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Doron Chema and the machine that keeps changing its mind
He helped build automated defenses for APIs. Now Dr. Doron Chema is asking a harder question: how do you protect an AI system that changes while it works?
Orbus Software maps the mess before you switch it off
Big companies accumulate software faster than they understand it. Orbus sells a way to trace the connections, challenge the costs and decide what can safely go.
Altus Consulting makes the machinery of money visible
Pension transfers, tangled data and platform migrations are where financial services promises meet reality. The Bath consultancy built its business there. Now it belongs to Accenture.
Ardoq
Ardoq is a Norwegian enterprise architecture software company that helps large organizations map, understand, and transform their technology and business landscapes. Its cloud-based, graph-powered platform turns tangled application portfolios, data flows, and business capabilities into living, queryable models so leaders can plan cloud migrations, rationalize applications, manage risk, and steer digital transformation with current data rather than static diagrams. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Oslo, Ardoq serves more than 400 enterprises worldwide and has pushed toward an AI-first approach that reasons over the architecture graph.
Erik Bakstad
Erik Bakstad is the CEO and co-founder of Ardoq, an Oslo-based SaaS company reinventing enterprise architecture for the digital enterprise. A developer and software architect by training, he spent the company's first six years as CTO before moving into product leadership and, in February 2021, the CEO seat. Under his watch Ardoq raised a $125 million Series D, earned repeat placement in Gartner's Magic Quadrant, and now serves global brands such as ExxonMobil, MUFG, and Primark. A self-described former hockey player turned geek, Bakstad is a recognized voice on the intersection of enterprise architecture and AI.
Gregor Hohpe
Gregor Hohpe is a transformation architect, prolific author, and sought-after speaker who has spent decades helping organizations bridge the gap between boardroom strategy and engine-room engineering. Co-author of the canonical 'Enterprise Integration Patterns' (2003), he coined the concept of the 'Architect Elevator' - the idea that great architects must fluently move between executive suites and server racks. A former Google Cloud Technical Director, Singapore Smart Nation Fellow, and Chief Architect at Allianz SE, Hohpe now runs the Architect Elevator platform, writing, teaching, and consulting on IT strategy, cloud, and the art of making everyone else in the room smarter.
Azhar Hussain
Azhar Hussain is a Karachi-based software engineering leader with over 25 years of experience building and scaling engineering teams across Pakistan and the Gulf. He is the co-founder and former CTO of ChargeUp, a Pakistani fintech-EV startup, and currently serves as CTO of Aladdin Informatics, a company digitizing small retail stores across Pakistan. A 3-time hackathon champion, angel investor, prolific mentor, and IAB member at FAST-NUCES, Azhar sits at the intersection of enterprise architecture, startup culture, and Pakistan's growing tech ecosystem.