Gunnar Menzel is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for North and Central Europe. With a total of over 14000 Architects globally, he is one of only two certified Master Architect and Master IAF (Integrated Architecture Framework) Architect across the entire Capgemini Group. In addition, he is part of the main editorial Board for Capgemini’s Technovision Framework. With over 33 years IT experience and as a learned software and infrastructure engineer, Gunnar defined, designed, delivered, and managed solutions for a large number of organisations covering - Financial Services (Banking & Insurance), Telco, Government, Utilities, Automobile, Retail, Utility, Distribution and Manufacturing. Born in Germany, Gunnar now lives with his family since 1999 in Greater Manchester, UK.