Data Mesh Live 2025 - Thomas Coopman

Thomas Coopman

Biography

Thomas Coopman is a senior consultant at Aardling. He trains and consults teams working in complex environments to bring meaningful change to their organisations. He has built deep expertise in Domain-Driven Design and optimising for team productivity and efficacy.

Thomas excels with organisations that recognise that high-performing teams need both technical excellence and a relentless focus on process, practices, and environment.

His childhood curiosity with computers took him to the University of Leuven to study computer science. While there, he grew an enduring love for learning new programming languages, with a current proclivity for all things functional programming.

Thomas teaches several public classes on topics ranging from Strategic Design, EventStorming, and Tactical Patterns at DDD Academy. He’s also a regular public speaker, with recent well-received talks at DDD Europe and KanDDDinksy.

Outside of software, Thomas is a keen parent and a triathlon hobbyist.

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