Eberhard Hechler

Eberhard Hechler is an Executive Architect at the IBM Germany R&D Lab. He is a member of the DB2 Analytics Accelerator development organization and addresses the broader data and AI on IBM Z scope, including machine learning for z/OS. After 2 and a half years at the IBM Kingston Lab in New York, he worked in software development, Db2 performance optimization, IT/solution architecture and design, master data management, open source (Hadoop/Spark) integration and Z Analytics.

He began to work with Db2 for MVS, focusing on testing and performance measurements. He has worked worldwide with IBM clients from various industries on a vast number of topics, such as data and AI including analytics and machine learning, information architectures, and industry solutions. From 2011-2014, he was at IBM Singapore, working as the Asia Pacific Lead Big Data Architect in the Communications Sector of IBM’s Software Group.

Eberhard has studied in Germany and France, and holds a Master’s Degree (Dipl.-Math.) in Pure Mathematics, and a Bachelor’s Degree (Dipl.-Ing. (FH)) in Electrical Engineering. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, and co-authored the following books:

o Enterprise Master Data Management, Pearson, 2008, ISBN: 0132366258

o The Art of Enterprise Information Architecture, Pearson, 2010, ISBN: 0137035713

o Beyond Big Data, Pearson, 2014, ISBN: 013350980X

o Deploying AI in the Enterprise, Apress, 2020, ISBN: 1484262050