Gunther Lenz

Current

ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft

Past

PM at Siemens Corporate Research
Book Author "Practical Software Factories in .NET"; Apress 2006 at Siemens Corportate Research
PM at Siemens

MTS at Siemens Corporate Research
Book Author at Siemens
Team Lead at Siemens Medical Solutions

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Education

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
TUM

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Gunther Lenz’s Summary

Gunther currently works at Microsoft as ISV Architect Evangelist. His objective in this role is to build high value relationships with the top 2% of ISV partners in the NY/NJ/PA area with the goal to drive the adoption of new and emerging Microsoft technologies. He articulates and communicates the business value of compelling technology strategies to complex business challenges to increase the competitive advantage and open new revenue streams. Furthermore, he acts as trusted advisor and focuses on exposing synergies between the partner’s product technology strategy and the Microsoft technology roadmap by initiating and directing strategy briefings, Architecture Design Sessions and Proof of Concepts.
Before joining Microsoft, Gunther worked as a program manager and senior consultant on software architecture at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, NJ.
As a result of his work, he published two books (".NET -- A Complete Development Cycle" and "Practical Software Factories in .NET") as well as numerous articles in magazines. Gunther is also an invited speaker at international conferences and received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Solution Architect award in 2005/2006/2007.

Gunther Lenz’s Specialties:

• Program Management
• Technology Strategy
• Software Architecture
• Productivity Improvement
• Research & Development
• Innovation Management
• SDLC
• Author
• Public Speaker

Gunther Lenz’s Experience

PM

Siemens Corporate Research

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 7 months)

PM (since 2004)
• Reduced overall software development project costs between 5% and 40% with Return on Investment of >50% for several projects.
• Increased productivity and quality of very complex and large enterprise development efforts of up to 200 software developers.
• Directed distributed teams on 3 continents and coordinated the collaboration with third parties.
• Headed consulting services in the area of software architecture reviews, training and mentoring activities in different application domains.
• Assessed project risk, and developed risk mitigations for projects between 5 and 100 staff members.
• Researched, transferred, and successfully applied new, innovative, techniques and technologies to increase competitive advantage.
Book Author "Practical Software Factories in .NET"; Apress 2006

Siemens Corportate Research

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)
PM

Siemens

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Telecommunications industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year)
MTS

Siemens Corporate Research

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years)

• Led the software product implementation of a static code checking tool written in C++ for SQL, Java and C#.
• Researched opportunities and executed on new business opportunities.
• Consulted with product management in the areas of marketing, project acquisition, and project management.
• Implemented tools and products using C++ and .NET technologies.
• Evaluated current state of the art of software quality and testing.
Book Author

Siemens

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

2003 — 2003 (less than a year)

Author of the book ".NET-A Complete Development Cycle"
Team Lead

Siemens Medical Solutions

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1998 — August 2002 (4 years 8 months)

• Advised the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) for defining a CMMI conforming process..
• Assumed responsibility for scheduling people, providing effort estimates, and project planning a group of 5-10 Software Engineers.
• Delivered oral and written presentations on new Software Engineering practices and negotiated requirements with customers.
• Developed and directed software testing strategies, procedures, programming and documentation.