Carola Lilienthal is CEO of WPS and a leading expert in software architecture quality. With 25+ years in the field, including a PhD on software architecture complexity, she combines academic rigor with practical business leadership to help organizations build better systems.

Dr. Dennis Proppe is a technology leader with deep expertise spanning software architecture, systems design, and engineering innovation. His career trajectory demonstrates a commitment to solving complex technical challenges while driving organizational transformation.

Software architecture consultant with global experience across defence, automotive, pharma and finance. ISAQB-accredited instructor who loves sharing knowledge and helping others grow. Currently lead consultant at Gradion worldwide.

Julia is a frontend developer and tech influencer from Hamburg who co-founded Social Developers Club. With experience at leading companies like RTL Deutschland and Gruner + Jahr, she's passionate about bridging innovation and community—advocating for diversity in tech through mentorship and conference speaking.

Martin W. is a technologist and software engineer who bridges innovation and practical impact. As co-host of code.talks, he shapes tech discourse on AI and sustainable technologies. His journey from ABOUT YOU to founding yamuntu demonstrates his commitment to building the future.

Prof. Dr. Meike Wocken leads Business Information Technology at HAW Kiel, specializing in IT Management and Digital Future Skills. A data scientist and codecentric veteran, she bridges academia and industry while co-founding Code For Bielefeld.

Mike is CEO of Active Group in Tübingen, an internationally recognized expert on functional programming and software architecture. He's an iSAQB council member, curricula curator, and runs the BOB developer conference.

Ralf Sigmund is CTO at MOIA, bringing two decades of technical leadership from biotech to enterprise Java to mobile platforms. A PhD biochemist turned software architect, he combines scientific rigor with agile methodology to drive scalable system design.

Slobodanka is a freelance IT Architect with 20+ years of experience in architecture and transformation, formerly at IBM and AboutYou/SCAYLE. She lectures at HAW Hamburg and helps organizations build scalable, lasting software and teams.

IT veteran. Dot connector. Problem solver. Value tracker. AI navigator. Cartographer. Librarian. Translator. Polymath. System design. Resilience. Effectiveness. Simplification. Sustainability. Dislikes long bios. Tries to make IT a (bit) better place.

Jan Scheffler is founder of PEQY, an AI code reviewer cutting through noise to catch bugs that matter. Previously CTO at StrategyBridgeAI and software engineer at Google, Jan combines deep technical expertise with research-driven problem solving.

Zamina Ahmad is an AI & ML product strategist and CEO of shades&contrast, helping enterprises build AI-ready organizations. With experience across Bosch, Siemens, and KLiNGEL, she combines technical expertise with fair AI leadership and organizational transformation.

VP of Enterprise Architecture at CTS EVENTIM with 20+ years in distributed systems. Former Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, Apache committer and active voice in the Java community.

Software engineer turned engineering leader and community builder. Speaker at RailsConf, JSConf and more. Co-founder of SoCoded, curator of slidr.io – with a knack for talks that stick and change how people work.

Software crafter with 40 years of experience. Thomas has been a developer, architect and trainer – today he coaches teams on collaboration, code design and sustainable engineering practices.

From Android to Microservices and Serverless, my career spans Robotics, Automotive, Game Dev, and Startups. Founder of Kotlin User Group Hamburg, I now bridge high-level architecture with pragmatic, modern software delivery.

Robert Glaser is Head of Data & AI at INNOQ, where he guides organizations through enterprise AI implementation. With deep expertise spanning data strategy and machine learning deployment, Robert transforms how teams build and scale intelligent systems.

Vladyslav Cherednychenko is Director of IT Security Engineering at ABOUT YOU and a CISSP-certified security leader. With advanced degrees in cybersecurity from prestigious European universities, he drives enterprise-scale security innovation and strategy.

Ramona Schwering is a technology leader with deep expertise in building scalable systems and driving innovation across complex organizations. Her career spans engineering, product strategy, and organizational transformation, making her a sought-after voice on modern tech leadership.

Sebastian Korfmann is an entrepreneurial technologist and AWS Hero who builds developer-focused products from inception to market. His expertise spans serverless architecture, cloud infrastructure, and AI technologies, highlighted by architecting CDK for Terraform at HashiCorp.

Co-founder of hackers&wizards, helping teams get started with agentic product engineering through hands-on training. Also runs Agentic Hamburg, a community of 1,000+ practitioners exploring how agentic AI changes how we build software.

Benedikt Stemmildt is a CTO and agentic engineering advocate with 20+ years building enterprise systems. He transforms frustrated teams into 10x productive engineers through systematic AI practices, proven across 30+ organizations and 40+ conference talks.

Dr. Florian Krause is an expert in business ethics, digital transformation, and sustainability. As a Senior Research Fellow at the University of St. Gallen, he researches the intersection of AI, corporate social responsibility, and digital ethics, providing critical perspectives for navigating the ethical complexities of modern technological and organizational change.

Jens Himmelreich is a Geschäftsführer and software developer at neuland – Büro für Informatik, with nearly two decades of development experience. A trained organizational development specialist and philosopher, he bridges technology and human systems thinking.

Developer and founder of Heureka Labs, passionate about AI, federated learning and innovative digital products. Released tools like airouter.io to help companies use LLMs efficiently.