive challenges of AI transformation: helping organizations scale AI capabilities without overwhelming their teams with prompt fatigue, agentic orchestration overload, and decision paralysis.

Steffi is founder of The AI & Future Skills Retreat, guest lecturer for AI & Innovation at Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (HDBW), host of the Insanely Human Podcast, co-host of Claude Code Meetup Munich, and co-author of the whitepaper „Teaming with AI.“

As a daily ice swimmer for over 850 days, she practices what she preaches about building resilience in turbulent times.

Christoph Schmiedinger

Christoph wuchs in einem Vorort von Wien auf und wusste schon früh, dass Technologie – insbesondere die Produktentwicklung – seine berufliche Heimat werden sollte.
Nach dem Abitur entschied er sich für den direkten Einstieg in die Produktentwicklung bei Frequentis, einem Hersteller sicherheitskritischer Kommunikationssysteme. Die Brücke zwischen interner Forschung & Entwicklung und dem Kunden sowie die ersten Erfahrungen mit agilen Methoden ebneten ihm den Weg in die Beratung.
Parallel dazu erwarb er betriebswirtschaftliches und Management-Know-how durch berufsbegleitende Bachelor- und Masterstudiengänge. Es war eine anstrengende, aber lohnende Zeit: Mit 25 Jahren hatte Christoph bereits fünf Jahre Erfahrung in der Leitung von Produktentwicklungen und deren Integration beim Kunden gesammelt.
Seit nunmehr fast elf Jahren berät er Unternehmen bei der Entwicklung moderner Strukturen, Prozesse und Führungsprinzipien, um sie zukunftsfähig zu machen. Heute vertrauen zahlreiche Top-Manager auf Christophs Perspektive bei ihren Herausforderungen.
Eine weitere Leidenschaft von Christoph ist es, Menschen mit inspirierenden Visionen Orientierung zu geben. Daher entschied er sich kurz nach seinem Einstieg bei borisgloger consulting, ein eigenes Team aufzubauen. Dass er auch für größere Aufgaben geeignet ist, bewies er 2019 mit der Übernahme der Verantwortung für das gesamte Beratungsgeschäft (mit rund 30–40 Berater:innen) und 2022 mit der Leitung der neuen Business Unit „Automotive & Industry“ (heute über 15 Berater:innen). Seit 2025 arbeitet er als Berater bei Die Umsetzer. Christoph untermauert seine Pionierrolle in der agilen Organisationsentwicklung mit zahlreichen Veröffentlichungen, darunter zwei Bücher, sowie Vorträgen auf internationalen Konferenzen.
In seiner Freizeit reist Christoph gerne, werkelt am eigenen Zuhause und verbringt Zeit mit Freunden.

Tabea Gutermann

As Head Accounting Operations of TenneT Germany, I lead ~100 employees across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Levies. Together we ensure robust financial operations at TenneT, securing a stable electricity supply for 43 million people in Germany and the Netherlands.

My passion is to combine people and numbers to drive transformation and prepare organisations for the future.

With a Master’s in International Business and professional experience across Japan, France, Spain, Austria, Germany and the US, I bring a truly international perspective. I am fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish, with additional knowledge of Japanese and Italian.

As a spokesperson for MENSA and UnIQate, I connect highly intelligent individuals within the business world – building networks that inspire innovation and leadership.

Morten Stender

A people-oriented manager that likes to develop business with customers and team. Solid experience in strategy management, business development, sales and delivery.

Strong background in large cap segment across UK and the Nordics. With a background from consulting, delivery and sales helping customers to succeed with decision support of digital transformation and strategy execution.

As a team and company, we work with partners and consultants that form our ability to deliver rapid results. We provide the insights to enable change with strong solutions of planning and strategy execution.

With deep insight to governance, information management, statistics, dynamic models, AI, business blueprints, we help to make change and to provide data-driven governance faster and with sustainable business outcomes.

Daniel Simon

I am passionate about guiding enterprises on their business design and transformation journeys. In particular, I have extensive experience in establishing architecture practices, developing architecture blueprints (e.g., capability maps), and facilitating business design and transformation activities. I am also a long-time trainer in the field, having delivered business architecture (based on, e.g., the BIZBOK® Guide) and enterprise architecture courses (e.g., on ArchiMate® and TOGAF®) to more than one thousand delegates to date.

I hold a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne and I am the (co-)author of several publications on enterprise architecture and business architecture, including, e.g., “IT Landscape Management Using Network Analysis” (CONFENIS, 2012), “The Nature and a Process for Development of Enterprise Architecture Principles” (BIS Conference, 2015), and “Enterprise Architecture Management and its Role in Corporate Strategic Management” (Information Systems and e-Business Management, 2013).

The latter journal article introduced a framework that I developed to embrace business architecture in a comprehensive way, across three fundamental parts: business motivation, business model, and business execution (today known as the “Business Architecture Triangle”). This framework served as the basis for the anthology “Business Architecture Management – Architecting the Business for Consistency and Alignment” (Springer, 2015) that I managed to take to publication as the lead editor.

I also regularly speak at conferences and events. Past talks include “A Business Architect’s Journey to Making an Impact” (Business Architecture Innovation Summit, Reston, 2024), “Making Architecture Stick” (IRM UK EA & BPM Conference, London, 2023), “Translating Strategy into Execution Using Business Architecture” (EA Summer School, Copenhagen, 2023), “ArchiMate® Applied – Insights from Real-Life Cases” (The Open Group Conference, London, 2016), “EA Principles: Guide Rails or Laws? An Insurance Industry Case Study” (The Open Group Conference, London, 2013), and “Business Architecture – The Transformation Cockpit for the Enterprise” (The Open Group Conference, Stockholm, 2010).

In addition to that, I am a lecturer at the University of Bamberg. I am responsible for the enterprise architecture management module in the information systems degree program.

Linda Finley

Linda brings her experience as a leader, architect, advisor, community-builder, consultant, practitioner, speaker and coach for the benefit of your organization. Having recently completed her 5 year tenure as Chief Architect for Cargill and continuing since 2010 to lead the TCBAF Business Architecture Community, Linda’s commitment to equipping organizations and individuals for success persists. Her sincere and straight-forward style ensures her effectiveness as a trusted adviser who has enabled improvement, facilitated formation of vision and strategy, and guided desired transformation across a diverse set of organizations. Linda focuses on clarifying individual and organizational purpose as a critical starting point in maximizing the skills and talents individuals bring to organizations, and designing business capabilities for extraordinary results; she is an enthusiastic proponent of the practice and performance of enterprise and business architecture to drive strategy, transformation, and growth.

Kirsty McGregor

I am a collaborative, big picture thinking leader, who stands for authenticity, inclusivity and team success and have a visionary and coaching leadership style with over 25 years experience working within project design, delivery and implementation.

Since 2018 I’ve been leading the Business Architecture team within our Architecture and Engineering department. The team direct the business architecture discipline across the group, managing the current state reference architecture, lead our community of practice and work closely with our business, strategy & transformation teams.

Prior to this I was the Senior Business Architect in the RBS Personal and Business Banking (Retail) Investment and Architecture team, managing a wide range of responsibilities including architecture governance, target operating model, assessing and assuring programme design and reviewing our investment portfolio against bank strategy.

Before moving to Retail banking I worked within HR application implementation in various roles from Business Analyst to Build Manager and PeopleSoft production support and latterly as the HR Solutions Architect supporting the global PeopleSoft and payroll instances.

I am passionate about the customer experience and delivering the right design for them, the business and the wider architectural estate. This includes ensuring there is clear return on investment and delivering business and customer outcomes and benefits.

My experience includes management of design assurance, architecture and design governance, architectural artefacts and user journeys to support the understanding of the current and target architecture, blueprinting high-level designs, along with KPIs and metrics to define and track the operating model changes and change portfolio delivery.

I have in-depth experience of the project and application development life cycles starting with the completion of business cases to the delivery of the solution. The roles I have held have provided me with experience working with colleagues across the globe, third party suppliers and implementation partners identifying diverse business requirements along with legislative, regulatory and mandatory impacts.

I take great satisfaction delivering the best solution for our customers and staff by working closely with colleagues and stakeholders.