Mahbouba Gharbi

From 1994 to 1999, Gharbi studied telecommunications and information technology at ENS Telecom Paris and communications engineering and data processing at the University of Stuttgart, earning a double degree as an engineer. Since 1999, she has been working on projects as a software architect and enterprise architect. In 2004, she founded the IT consulting company ITech Progress GmbH, which she still heads today as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Architect.

Mahbouba Gharbi is a founding member of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB e.V.). There, she volunteers in the creation of training plans and certification exams for software architects, as well as examination regulations. From 2008 to May 2023, she was chair of the association's board. In addition, she is a certified and active trainer for Foundation Level and Advanced Level training courses in the Certified Professional for Software Architecture (CPSA) program.

Since 2009, Mahbouba Gharbi has been the director and trainer of the ITech Academy, which has locations in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Nuremberg, and Frankfurt-Eschborn. The ITech Academy's portfolio includes training courses, workshops, and in-house training on software architecture, enterprise architecture, and software development.

In addition, Mahbouba Gharbi lectures at international universities and regularly gives presentations on software architecture at international trade fairs such as OOP and the Software Architecture Gathering. She is also an author and publishes articles in trade journals.

Since 2021, Mahbouba Gharbi has been a member of the advisory board of the Department of Computer Science at Worms University as an industry representative. She was appointed to the advisory board for the Applied Computer Science and Mobile Computing degree programs and supports the design of the curriculum.