Category Archives: Personal

In The Spotlight

A couple of months ago I was interviewed as “Architect in the Spotlight” for the November 2010 issue of the Journal of Enterprise Architecture.  It is a great honor to be in the spotlight, and I thank the chef editor … Continue reading

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Our Winchester House – and Digital Platforms of the Future

I was first introduced to the Winchester Mystery House in 2003 when I met Steven Spewak (one of the Enterprise Architecture discipline’s founding fathers) at a conference in Washington DC. Steven used the Winchester House as a great metaphor to illustrate what … Continue reading

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Blogging Break for the New Dr. Chief Architect

This spring, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation and was promoted to Chef Architect in The Digital Taskforce in the Danish Ministry of Finance. Two large projects this fall in the Ministry of Finance will require a blogging break for … Continue reading

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Dinner with Dr. Bernard

I have just returned from a great dinner with Dr. Scott Bernard. Scott is the editor for JEA and founder of a|EA International, and he has become a good friend and colleague of mine. We discussed my research and EA … Continue reading

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Eating My Own Dog Food

The next couple of years I will be eating my own dog food in the Danish Ministry of Finance. Next week I will start a new job as enterprise architect in the national Digital Task Force. The Task Force assists … Continue reading

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Thank you boys!

This is an official THANK YOU to all my friends that participated in my polterabend this Saturday. I appreciate all your work! The (respectable) pictures will be published on www.hjort-madsen.dk before long.

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Congratulations to Ole!

Tuesday this week, my good friend and PhD-colleague Ole Jørgensen defended his M.Sc. thesis. He got the best grade possible (11! – se more about the Danish grading system here) and we are therefore all very proud of him. If … Continue reading

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