Software Architect Profiles: Why and How?

So why and how does someone become a software architect? Answers to these questions are presented in a fascinating set of profiles of IBM architects.

The basic question a group of architects were asked was "Why did you decide IT architecture was right for you, and what career path did you follow to become an architect?" The architects included:

• Ali Arsanjani, Chief Architect for SOA and Web Services
• Grady Booch, an IBM Fellow who has served as architect and architectural mentor for numerous complex software-intensive systems around the world in just about every domain imaginable.
• Sanjay Bose, program director for the SOA Requirements Hub
• Jorge Diaz, a solution architect with IBM Software Services for WebSphere
• Donald Ferguson, Chief Architect for IBM Software Group
• Chris Ferris, a senior technical staff member in IBM's Software Standards Strategy group.
• Kerrie Holley, Chief Technology Officer for IBM's Services Oriented Architecture and Web Services Center of Excellence
• Sridhar Iyengar, who leads technical strategy for the IBM Rational Software development team
• Christina Lau, an architect on the On Demand Development team
• Calvin Lawrence, an executive architect on the IBM Software Group Emerging Technology team.
• Sridhar Sudarsan, a senior IT architect with IBM Software Services for WebSphere
• Andras Robert Szakal, chief architect for the IBM Federal Software Group
• Bobby Woolf, a member of IBM Software Services for WebSphere

Fascinating stuff indeedn. Take the time to find out what some of the leading architects have to say about their profession.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 11:48 AM  Permalink