Speaker

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.