Lars Rossen

Lars Rossen drives the overall Micro Focus technology and integration strategy as well as driving the implementation of the Digital Factory for Micro Focus. The Micro Focus Digital Factory and Digital Value Stream architecture was invented by Lars and is the basis for the IT4IT™ Reference Architecture which is now an international standard managed by The Open Group. Lars serve as the Chair of the governing board of the Open Group.

Before joining Micro Focus, Lars worked for the Hewlett Packard Enterprise CTO organization driving the HPE software portfolio architecture and strategy. Lars had many leading roles in defining and implementing the IT management solution portfolio. Lars was part of the core team that defined HPE's CloudSystem strategy and associated solution portfolio.

Prior to joining the HPE portfolio strategy office, Lars headed up HPE’s Operational Support System practice for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Lars holds an MS in engineering, an executive MBA with focus on technology management, and a PhD in computer science from the technical University of Denmark.