Roland Hess
Lead For SRE Business Operations
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolRoland Hess is a seasoned technology leader with 19 years of experience, currently leading Business Operations for Google's SRE organization from Zurich to ensure global reliability, security, and efficient governance of Google's computing and storage fleet. He has a strong track record as a Senior TPM and product lead, driving operational standards, resource efficiency, and alignment across multi-continent teams to translate high-level goals into measurable impact on capital expenditure and revenue. Roland blends technical fluency with organizational design—scaling complex internal platforms, coordinating diverse business channels, and turning ambiguous problems into repeatable processes. His earlier career spans developer work, technical consulting, and open-source engagement with the Blender community, reflecting a creative engineering background and an ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. Unusually for an SRE ops lead, he also brings writing and editorial experience, which he leverages to improve transparency and documentation across large organizations.
19 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Writing, BA, Writing at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (4)
blender10
sensor10
simulation9
python7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
harkyman/harkyman.github.io
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
harkyman/harkyman.gitub.io
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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