He is responsible for the architecture of the IT process within Rabobank Payments. The scope of his responsibility is the process of software creation, testware creation, and execution and provisioning of test environments. His special focus point is the challenge to translate all DevOps concepts to z-systems, while respecting the strength and special characteristics of a shared z platform (as compared to a distributed platform). In his role as architect, Ralph is engaged in multiple co-creation initiatives to further strengthen IBM's product portfolio in this area.