David Elliman named global chief of software engineering at Zühlke

David Elliman has been appointed as the brand new world chief of software program engineering at Zühlke. He’ll assist the agency’s purchasers to profit from progressive new applied sciences resembling AI.

Talking on his new position, Elliman stated, “I’m excited to leverage my expertise in constructing thought management as an necessary side from the grassroots of the corporate. Despite the fact that I’ll be working in software program engineering, I’ve direct expertise in digital transformation, cloud, DevOps, and knowledge analytics and am eager to convey all these areas collectively to assist thought management as a cross-disciplinary apply.”

Based in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is a partner-owned consultancy which specialises in technique and enterprise innovation, digital options and functions, and gadget and programs engineering. With 1,900 staff, the corporate hosts workplaces in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hong Kong, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Vietnam, and the UK.

Because the agency’s new world chief of software program engineering, Elliman will concentrate on offering strategic steerage to Zühlke’s purchasers, notably in navigating the transformative influence of applied sciences like generative AI. Whereas based mostly within the UK, he’ll collaborate globally with Zühlke’s head of software program excellence, Christian Heger.

Elliman brings a wealth of cross-disciplinary experience in designing and constructing complicated, mission vital programs in addition to in digital transformation, cloud applied sciences, DevOps, and knowledge analytics. He joins Zühlke following an 11-year tenure at Thoughtworks and brings almost 40 years of software program engineering experience.

Commenting on his robust community and trade involvement within the UK specifically, Elliman added, “I’m very eager about know-how policymaking and the decision-making that’s embodied in legislation. As an Innovation Fellow at Large Innovation Centre, I sit on the AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and local weather change All-Occasion Parliamentary Teams who advise MPs on these subjects. That is wonderful for being part of the dialog and studying what’s worrying the federal government and serving to them perceive the nuances of recent improvements.”