Welcome

Welcome to the website of Claus Konrad.
On this page, you can see what I've done in the past and what I'm currently doing.
 
Basically I'm a well experienced (10 years+) IT-architect doing robust software system designs, presales and POC's on behalf of Customers and Lector (my current employer). I'm responsible of the technical design of software solutions for Customers and to make sure that the system actually meets the Customers business needs.

As time progresses - I often find myself on the Project Manager end of the table taking the commercial responsibility of the project, where it used to be only the technical part. I usually operate as a teamlead on the projects I'm involved in, as I in most of the cases have designed the systems from the ground up and hence knows a great deal beforehand about the vision behind the system as well as it's construction.

What makes a good IT-architect?
According to my own perception - a good IT-architect can only come from the "trenches". He must have dirtied his hands with real development work. Due to this belief, I actually spend a lot of time developing production code as well to stay current with best-practices and current technologies.

 
In my sparetime - I practice the japanese art of Aikido and plays the classical guitar (my son has got me started!).