Dr. Gernot Starke is an INNOQ Fellow and is the co-founder and a longstanding user of the arc42 documentation template. For more than 20 years, he has been working as a software architect, coach, and consultant, conquering the challenges of creating effective software architectures for clients from various industries. Dr. Gernot co-founded the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB e.V.) and the open-source Architecture Improvement Method. Dr. Gernot has authored several (German) books on software architecture and related topics.

Michael Simons works as a senior software engineer for Neo4j. Previously, he worked at Enerko Informatik, an Aachen-based company dealing with GIS systems. He has a background focused on geographic information systems for utilities and price calculation for the energy market. In his brief time at INNOQ, he helped customers modernize their application systems. Michael is known for having a certain passion for SQL and Spring. He took his apprenticeship at the FZ Jlich and studied at FH Aachen, Campus Jlich. He is a PRINCE2 registered practitioner and sometimes gets torn between the roles of an architect and project manager. Michael is a dedicated blogger and is engaged in various open-source projects. He is also a father of two, husband, geek, and passionate cyclist.

Stefan Zrner has 20 years of experience in IT and always looks to the future with excitement. He supports clients in solving architecture and implementation problems. In interesting workshops, he demonstrates how to use practical design tools, as well as spreading enthusiasm for real-life architectural work.

Ralf D. Mller is a solutions architect and an ambitious Grails developer. He is continually trying to simplify his work. Currently, his main concern is improving the holistic documentation of projects. He achieves this especially with the help of the arc42 template and docs-as-code approach. He is the founder of the docToolchain project.