Floris Gout was a late starter in information technology. After eight years as a professional dancer with the West Australian Ballet Company, he worked in engineering on large iron ore, petroleum, and gas projects in Western Australia and Malaysia until 1987. Following those two exciting careers, Mr. Gout earned a bachelor's degree in information science and has since worked across industry sectors in a range of IT roles. His major interests lie in project management and modeling, and he has modeled systems at the enterprise and software application levels. Mr. Gout has developed a skill of reverse-engineering a database and assessing its alignment to business objectives and IT governance. His project management interest focuses on risk and rewards and demonstrating the alignment of an architectural model to the business case. He can be reached at floris@floris.com.au.