Erik Dörnenburg

Erik Dörnenburg is a software developer and passionate technologist. As Head of Technology at ThoughtWorks he helps clients solve their business challenges using modern technologies, platforms, and practices. On his 25 year journey through the tech industry Erik has witnessed the rise—and sometimes fall—of many technologies. Always curious, he seeks to understand the potential of these new technologies, while figuring out with the wider community how to apply hard won experience and proven practices. Throughout his career Erik has been an advocate of agile values and open source software. He is a regular speaker at international conferences, contributed to a few books, and maintains several open source projects. Erik holds a degree in Informatics from the University of Dortmund and has studied Computer Science and Linguistics at University College Dublin.