Sander is an independent mentor, trainer, coach, software architect, programmer, speaker and writer. He is the owner of the company ditisagile.nl and is a highly appreciated catalyst in the innovation of software development at his many international clients. Sander worked for major IT consultancy companies for over 20 years, including at Capgemini in the roles of Principal Technology Officer and Global Agile Thoughtleader and at Ordina as a Partner. All this time Sander worked with clients, in finance, industries, transportation, healthcare, oil, government agencies, retail, education, insurance. Sander coaches organizations, teams, projects and individuals. He organizes processes, workflows, practices, and collaboration in co-located and distributed teams. He helps organizations transform to agile, Scrum, Kanban and beyond. He has trained many (international) organizations and teams, has presented over 300 training courses over the past 15 years and guest lectured every university in the country. He authored best-selling books This Is Agile and Pragmatisch Modelleren Met UML and over 250 articles in international magazines, He is an inspiring (keynote) speaker at many international conferences on topics such as (beyond) agile, Scrum, Kanban, requirements and smart use cases, software estimation, software architecture, service oriented architecture, microservices, design patterns, modeling and UML, writing code, Java, .NET, and software testing. He is well known for his enthusiasm and motivational capabilities, innovative skills, team building, deep knowledge of the field, quick adaptation, broad vision, and collaborative skills. An open personality, eager, driven, sometimes a bit off-beat, sometimes unconventional, out-of-the-box thinker. Sander is not afraid of trying out new paths and techniques and has never been a nine-to-fiver. Having new ideas is a 24/7 process.

Chief Technology Officer @ In his role of Chief Technology Officer, Sander Hoogendoorn helps to shape the technological vision and innovation at Klaverblad Verzekeringen, a Dutch insurance company. Sander advises the board of directors, management and departments on new approches, and information technology trends and techniques. He is leading in the areas of agile, requirements, development and testing, and thus helps to raise knowledge levels, abilities and agility of all involved. In close collaboration with the board of directors and management Sander initiates and guards the (microservices) software architectures, and all techniques, tools and frameworks Klaverblad is using in their software development projects. From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Mentor ▪ Trainer ▪ Software architect ▪ Craftsman @ I am an independent dad, mentor, trainer, software architect, programmer, speaker, and writer. In this new role and in my previous roles as global agile thought leader and principal technology officer at Capgemini, and as a partner at Ordina, I operate as a highly appreciated catalyst in the innovation of software development at his many international clients. Well known as the author of the best-selling books This Is Agile and Pragmatisch modelleren met UML, I coach organizations, projects and teams, and have published over 250 articles in international magazines. I am an inspiring (keynote) speaker at many international conferences, and present seminars and (in-house) training courses on a variety of topics such as (beyond) agile, Scrum, Kanban, software estimation, software architecture, microservices, design patterns, modeling and UML, writing code, .NET, Java and testing. As of February 1, 2015, my first assignment will be as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at a Dutch insurance company, renewing their application landscape towards microservices. Also I will continue to deliver talks at international conferences and likely start writing new books, articles and columns. From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsAuthor and Columnist @ The SDN is an enthusiastic association of software developers in the Netherlands. They organize mant very interesting conferences and publish a magazine. Since a number of years I write columns for their magazine, and occasionally do talks at their conferences. From 2005 to Present (10 years) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsAgile coach and Lead Software Architect @ Sander Hoogendoorn geeft vorm aan de technologische visie en innovatie van de organisatie. Sander adviseert directie, management en afdelingen op het gebied van nieuwe ontwikkelingen in het vakgebied ICT. Hij heeft de regie op het gebied van agile, requirements, ontwikkelen en testen en verhoogt zo het kennisniveau, de slagkracht en de agiliteit van de medewerkers. Daarnaast initieert en bewaakt Sander in overleg met directie en management de (software)architecturen en frameworks voor Klaverblad. From January 2014 to January 2015 (1 year 1 month) Principal Technology Officer @ In his role of Principal Technology Officer and Global Agile Thoughtleader at Capgemini, Sander is continuously involved in the innovation of software development processes, techniques, architectures, patterns, frameworks and technologies, both at Capgemini and its many international clients. Sander has coached organizations, projects and teams. He is a member of Microsoft’s Partner Advisory Council for .NET and several other editorial and advisory boards, and he is the chief architect of Capgemini’s agile software development platform Accelerated Delivery Platform (ADP). He has published over 200 articles and columns in international magazines. His first book "Smart. Successful cooperation in software development" was published in 2003. His second book "Pragmatic modeling with UML 2.0" is published in 2004. His latest book "Dit Is Agile" is recommended as being "the best book on agile in the Dutch language." and was published at Pearson in November 2012. The German translation "Das kleines Agile-Buch" was published in December 2012. Sander is a frequently asked and highly appreciated speaker at international conferences and events. He has delivered successful keynotes, talks and workshops on topics such as architecture, patterns, agile, modeling, testing and estimation at many conferences, such as Microsoft DevDays, SDC, Dutch Testing Conference, TestNed, Database Systems (Netherlands), JavaPolis, Agile .NET Europe (Belgium), International SOA & Cloud Symposium (Brazil), Microsoft TechEd North America (US), Microsoft TechEd Europe, OOP, Agile Dev Practices (Germany), SET, Jazoon (Switzerland), NETWork Conference, XP Days (Ukraine), JAOO (Denmark), TDWI, ACCU, Camp Digital (UK), Great Indian Developer Summit (India) and Software Quality Days (Austria). Besides that he talks at seminars on agile, trends, UML and .NET. I'm one out of five Global Certified Software Engineer (SE4) at Capgemini. From September 2005 to January 2015 (9 years 5 months) Utrecht Area, NetherlandsMember Partner Advisory Council .NET @ Populated by experts from the field, two times per year the Partner Advisory Council .NET reviewed and advised Microsoft on strategies and technology in the .NET platform. I have been a part of this inspiring group from 2006 to the point where the group ceased to exist in 2012. From 2006 to 2012 (6 years) Author and Member Editorial Board @ Software Release Magazine was a bi-monthly publication for software developers and architects in the Netherlands. I was both an author and a member of the editorial advisory board for about eight years. I wrote articles and columns for Software Release Magazine. Subjects can be anything from software methodologies, software architecture, patterns, .NET, Java, getting things done, agile software development and a many other subjects. From 2003 to 2011 (8 years) Partner @ As a Partner I was an advisor to the board at Ordina, and concerned with the innovation of software development both at Ordina and its clients, During these seven years I was responsible for the agile approach Smart, which came out of my team, and the DaVinci Platform, an agile software development platform for .NET and Java. Next, I worked as an agile coach, software architect, developer for major clients, such as ABN-AMRO, PGGM, Postkantoren, DAF, University of Maastricht. From September 1998 to August 2005 (7 years) Senior technical consultant @ CMG (now CGI) was a leading company when it came to client-server software development tool PowerBuilder. Between 1994 and 1998 I worked as a senior technical consultant at CMG's Windows Research Center (later Windows Technology Center) where I was one of the architects of CMG's class libraries for PowerBulider, called PowerStation. Next to that, I have been involved in coaching projects with CMG's clients throughout the Netherlands and Belgium. From September 1994 to August 1998 (4 years) Rotterdam Area, NetherlandsDeveloper @ Worked as an analyst and developer on MSO's internal software development. From 1988 to 1994 (6 years) Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Masters, Computer Science @ Universiteit Utrecht From 1991 to 1994 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science @ Hogeschool van Utrecht From 1987 to 1991 Atheneum @ Rijksscholengemeenschap Professor Zeeman From 1979 to 1985 Sander Hoogendoorn is skilled in: Microservices, Java, Architecture, .NET, Software Architecture, Software Development, Design Patterns, Agile Methodologies, SOA, Scrum, UML, Enterprise Architecture, Thought Leadership, Test Driven Development, RUP