Jaap Schekkerman
Jaap Schekkerman (born 1953) is a Dutch computer scientist and founder of the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) in the Netherlands. He is particularly known for his 2003 book How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture in which he compared 14 Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. Biography Schekkerman received a degree in clinical chemistry from the Bakhuis Roozeboom Instituut in Beverwijk in 1973, and his Engineer's degree in electronic engineering from the HTS Amsterdam in 1979. Further on he received a certificates in information technology from AMBI in 1984, and a certificates in business economics from the Open University in the Netherlands in 1988. Schekkerman started working as assistant scientist at the Free University Amsterdam in 1973. The next year he started working at the Red Cross Hospital in Beverwijk, where he became chief information officer and participated in the development of medical information technology. From 1985 to 1989 he managed the IT Research & Development department of the insurance company Centraal Beheer, and in 1989 became IT consultant at the Dutch Software developer RAET. From 1995 till 2005 he was business and Information Technology consultant for Capgemini, from 2005 till 2008 Business Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture consultant for Verdonck, Klooster & Associates in the Netherlands, and from 2008 till 2012 management consultant for Logica, and lecturer at the Delft TopTech Program of the Technical University Delft. From 2012 till 2016 Jaap Schekkerman was Global Director Cyber Protection & Resilience at CGI, a Canadian IT & Security Firm responsible for Worldwide Cyber Protection & Resilience in Industrial Control Systems. His main focus was helping Global Industrial, Pharmaceutical & Energy Companies in defining their Cyber & Physical Protectection & Resilience Architecture as a foundation for further implementations. In 1982 Schekkerman received the American Ames Award for his article about future medical information technology development. In 2001 he founded the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD) in the Netherlands. In 2012 Schekkerman became Global Director Cyber Security at CGI (Canada) where he was responsible for Cyber Security of Industrial Control Systems at companies worldwide. In 2013 Schekkerman is awarded with the International Global Excellence iCMG Hall of Fame Award for his 20 years contribution to the Enterprise and Security Architecture Profession at the Architecture World Summit 2013, India. In 2015 Schekkerman was one the leading founders of the Cyber Research Center - Industrial Control Systems, a cyber research center focused on Cyber Protection & Resilience of Industrial Control Systems. Cyber Protection & Resilience are the Only Drivers for Successful Architecture Today In 2018 Schekkerman stopped his activities at the Cyber Research Center - Industrial Control Systems for personal reasons. Extended Enterprise Architecture Framework Essentials Guide : Version 1.5 Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments </ref> and the Extended Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model. Work Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments In 2001 Schekkerman founded the Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments (IFEAD). for research in and knowledge exchange about the emerging field of Enterprise Architecture. The institute works together with a series of institutes