About the Modelers

The Enterprise Business Motivation Model is the creation of A. Nicklas Malik, an Enterprise Architect at Microsoft. 

Nick Malik is a 28 year veteran of software development in all its forms.  He’s written everything from firmware to software products to custom applications.  He made the move to management a few years ago, and along the way, co-founded a dot com.  After the crash, he returned to management consulting for a few years before rejoining Microsoft.  He plies his architecture trade as an Enterprise Architect in Microsoft’s internal IT group.

Nick is a frequent and versatile speaker.  If you are interested in having Nick present at your user group or conference, please contact nickmalik@hotmail.com

The Enterprise Business Motivation Model was published in the Microsoft Architecture Journal in April 2009.