The program committee sets the strategic direction of the workshop, selects submissions and thus creates the program of the workshop.
Peter Buxmann
Peter Buxmann is Professor for Software Business and Information Management at Darmstadt University of Technology. He supervised numerous scientific as well as industry-related research projects and is head of HIGHEST, the start-up incubator of TU Darmstadt and board-member of the House of IT, where he is responsible for interdisciplinary research and networking between industry, politics and science. His research interests are the economic principles of the Software- and Social Media Industry as well as Information Management and the Future Internet Economy, in particular IT Security and Privacy. Peter Buxmann is author of more than 200 publications in renowned national and international journals, like Information Systems Research, Journal of Information Technology, Information Systems Journal etc., and conference proceedings (e.g. International Conference on Information Systems or European Conference on Information Systems).
Peter Buxmann studied Economics and Management with focus on Information Management at Frankfurt University, where he also received his Ph.D. After being visiting scholar at the Haas School of Business at the University of California in Berkeley, he qualified as a professor. In 2000 he was appointed Professor for Information Management at TU Freiberg until he received a call to the Darmstadt University of Technology, where he now is head of the Software Business & Information Management Group.
Thomas Aidan Curran
Thomas Aidan Curran is an independent programmer, investor and advisor to numerous Internet companies, and a recognised authority in enterprise computing, security, and software development.
In 2013 he became Chief Technology Officer of Hybris AG responsible for the company's product development, cloud technology strategy and integration with SAP. He left Deutsche Telekom in October 2012 where he was DT Fellow, Senior Vice President Technology and Innovation of Deutsche Telekom AG. Thomas initiated the DT Group’s program for fostering talented young engineers and software developers, while driving innovation in a number of strategic software programs.
Thomas joined Deutsche Telekom AG in March 2009 as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he was responsible for transforming Group’s Innovation Management, Research and Development "Deutsche Telekom Laboratories," Internet Service Provider "T-Online," IPTV platform "T-Home Entertain," and the mobile cloud product family "Connected Life and Work" into a more modern and agile product development organisation.
Passionate about building products and entrepreneurship, Thomas founded Component Software Inc. (Cambridge, Mass) and five high tech software companies in his career so far.
He worked for a number of software and technology companies including SAP, Microsoft, Groove Networks and IBM, as well as media companies including News Corp, Bertelsmann, and BBC. His work in the open source effort Digital Media Project stems from his interest in simplifying access to media.
A graduate of University of Pennsylvania, he has held research and teaching roles at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Technical University Berlin, and the University of Arts in Berlin. He has written numerous books about software engineering and process modeling.
Gerald Eichler
Since 1993 Gerald Eichler has been working as an engineer for research and development (R&D) divisions of Deutsche Telekom, starting with satellite communications. In 1994 he moved to the protocol and signaling section, sharing and leading projects with special focus of ATM and IP network and service quality issues at the Technologiezentrum Darmstadt.
From July 1999 he was in business with T‐Systems working in the areas of knowledge management and e‐learning. His focus has been extended towards web technology‐based mobile and context‐aware services. Since 2009, joining Telekom Innovation Laboratories, he has been concentrating on information relevance, smart data analytics and communications as well as to the technological consultancy for innovative spin‐offs.
Slinger Jansen
Slinger Jansen is an assistant professor at the Department of Information and Computer Science at Utrecht University. He is one of the leading researchers in the domain of software ecosystems and co-founders of the International Conference on Software Business and International Workshop on Software Ecosystems. He is lead editor of the book “Software Ecosystems: Analyzing and Managing Business Networks in the Software Industry” and of several others. Besides his academic endeavors he actively supports new enterprises and sits on the boards of advisors of several start-ups, one of which is ThinkEcosystems.com.
Christopher Jud
In research and business, Christopher Jud is an expert for impact of platforms on products and business models of companies as well as the conception, development and distribution of digital product innovations.
His doctoral thesis deals with the impact of platforms on the development and marketing of software products of complementors (e.g. app developers) on platforms.
He works ar Kaufland Digital as Lead for Business Technology & Agile Management. He is responsible for the technical evaluation of digital product innovations on the one hand and the establishment of an agile organization on the other hand.
Thomas Kude
Thomas Kude is a Full Professor for Platform Economics at the University of Bamberg. Before that he was Associate Professor of Information Systems at ESSEC Business School. He has taught courses on big data, IoT, digital platforms, agile project management, IT management, knowledge management, and enterprise systems in France, Germany, and Switzerland. His current research focuses on digital platforms, software development teams, and IT governance for digital transformation. In his research, Thomas regularly works with companies in the software industry and beyond, and his work has been published in renowned academic journals and presented at international conferences. Thomas received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Mannheim, Germany. In 2018, the Association for Information Systems awarded him with the “AIS Early Career Award.” He also received the award for the best paper published in the journal “Information Systems Research” (included in the Financial Times 50 list) in 2018. He has been a visiting researcher at various international universities, such as the University of Maryland and the University of British Columbia.
Karl Michael Popp
Karl Michael Popp is senior director of mergers and acquisitions in the corporate development and strategy team at SAP SE, one of the largest software companies in the world, responsible for holistic analysis of acquisition opportunities and post merger integration. He has successfully worked on 40 acquisitions and integrations. Before that, Karl has managed dozens of inbound OEM and resell relationships for SAP´s technology platforms.
He has many books on software business, software ecosystems, mergers and acquisitions and commercial use of open source.
Karl Michael has founded the European workshop on software ecosystems (EWSECO) in 2012. He has a diploma in economics and a Dr. rer.pol. in information systems from the University of Bamberg.