A leading innovator, practitioner/consultant, lecturer, educator, and trainer in Enterprise Architecture (EA) and related topics for nearly two decades, Dr. Steve Else has many roles in the global strategic transformation community. The Founder and CEO of EA Principals, Inc. (EAP) (see http://eaprincipals.com), Steve is one of the leading 10 TOGAF(r) trainers in the world, having trained about 1750 people himself. He is author of the book, Organization Theory and Transformation of Large, Complex Organizations.In addition to running EAP, he has established and leads the Enterprise and Solution Architecture Institute (ESAII) at (see http://esaii.org), under the Center for Public-Private Enterprise (CPPE) (see http://cppe.org), which he founded in 1998). ESAII expands his professional outreach globally and will also allow for bringing together experts to mentor students on complex, innovative enterprise solutions approaches (going beyond just the enterprise architecture part of value delivery.Bringing a wealth of practical and academic experience to his EA and TOGAF(r) and ArchiMate(r) 2 Certification Training, (certified in both and having trained over 1750 professionals), he is also an ISEB Certified Enterprise and Solutions Architect, a Project Management Professional (PMP(r)), and a FEAC Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA). Steve has served in key EA consulting/practitioner roles in both the private and public sectors, including BAE Systems, CSC, Teaching Enterprise Architecture, Business Intelligence/Analytics, Information Systems Engineering Management, and Systems Engineering at the graduate level is a way Steve also contributes his knowledge and insights. He has also taught Systems Analysis and Design, Technology Forecasting and Assessments, Knowledge Management, International Trade, and IT Project and Change Management over the span of several years.A passionate participant in EA, IT, and systems engineering professional communities, Steve is the Founder and Chair of the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects, and Assistant Director of Knowledge on the Technical Operations Board of the International Council on Systems Engineering (see http://INCOSE.org).
