CV

Basics

Name Roman K. Brunner
Label Computer Scientist
Email roman.k.brunner@ieee.org
Phone +47 969 22 586
Summary Experienced softare engineer and prospective hardware architect

Work

  • 2023.03 - Present

    Trondheim, Norway

    Internal Technical Consultant
    SIGA Norge AS
    Supporting SIGA's digitalization and R&D teams on hard software engineering and research challenges from machine learning to visual computing.
  • 2022.04 - Present

    Trondheim, Norway

    PhD Candidate
    Computer Architecture Laboratory at the Department of Computer Science at NTNU
    Research focussed on microarchitectural optimizations for cloud computing workloads. The project involves enhancing core frontends and the attached memory hierarchy. The overarching goal is to increase energy and area efficiency of the implementation while considering the broader impact on the entire stack, including compilers, operating systems, and various software systems.
  • 2021.09 - 2022.03

    Ruswil, Switzerland

    Technical Lead
    SIGA Services AG
    Building up the digital R&D team for SIGA, which by today is creating innovative software solutions to the hard problems of our customers.
  • 2020.10 - 2021.09

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Consultant, Full Stack Engineer
    ETH juniors AG
    Creating a wide variety of software solutions for a varied field of customers across different industries.
  • 2015.08 - 2018.12

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Full Stack Engineer
    ATEGRA AG
    Developing and maintaining platforms and a Platform as a Service for business customers from both industry and state authorities.
    • Protogrid: A Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for all your database applications' needs
  • 2014.01 - 2015.04

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Frontend Developer
    Layzapp AG
    Development of cross-platform and native application for mobile platforms

Education

Awards

  • 2013.01
    Award for Outstanding Matura Paper
    Kantonsschule Zürcher Oberland (KZO)
    KZO receives each year several hundred matura papers and from those selects up to 10 papers for the Outstanding Award.
  • 2019.07
    Global Negotiation Conference: Best Delegation Award
    Institute for Global Negotiation
    I received this award for my performance during the multilateral negotiation simulation on the case of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS), representing Austria.

Skills

Software Engineering
Software Architecture
Requirements Engineering
Software Development
Mobile Computing
Backend Development
Kernel Development
Computer Architecture
Core Frontend Design
Workload Characterization
Memory Subsystem
In-Memory Computation
Predictive Algorithms
Hardware-Software Co-Design
Personal
Strong Communicator
Problem Solver
Forward Thinking
Creative, Curious & Innovative
Ethical Responsible

Certificates

C++
Testdome 2021-10

Languages

🇨🇭 German
Native or bilingual proficiency
🇬🇧 English
Full professional proficiency
🇫🇷 French
Limited working proficiency
🇳🇴 Bokmål (Norwegian)
Professional working proficiency

Interests

Computer Science
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems
Quantum Architectures
Memory Subsystem
Branch Prediction
Visual Computing
Multilateral Negoation
Trust Building
Negotiation Simulation Infrastructure
Negotiation Engineering
Game Theory
Sports
Mountaineering
Downhill and Backcountry Skiing
Sports Climbing
Ice Climbing
Dry Tooling
Hiking

Projects

  • 2012.03 - 2014.10
    ShiroProject
    A UI designed for tablet computing devices, built on Gnome 3. At the time, most available tablet operating systems were adaptations of either PC or smartphone platforms, rather than being purpose-built for tablets.
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Linux
    • Free and Open Software
  • 2013.08 - 2014.01
    Qwittig
    Qwittig was a cross-platform financial management app designed for groups of all sizes sharing resources. It streamlined bookkeeping and automated inter-party reimbursements, making expense tracking and cost-sharing effortless

Volunteer