Frank Braun

Frank holds a degree in communications engineering, as well as a master's degree in electronics design. He worked for many years in the development of embedded real-time systems, gaining crucial intuition about the issues that drive the architecture and design of systems products. In 2001, he joined I-Logix, which was co-founded by David Harel, the inventor of the UML state charts. I-Logix was the initial developer of the Rhapsody product, a Model-Driven Development (MDD) solution. Rhapsody rapidly became the industry-leading Model-Driven Development environment for Systems and Software Engineering. Rhapsody was the spark that ignited Frank's passion for Model-Based Systems and Software Engineering. Since then, Frank has become an expert in the intricate details of the UML and SysML standards. He has also been an enthusiastic and passionate Rhapsody user, trainer, and coach. Frank has supported many customers in the development and realization of their products and systems. As a trainer, he has led several hundred Rhapsody courses and touched the lives and careers of thousands of engineers around the world. The positive feedback from these engineers continues to inspire Frank on his journey though the ever more complex universe of model-based engineering and the emerging digital thread. Frank maintains a YouTube Channel called RhapsodyGuru where he regularly shares his experiences and insights. In recent years, Frank has been supporting client projects involving cross-domain hybrid environments using Rhapsody, CATIA Magic, and Sparx Enterprise Architect, as well as the open source Capella tool that supports the Arcadia method