Patrick Kua is the Chief Scientist and former CTO of the modern bank N26 (Berlin, Germany). With almost 20 years of experience in technology, he spent a significant time at ThoughtWorks as a Principal Technical Consultant. There he helped organisations improve their ability to rapidly build and evolve software. He is the author of three books: „The Retrospective Handbook“, „Talking with Tech Leads“ and most recently, „Building Evolutionary Architectures“. Patrick is a frequent keynote speaker and writer. He is passionate about a balanced focus between people, organisations and technology.