Sprint 2 Guest Speaker

Guest Speaker

When: Monday, Sep 9, 8:00 am. Don't be late!

Where: Green Center, Metals Hall. All full-class meetings will be in this room.

What: Robert Kausch from ICR will present "System Architecture Design through Functional Analysis and Decomposition".


Robert Kausch

Robert Kausch is a Software Architect and Developer with over two decades of experience designing and building complex systems. He specializes in building large distributed systems using microservices, supporting both user-facing applications and automated data processing frameworks, using modern DevSecOps processes with a focus on long-term maintainability. He has designed and implemented many systems to meet a variety of constraints including supply-chain security, minimal resource usage, high-throughput, minimal downtime, unreliable networks, and near-real-time data processing. Throughout his career, he has utilized a holistic approach, covering all aspects of the development process from team organization and processes, architectural design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.


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