Len Fehskens is responsible for all activities relating to enterprise architecture architecture at The Open Group, including AOGEA, TOGAF and the Architecture Forum.

Prior to joining The Open Group, Len led the Worldwide Architecture Profession Office for HP Services at Hewlett-Packard.

He majored in Computer Science at MIT, and has almost 40 years of experience in the IT business as both an individual contributor and a manager, within both product engineering and services business units. Len has worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, Data General Corporation, Prime Computer, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. He is the lead inventor on six software patents on the object oriented management of distributed systems and was recently TOGAF 8 certified.
 

Presentation
Unanswered Questions about the Enterprise Architect Profession
Enterprise Architecture is a relatively young and (some would argue immature) profession, especially when compared with the medical, legal and engineering professions.  As such, there are many questions about the profession that we don't yet have universally accepted answers to.  This session will discuss some of these unanswered questions, such as: what is enterprise architecture anyway, can enterprise architecture be taught, is it possible for someone to be a "real" enterprise architect without an IT background, and do enterprise architects sit at "the top of the food chain

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