Frank BraunFrank holds a degree in communications engineering, as well as a master'sdegree in electronics design. He worked for many years in the developmentof embedded real-time systems, gaining crucial intuitionabout the issues that drive the architecture anddesign 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 developerof the Rhapsody product, a Model-Driven Development (MDD) solution.Rhapsody rapidly became the industry-leading Model-Driven Developmentenvironment for Systems and Software Engineering.Rhapsody was the spark that ignited Frank's passion for Model-BasedSystems and Software Engineering. Since then, Frank has become anexpert in the intricate details of the UML and SysML standards. He hasalso been an enthusiastic and passionate Rhapsody user, trainer, andcoach. Frank has supported many customers in the development andrealization of their products and systems. As a trainer, he has led severalhundred Rhapsody courses and touched the lives and careers of thousandsof engineers around the world. The positive feedback from these engineers continues to inspire Frankon his journey though the ever more complex universe of model-based engineering and the emerging digitalthread.Frank maintains a YouTube Channel called RhapsodyGuru where he regularly shares his experiences andinsights. (66)In recent years, Frank has been supporting client projects involving cross-domain hybrid environments usingRhapsody, CATIA Magic, and Sparx Enterprise Architect, as well as the open source Capella tool that supportsthe Arcadia method.Frank is committed to his family and likes to spend his free time camping all over Europe with his wife Leilaand his daughters Yamina and Myriam, without whose encouragement and patient support this book wouldnot have been possible. Read More Read Less