Agile enthusiast, Software architect, independent consultant

Carola Lilienthal (cl@wps.de) studied computer science at the University of Hamburg from 1988 to 1995, and in 2008 she received her doctoral degree in computer science at the University of Hamburg (Supervising Professors: Christiane Floyd and Claus Lewerentz). Today, Dr. Carola Lilienthal is managing director of WPS - Workplace Solutions GmbH and is responsible for the department of software architecture. Since 2003, Dr. Carola Lilienthal has been analyzing architecture in Java, C #, C ++, ABAP and PHP throughout Germany, and advising development teams on how to improve the longevity of their software systems. In 2015, she summarized her experiences from over a hundred analyzes in the book 'Long-living software architectures'. She is particularly interested in the education of software architects, which is why she is an active member of iSAQB, the International Software Architecture Quality Board e.V., and regularly disseminates her knowledge at conferences, in articles and training courses.

Eoin Woods is the CTO of Endava, a technology company that delivers projects in the areas of digital, agile and automation. Prior to joining Endava, Eoin has worked in the software engineering industry for 20 years developing system software products and complex applications in the capital markets domain. His main technical interests are software architecture, distributed systems and computer security. He is co-author of the well known software architecture book “Software Systems Architecture” and was the recipient of the 2018 Linda M. Northrup Award for Software Architecture, awarded by the SEI at Carnegie Mellon University. Eoin can be contacted via his web site at www.eoinwoods.info.

A Tech Principal at Thoughtworks, Andrew specialises in Java / JVM technologies, agile delivery, build tools and automation, and domain driven design. Experienced across the software development lifecycle and in many sectors what motivates him is the efficient delivery of large-scale software solutions, fulfilling complex user needs. He understands that people, architecture, process and tooling all have key roles to play in achieving this. Andrew has a passion for open source software and its communities. He has been involved with OSS to a greater or lesser extent since his career began; as a user, contributor, expert group member, or paid advocate - most famously as one of the Jenkins JobDSL originators. Andrew enjoys sharing his experience as much as possible. This sharing is not only seen in his formal consulting engagements, but also informally through mentoring, book chapters, blog posts, conferences (speaking and organising), and open-sourcing his code.

Christian Ciceri is an O'Reilly author, software architect and cofounder at Apiumhub (https://apiumhub.com), a software development company known for software architecture excel‐ lence. He is also head of software architecture at VYou (https://www.vyou-app.com/en), a user and access management solution, and head of moder‐ ators for the Global Software Architecture Summit (https://gsas.io).

He is graduated in biomedical engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He began his professional career with a specific interest in object-oriented design issues, with deep studies in code-level and architectural-level design patterns and techniques. He is a former practitioner of Agile methodologies, particularly eXtreme programming, with experience in practices like TDD, continuous integration, build pipelines, and evolutionary design.

He has always aimed for widespread technological knowledge; that’s why he has been exploring a huge range of technologies and architectural styles, including Java, .NET, dynamic languages, pure scripting languages, native C++ application development, classical layering, domain-centric, classical SOA, and enterprise service buses.

In his own words: “A software architect should create a working ecosystem that allows teams to have scalable, predictable, and cheaper production.”

João has experience enabling organizations to transition to fast-flow operating models. As CTO with scale-ups or as a consultant, he supported firms speeding their execution while having a humane approach. He focused on bridging strategy to execution in areas such as alternative funding models or effective use of technology, where teams and organizations can thrive in a complex world.

He is one of the co-authors of Software Architecture Metrics from O’Reilly, curator of Visual Collaboration Tools, and host of the Software Crafts Podcast. He frequently speaks at meetups and conferences.

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Dave Farley is co-author of the award winning book 'Continuous Delivery' and a contributor to the 'Reactive Manifesto'. He has been having fun with computers for over 30 years. During that period he has worked on most types of software, from firmware, through tinkering with operating systems and device drivers, to writing games, and commercial applications of all shapes and sizes. In recent years Dave has worked in the field of low-latency systems and was a contributor to the Duke award-winning 'LMAX Disruptor', open-source project.

He started working in large scale distributed systems about 25 years ago, doing research into the development of loose-coupled, message-based systems-a forerunner of today's Micro-Service architecture. He has a wide range of experience leading the development of complex software in teams, both large and small, in the UK and USA.

Dave was an early adopter of agile development techniques, employing iterative development, continuous integration and significant levels of automated testing on commercial projects from the early 1990s. He honed his approach to agile development in his four and a half year stint at ThoughtWorks where he was a technical principal working on some of their biggest and most challenging projects.

Dave is currently working as an independent software developer and consultant.