Gielen Rojas Lopez !
Independent Strategy Consultant - ValueCraft Studio
Manchester, United Kingdom
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With over 25 years blending strategic expertise and hands-on execution across business and technology, I have hands on experience in IT Service Management, Business Analysis, Service Design, Enterprise Architecture, and Cloud Consulting. Throughout my career I've partnered with private and public sector organisations, including working for major cloud providers like Microsoft and VMware.
This diverse background has enabled me to build extensive expertise. I firmly believe that, much like ecosystems, organizational improvement must embrace interconnectedness and continuous adaptation.
A persistent optimizer, continuous learner, and advocate for systems thinking, I believe frameworks and methodologies should facilitate—not dictate—progress. This is why I created 'unframed by ValueCraft Studio', a set of thoughts and questions to invite people to think laterally, to ideate 'together', to have purposeful conversations between disciplines, teams, and avoid siloed thinking.
I’m fluent in both English and Spanish.
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From Burgers and Bikes to Team Topologies
Great ideas often come from the most unexpected sources. In this talk, I’ll show how drawing analogies from diverse industries such as a fast food giant and their kitchens or engineering behind bicycles - can be connected to modern practices, agile ways of working and Team Topologies concepts.
I’ll explore the connections that have inspired me, aiming not only to deepen our collective understanding of Team Topologies but also to spark curiosity about the analogies all around us.
When you learn a topic from different viewpoints and use analogies to link concepts, you’re more likely to build flexible, lasting understanding.
It’s a powerful way to teach yourself, or explain to others - so that the material “clicks” on a deeper, more intuitive level and unlocks powerful insights into 'why' 'what' and 'how'.
These fresh perspectives help us communicate more effectively, spark genuine enthusiasm, and drive meaningful action - ensuring that Team Topologies concepts truly resonate within our organizations and/or customers.
Old Tracks, New Rides & the Platform Ops Theme Park
We all dream of greenfield DevOps but most of us live in org that are something more like a theme park.
In many medium and large organizations, infrastructure platforms aren’t shiny new rollercoasters, they’re a mix of legacy tracks, hybrid rides, and operational constraints that can’t be ignored. Teams not born in the cloud are now expected to deliver agility and resilience within systems shaped by years of governance and complexity.
In this talk, we’ll step into the Platform Ops Theme Park, where old and new must safely—and purposefully coexist. I’ll share lessons from years inside complex orgs, explore common anti-patterns, and introduce the idea of Evolutionary Platform Ops: a pragmatic, product-aware approach to infrastructure transformation that respects where you start, not just where you hope to land.
If you’re navigating platform evolution in the real world, perhaps balancing sovereignty, DevOps ideals, and legacy realities. This talk will offer lessons learnt, some keys for structure to aid your org journey.
Programmed for DevOps London 25
Gielen Rojas Lopez !
Independent Strategy Consultant - ValueCraft Studio
Manchester, United Kingdom
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