Hybrid Cloud Innovation & Security

JUNE 8, 2022 | Virtual Event

Roger Merzian

Cloud and Infrastructure Specialist Red Hat

Roger Merzian is a Cloud and Infrastructure Specialist at Red Hat. He works with enterprises on developing automation practices and driving business value from open source technology. Working primarily with banking, insurance and government, he observes customer challenges and identifies ways to overcome these obstacles. The majority of his time is spent on introducing Ansible Automation to teams and helping break down silos to create cultures of automation.

Prior to Red Hat, Roger was with Cisco Systems where he was the Product Sales Specialist for networking, specifically driving Cisco's Software Defined Networking solutions into key enterprise accounts across Australia and New Zealand. In his 7 year tenure at Cisco, he was a strategic partner manager, industry account manager and eventually a technology specialist.

Outside of the office, Roger enjoys being active with cycling a strong passion of his. He also dabbles in the creative arts and is involved in amateur theatre and film projects but nothing that has won him an Oscar yet.

Agenda Day 1 : 9am - 11.30 AEST

10:30 AM Using Automation to do your Compliance “Homework”

All businesses must maintain certain levels of compliance. In the current climate where teams work remotely and delivery timeframes are expanded, it has become more difficult to maintain specific standards. Often these tasks are repetitive, labor-intensive but necessary. Such tasks are similar to doing homework at school, important and required but no one really wants to spend their free time managing it. This is where automation comes into play, taking those critical processes and delivering changes in a simple, logical and highly scalable way means not only a more secure and compliant enterprise but teams can focus efforts on revenue-generating activities.


The key takeaways include,

  • Some common examples of compliance-based outcomes
  • How automation can substantially reduce risk while also enhancing the employee/user/customer experience
  • Top compliance automation challenges and how to overcome them
  • Red Hat’s capability around helping customers build these new automated processes
  • Additional resources & where to learn more