Advisory Board

Software Architecture AI Day 2026

Mahbouba Gharbi

ITech Progress

Mahbouba Gharbi’s professional range includes activities as a software architect, trainer, system developer, reviewer, and lecturer. On top of that, she is CEO of the ITech Progress GmbH and has specialized in design and development of software architectures of medium to large software systems over a period of more than 15 years. In the field of architecture assessment, she contributes years of professional experience as well as the necessary enthusiasm, which she passes on to her audience through lectures. As co-founder of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB), she is also actively involved in the creation of standardized curricula and training plans for software architects.

Sönke Magnussen Portrait

Dr. Sönke Magnussen

WPS – Workplace Solutions

Dr. Sönke Magnussen studied computer science at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel and received his doctorate in software engineering and programming languages from the University of Lübeck in 2003. He then worked at Lufthansa in various roles, including software developer, IT architect and manager, with a focus on software maintenance, architecture and operations. For several years, he has been using his extensive experience at WPS as an IT architect, consultant, trainer and project manager. Sönke has a Nanodegree in AI from Udacity (2017) and expertise in AI solutions, process automation, RPA, NLP and chatbot development with GenAI.