Conrad Pöpke is a highly experienced IT professional currently serving as a Staff Engineer at Forto since February 2021, where responsibilities include technical leadership and architecture, particularly during the transition of the Broker team. Conrad is also a co-founder of KanDDDinsky UG since February 2018. Previous roles include Director of Engineering at Clariness, focusing on building and mentoring diverse engineering teams, and various positions at codecentric AG, where responsibilities ranged from Principal IT Consultant to Business Development Manager. Early career experience includes technical consulting at Senacor Technologies AG and SAP Labs, as well as strong academic credentials with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in IT-Systems Engineering from the Hasso Plattner Institute. Technical expertise spans multiple technologies including Java, Spring, AWS, and React.