
Robert Foerster
Automate. Optimize. Accelerate.
I'm Specialized in
Technical due diligence_
About me
I began my journey as a software developer where I quickly discovered a passion for business optimization by using fitting architecture and innovation. I have focused on DevOps automation and building a centralized container platform. In consulting, I further explored the value of strategy, and now I combine both to develop targeted solutions that truly meet client needs. I love to break down walls between development, operations, business and regulatory units and engineer compliance directly into the platform (Policy-as-Code), reducing manual overhead to a minimum. You get the security audit trail you need, without the velocity brake.
From automation to agentic workflows
Agentic AI isn't a career change for me — it's the continuation of what I've been automating for years. Same discipline, new substrate:
- Policy-as-Code → Guardrails-as-Code: agent rules versioned, tested and auditable — like infrastructure
- CI/CD & GitOps → headless agents behind the same quality gates as every commit
- SRE & observability → agent observability: usage, quality and cost measurable like production workloads
- Kubernetes FinOps (kubecost) → token FinOps: spend per team and process, routing instead of blind scaling
- Technical due diligence → AI readiness assessments with the same proven methodology
That's what I deliver as Agentic Workflows for real processes.
Interests
🖥️ Tech evangelist 👥 Industry event attendee 📈 Stock market enthusiast 🎾 Tennis & ♟️Chess player
Fav Tech Stack
Latest Case Studies
The three most recent engagements — see all 8 case studies →
central service provider for Transaction Banking
Rolling out AI guardrails across dev, product and business
A secure AI development environment for a banking client — LiteLLM model gateway, MCP servers, a company skills library and firewalled devcontainers, rolling out governed AI-assisted work to developers, POs and business roles.- Duration
- Ongoing
- Role
- AI Enablement & Platform Architect

central service provider for Transaction Banking
Hybrid cloud securities platform in transaction banking
Building a hybrid cloud securities platform in a BaFin-regulated environment — CI/CD platform, AppOps team enablement, DORA compliance automation and AI guardrails.- Environment
- BaFin-regulated banking
- Role
- DevOps Architect (SRE design)

Solutions for energy providers — repeat client
6R analysis and make-vs-buy for an application landscape
Time-boxed technology assessment — 6R classification of a market communication hub and the surrounding legacy landscape, with a make-vs-buy business case for the future platform setup.- Duration
- 3 months
- Role
- Technology Assessment Lead