Moderators

iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering 2026

Tom Asel
tangible concepts / iSAQB Member

Tom Asel is the founder of tangible concepts. He has been working as a developer, architect and trainer in software development for 20 years. Agile architecture work is a focus of his work. He supports teams and organisations in aligning development processes, skills, technologies and architectures.

Lars Röwekamp
Lars Röwekamp
CIO New Technologies at Open Knowledge GmbH

Lars Röwekamp is founder of IT consulting and development company Open Knowledge GmbH. In his role as “CIO New Technologies” he takes care of in-depth analysis and evaluation of new software and technology trends. A particular focus of his work is enterprise and cloud computing as well as artificial intelligence.

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Rainald Menge-Sonnentag
iX Magazin

Rainald Menge-Sonnentag is a Managing Editor at iX and is responsible in particular for the online channel heise Developer. There he deals with all topics related to software development. He started working for Heise in 1999 at c’t magazine.

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Eberhard Wolff
Head of Architecture at SWAGLab / iSAQB Member

Eberhard Wolff has more than 20 years of experience as a software architect and consultant, often working at the intersection of business and technology. He is Head of Architecture at SWAGLab. As a speaker, he has presented at international conferences, and as an author, he has published more than 100 articles and books, including works on microservices and continuous delivery. His technical focus is on modern software architectures, particularly in the context of cloud computing, domain-driven design, and microservices.

Alexander Lorz
Alexander Lorz
Lorz IT / iSAQB Member

Alexander Lorz is an independent software architecture trainer and IT consultant. He is a member of the iSAQB Foundation Working Group, leads the Train-the-Trainer Working Group, and served as the lead author of the CPSA-F Reference Training Materials. After earning his degree in Computer Science from TU Dresden and working for several years as a software architect and technical project manager, he has been delivering software architecture training and consulting across a wide range of industries since 2016. In his training courses, he places a strong emphasis on practical knowledge transfer and professional exchange.

Hiral Dave
Hiral (Vyas) Dave
Founder & CEO HVDSOFT Private Limited, India / iSAQB Member

Ms. Hiral Dave, also known as Hiral (Vyas) Dave on social media is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Having 20+ years of experience working in the software industry, she has played a pivotal role in leading and contributing to various phases of diverse technology projects and products, both in India and internationally. Currently, she provides training and consultancy services to software professionals and organizations both domestically and internationally.

Holger Tiemeyer
Holger Tiemeyer
Software Architect and Trainer at Sulzer / iSAQB Member

Responsibility, pragmatism, domain knowledge and professionalism. These are the core values and attributes that characterize successful software architects. Based on many years of project experience, Holger Tiemeyer imparts these skills and knowledge in his training courses, speaks about them at conferences and publishes articles in specialist magazines. As a computer scientist with a minor in psychology, he volunteers at iSAQB e.V.

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Lucas Dohmen
Principal Consultant at SWAGLab

Lucas is an accomplished architect, team lead, software developer, and trainer with nearly 20 years of experience. Most recently, he is a principal consultant at SWAGLab. He is co-author of the book series “The Rails Way”, an experienced conference speaker, and podcaster. He is also the founder and maintainer of several open-source projects. He is passionate about helping people and organizations reach their full potential.

Lisa Maria Schäfer
Lisa Maria Schäfer
Socreatory

Lisa is manager for product and marketing at socreatory, where she not only is a trainer, but is also in charge of marketing and conception of all trainings. Before she dealt with software architecture as well as development mainly in web-environment, while she worked with backend as well as frontend. Since June 2020, she’s engaged in “Softwarearchitektur im Stream”.