Services

I only provide consulting or coaching for topics, concepts and tools of which I am really convinced. This means that I am not going to jump on the hype bandwagons just because things are cool. I want to see things work, and provide real advantages over established approaches. Also, I typically want to see code (or models :-)). I am not a "powerpoint architect". It is important not to loose contact with the real world.

The references page lists many of the companies I have worked for in various capacities over the years.

In addition to working for customers, I try to work on a more conceptual/research level. From this work, I extract my papers, magazine articles, conference talks and books. Some of that work als results in open source projects.

Topics

• Model-Driven Software Development and DSLs are the basis for efficient software development and allows to scale the development project to larger teams.
• A well-defined software architecture is critical for any software system and development project. Thus, one of my focuses is on helping to define consistent and implementable software architectures.
• Product Lines are often an important factor in today's software development. More and more companies are building the products as part of a product line, as opposed to building one-off solutions. The synergies between PLE and MDSD and architecture are obvious.
• Middleware is often the basis for today's software systems. Selecting (or implementing) the right middleware platform is an important precondition for a successful software project.

Activities

• Consulting and Coaching: The baseline for my work is consulting and coaching. I will be on site with your team and help with the topics listes above. A gig may last a couple of days, or a year or longer. I will either act as a consultant that helps you set up or review your project, architecture or development methodology, or I will play an active role in the development project, as part of your team.
• Trainings and Workshops: Based on my consulting experience, I will come to your site and deliver high end training or conduct technology workshops with your team. The topics are based on the technologies I have worked with in my projects. You can also look at the list of trainings I delivered in the past, or the tutorials, talks and workshops I have presented or organized at various conferences.
• Evaluation and Prototypes: Evaluating whether a given paradigm or technology works for a given context is often a major challenge. As a consultant who sees many different projects and technologies, it is relatively easy to evaluate a technology or build a prototype. Consequently, technology evaluation and prototyping is another aspect of my work.
• Open Source Projects: I am also involved in building several open source projects, some of them professional grade ( mbeddr.com, Eclipse Modeling as well as a number of smaller projects that are intended to forward certain interesting topics related to domain-specific languages, model-driven devleopment and product line engineering.