Appendix 1
Community Contributor Bios

Len Bass

is the coauthor of two award-winning books in software architecture: Software Architecture in Practice [BCK12] and Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond [BBCG10], as well as several other books and numerous papers in computer science and software engineering, including his latest book, DevOps: A Software Architect’s Perspective [BWZ15]. Len has over 50 years’ experience in software development, 25 of those at the Software Engineering Institute. He also worked for three years at National ICT Australia Ltd. (NICTA) and is currently an adjunct faculty at Carnegie Mellon.

Bett Bollhoefer

has worked in the software space since 1999. Today, Bett is an architect at GE Digital focused on Predix Industrial Internet of Things Platform Architecture. Before joining GE, she first worked as a developer, then as a solutions architect at Verizon. Bett speaks and writes on software design and is the author of several books, including You Can Be a Software Architect [Cor13] and The Zen of Software Development: A Seven Day Journey: A Handbook to Enlightened Software Development [Cor15]. Bett cohosted the popular Software Architecture Concepts podcast for two years.^[60] She is a Distinguished Toastmaster, former president of Distinguished Division Governor in Toastmasters, and winner of the Division Governor of the Year award. And for fun, Bett is a professional improv actor, and enjoys swing dancing, painting, and playing the cello.

Simon Brown

is an independent consultant specializing in software architecture and the author of Software Architecture for Developers [Bro16], a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility. He is also the creator of the C4 software architecture model and Structurizr,^[61] which is a collection of tooling to help software teams visualize, document, and explore their software architecture. Follow him on Twitter @simonbrown^[62] or his website, http://www.simonbrown.je.

George Fairbanks

has been teaching software architecture and design since 1998, is the author of the book Just Enough Software Architecture: A Risk-Driven Approach [Fai10], has a PhD in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and is a software engineer at Google.

Thijmen de Gooijer

brings business and software together through architecture, putting the customer and quality first. Thijmen co-authored over ten research publications on architecture, while collaborating with other architecture and user experience researchers throughout Europe, India, and the United States. He graduated cum laude in software engineering with a double MSc degree from VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Malardalen University in Västerås, Sweden.

Patrick Kua

is a principal technical consultant for ThoughtWorks in London and the author of two books: The Retrospective Handbook: A Guide for Agile Teams [Kua13] and Talking with Tech Leads: From Novices to Practitioners [Kua15]. Patrick is a frequent conference speaker and blogger who is passionate about bringing a balanced focused between people, organizations. and technology. Follow him on Twitter @patkua^[63] or his website, https://www.thekua.com/atwork.

Ipek Ozkaya

is a senior member of the technical staff at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Her primary interests include developing techniques for improving software development efficiency and system evolution with an emphasis on software architecture practices, software economics, and agile development. Her most recent work focuses on building the theoretical and empirical foundations of managing technical debt in large-scale, complex software-intensive systems. Ozkaya serves on the advisory and editorial boards of IEEE Software Magazine and as an adjunct faculty member for the Master of Software Engineering Program at CMU. She earned a PhD in computational design from CMU. Follow her on Twitter @ipekozkaya.^[64]