Michael Sperber is CEO of Active Group in Tübingen, Germany, which does software project development using functional programming. Mike has been developing software since 1984, and is a recognized expert in functional programming, which he has been applying in research, teaching, and industrial development for more than 25 years. He’s authored numerous scientific papers, articles, and books on the subject, among them the curriculum for the iSAQB curriculum on Functional Software Architecture. Mike is a founder of the blog funktionale-programmierung.de and co-organizer of the annual BOB developer conference.