Bringing People, Process and Technology together!
ABOUT
My passion is helping companies bringing people, processes and technology together so that they can deliver continuously value to their customers.
I graduated in 2001 as a computer scientist at FHNW. In the 19 years where I worked as a software developer, software architect and consultant for Zühlke, I was able to build up a comprehensive knowledge of software development, architecture and processes. I have worked with a variety of platforms and technologies, consulting in the sectors of financial, insurance, cyber security, electricity, medical, and aviation. Software development is a young profession, and we are still learning the techniques and building the tools to do it effectively. That's why my passion is helping companies bringing people, processes and technology together so that they can deliver continuously value to their customers.
Experience & Intrests
DEVOPS
You face the challenge of enhancing efficiency while lowering costs. And approved changes to a product often take too long to reach customers in the marketplace. I use DevOps to shorten feedback loops and speed up throughput – from the initial concept to delivering the product to the customer.
Software Architecture
Software architectures and systems can be very complex. I provide easy-to-understand, fact-oriented recommendations for action. These give you the security you need for pioneering and strategic decisions.
Application Modernisation
Insufficient stability and a lack of flexibility when it comes to adapting existing IT systems and business applications can impair the performance of companies. Due to my experience of completing many complex and successful modernisation projects, I'm perfectly equipped to accompany you through your transformation.
Public Speaking
I love to do public speaking about:
DevOps
Agile Transformation
Software Architecture
Application Modernization
Activites
Organisation: DevOps Days 2020
08.09.2020 | Zürich | Link
Blog: Better through the crisis thanks to DevOps
The coronavirus crisis is demonstrating how companies with an agile DevOps mindset can better respond to new circumstances and challenges than companies with rigid structures and processes.
06.05.2020 | Blog
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: Architecting petabyte-scale analytics by scaling out Postgres on Azure w/ Citus
04.03.2020 | Zürich | Meetup
Blog: Test automation with behaviour-driven development
Agile software development with DevOps requires automated tests. Automating tests is a complex and demanding task. What if you could write executable specifications?
30.03.2020 | Blog
Blog: What is CI/CD?
Everybody is talking about CI/CD pipelines and that it is necessary to have one to be able to deliver faster and accelerate the feedback cycle.
What is CI/CD?
27.02.2020 | Blog
Talk: What is the Business Case of DevOps?
Everyone wants to do DevOps. But only few understand what DevOps is and what it does with your company. When you want to introduce DevOps in a company you need to convince decision makers that it is worth to invest money / time / resources into the DevOps transformation.
27.02.2020 | Zühlke Zürich
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: Managing everything AWS with Terraform
26.02.2020 | Zürich | Meetup
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: How to find your way in the automation framework jungle
20.02.2020 | Zürich | Meetup
Interview: LineUpr in Action at Zühlke Engineering – An Interview with Romano Roth
10.02.2020 | Zürich | Link
Talk: Why is DevOps important for Zühlke?
DevOps is more than just a combination of Development and Operations!
Why should Zühlke become a thought leader in DevOps and how does it help to boost our offerings? Romano as newly appointed Distinguished Consultant shares his vision and explains how DevOps brings people, processes and technology together. The talk will cover both market and capability sides of DevOps.
28.01.2020 | Zühlke Zürich
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: The Testing Pyramid for Microservices
09.01.2020 | Zürich | Meetup
Blog: DevOps Camp 2019
Zühlke offers its employees a generous range of further training opportunities. The company invests 20 workdays and CHF 5,000 in the further training of every employee. This includes an annual week-long team camp for each team.
17.12.2019 | Blog
Brown Bag Talk: Empowerment through DevOps
Companies today are confronted with the challenge of necessary cost reductions while at the same time increasing efficiency. Changes to products often take far too long to reach end customers on the market. A consistent DevOps approach can help.
13.12.2019 | Bank Julius Bär Zürich | Slides
Blog: How can we improve value streams?
Value stream mapping is a lean management method for improving the flow of value from idea to production. It offers insight into the efficiency of an organisation and can help to identify bottlenecks and improve value flow. The primary goal is to eliminate any waste.
03.12.2019 | Blog
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: AWS CloudFormation vs. Terraform and Continuous Deployment with Kubernetes
29.10.2019 |Zürich | Meetup
Brown Bag Talk: Application Modernisation
Old applications have a great value for the company. They were developed with a lot of passion and contain a great deal of knowledge about the company.
19.09.2019 | Bank Julius Bär Zürich
Organisation: Conference: Client Technology Days
19.09.2019 | Zühlke Zürich | Link
Talk: Empowerment through DevOps in the energy sector
22.08.2019 | Company in the energy sector in Switzerland
Organisation: Conference: Zühlke DevOps Days
15.08.2019 | Zühlke Zürich | Link
Talk: My career and DevOps
11.09.2019 | Zühlke Singapore
Talk: How to deal with huge legacy monolithic applications
There are huge legacy monolithic monster applications out there. They're terrifying. They can and will eat you alive. How can you approach such a monster? How do you tame such a monster? How do you make such a monster fit for DevOps? I will show you how to turn a monster in a purring cat.
15.08.2019 | Zühlke Switzerland
Blog: How to start a DevOps transformation?
At first glance, a DevOps transformation seems to be a major undertaking for any company. But with the right approach, you can keep the process lean and agile.
15.08.2019 | Blog
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: Make your system observable
11.09.2019 | Zürich | Meetup
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: DevOps Value Stream Mapping: Experiences and Learnings
02.07.2019 | Zürich | Meetup
Talk: Container Days 2019: What is the Business Case of DevOps?
Everyone wants to do DevOps. But only few understand what DevOps is and what it does with your company. When you want to introduce DevOps in a company you need to convince decision makers that it is worth to invest money / time / resources into the DevOps transformation.
26.06.2019 | Container Days 2019 Hamburg| Video
Blog: What is the business case for DevOps?
Everyone is talking about DevOps. What organisation doesn’t want to develop software more efficiently? So what exactly is the business case for DevOps?
24.06.2019 | Blog
Blog: Satisfied end users thanks to DevOps?
Companies today are confronted with the challenge of enhancing efficiency while lowering costs. Changes to products often take much too long to reach end customers on the market. A consistent DevOps approach can aid this process.
14.05.2019 | Blog
Talk: The future of quality management?
How can we improve the quality management?
04.07.2019 | Zühlke Zürich
Book: Machines, Code, People — 50 things Zühlke engineers are passionate about
A collaborative book on best practices, cultural philosophies, great ideas, and practically proven concepts in engineering for and with people. Romano Roth contributed a chapter on "CYA: Cover your ass".
05.06.2019 | Book
Talk: DevOps Days 2019: What is the Business Case of DevOps?
Introducing DevOps in a large enterprise is difficult. But wait – why do we want to introduce DevOps in the first place? Good question. I will answer the question in my ignite talk and show you what happens when you introduce DevOps and what did not happen.
14.05.2019 | DevOps Days 2019 Zürich | Video
Organisation: DevOps Days 2019
14.05.2019 | Zürich | Link
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: The Phoenix Project - A DevOps Business Simulation
23.04.2019 | Zürich | Meetup
Organisation: DevOps Meetup: CloudBees DevOptics development pipeline efficiency made easy
19.03.2019 | Zürich | Meetup
Videos
Public Speaking
Every speach will be customized for your event. I will work closely with you to ensure that the speach meets your goals.
Here are some of my greatest hits:
Empowerment through DevOps
Abstract:
Today, companies are confronted with the challenge of necessary cost reductions while simultaneously increasing efficiency. Changes to products often take far too long to reach the end customers in the market. A consistent DevOps approach can provide a remedy.
DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims to unite software development (Dev) and software operations (Ops) in order to continuously improve a software product and create added value.
DevOps is not only about bringing together Dev and Ops, but all the people involved.
=> DevOps brings people, technologies and processes together to create continuous added value.
Performing a DevOps transformation is not magic. The important thing is to start small, choose the right people for the team and then constantly and continuously improve.
Key Learnings:
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What is DevOps?
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How to DevOps?
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Impact of a DevOps Transformation
What is the business case for DevOps?
Abstract:
Everyone wants to do DevOps. But only few understand what DevOps is and what it does with your company. When you want to introduce DevOps in a company you need to convince decision makers that it is worth to invest money / time / resources into the DevOps transformation. They will ask you about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps. In this talk I will show you how to convince the decision maker about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps, so that you get the money / time and resources for your DevOps transformation.
Key Learnings:
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How is value created?
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Concept of time value of money
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Return of investment with DevOps
Legacy Applications Modernisation
Abstract:
Old applications have a great value for the company. They were developed with a lot of passion and contain a great deal of knowledge about the company. This is often forgotten when the responsible persons have to face certain challenges like outdated technologies, technical debts, time pressure and completely new business wishes.
There are four strategies to transform a legacy application into something sustainable and a structured approach ensures that the modernization process is reliable and expedient.
Key Learnings:
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Four strategies to transform a legacy application
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Four step structured approach
How to deal with a legacy monolithic monster application
Abstract:
There are huge legacy monolithic monster applications out there. They're terrifying. They can and will eat you alive. How can you approach such a monster? How do you tame such a monster? How do you make such a monster fit for DevOps? I will show you how to turn a monster in a purring cat.
Key Learnings:
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Types of mosters (legacy application)
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10 Strategies to tame such a monster.