I'm a life long techie with increasing interest in Enterprise Architecture and ArchiMate. But before all Father, Husband, Guitarist and DIY addict. I worked for the Lafarge Group (now LafargeHolcim) during 17 years. After all this time working in a rich, international, industrial context, I've acquired deep knowledge of how a well used IT can contribute to value creation. I now try to apply these competencies in a broader scope and that's the reason why I recently joined Arismore as an Enterprise Architect Consultant. For the past 3 years, I've been contributing to the well known OpenSource ArchiMate modelling tool Archi. I also had the honnor to proofread Gerben Wierda's books: Mastering ArchiMate and Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture. I can only recommend you to buy and read them. The following quote is mentionned in the latest and, in my opinion, an all too common aspect of our work: dealing with cost and (perceived lack of) value...
“If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture.” Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder