Outcome-Driven Business Architecture: Synergizing Strategies and Intelligence with Architecture

Bhuvan Unhelkar (BE, MDBA, MSc, PhD, FACS) has spent close to three decades in the information and communication technologies (ICT) industry as a strategist as well as a hands-on professional. As the founder of MethodScience.com, he has demonstrated consulting and training expertise in business analysis, software engineering, Agile processes, mobile business, and Green IT (environment) in banking, financial, insurance, government, and telecom verticals. He is an adjunct associate professor with the University of Western Sydney, Australia (where he had formed the Mobile Internet Research and Applications Group—MIRAG) and a visiting faculty at the University of Technology, Sydney, MS University, Baroda, India, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Hartford Graduate Campus), CT, USA. He has authored 17 books and several executive reports (Cutter, Boston, USA), supervised numerous PhD students, and has extensively presented and published papers and case studies. Dr. Unhelkar is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, life member of Computer Society of India, president of the Rotary Club in St. Ives, Sydney (and a Paul Harris Fellow), a Discovery volunteer at NSW parks and wildlife, and a previous TiE mentor. Dr. Unhelkar obtained the PhD degree in the area of "object orientation" from the University of Technology, Sydney, in 1997. Subsequently, he has designed and delivered course units such as Global Information Systems, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Business Process Reengineering, and IT Project Management to the industry as well as across universities in Australia, China, and India.

Amit Tiwary has over three decades' experience in developing pragmatic, implementable enterprise architecture (EA) solutions for customer base ranging from manufacturing, utilities, government, and financial sector. Amit recently implemented an EA and BA framework for a large organization which has proven to be an extremely valuable communication device and has been further developed with subsequent EA initiatives. He is currently working with a government organization to establish an EA framework with business-oriented architectural principles and governance processes. Amit has also delivered multiple workshops and lunch time sessions on various management and information technology topics. In the past, he has also been a sessional lecture for postgraduate courses at RMIT, specializing in EA.