Discover the reliability tech stack and practices behind top European institutions.
Tasmia Niazi is a passionate and dedicated professional with a background in technology and managing projects from initiation to post implementation support. Tasmia has successfully navigated her career while pursuing higher education, mentoring and managing family life. She recently completed her Masters Apprenticeship in Software Engineering all while balancing the challenges of pregnancy raising a toddler and working. With a keen interest in innovation, Tasmia thrives in fast paced environments contributing to the tech community, speaking at Hackathons, mentoring juniors to arranging platform away days. She is a strong advocate for the empowerment of women in technology and continuously inspires those around her with resilience and passion. Mentoring, raising awareness for women in technology and being an Ambassador are the most aspiring roles Tasmia plays.
Ehsan Khodadadi is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at ING, with extensive experience leading and building reliability practices across large-scale systems. Before rejoining ING, he led the Site Reliability Engineering team at LeasePlan, where he focused on system stability, team management, and operational excellence. His background includes roles at Techspire and BMW Group, where he combined deep technical expertise in DevOps and Linux systems with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem solving. Ehsan is known for creating strong engineering teams and improving service reliability through thoughtful automation and collaboration.
Roheel I is a Senior Engineer specialising in building resilient systems and optimising development pipelines. His work has reduced deployment errors, strengthened monitoring, and improved uptime across large-scale services. With prior experience at UBS and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Roheel blends technical depth in full-stack development with a pragmatic approach to reliability and business alignment.
Bas van Alphen is the IT Chapter Lead for Site Reliability Engineering at ING, with more than 15 years of experience ensuring the stability of complex financial systems. He oversees teams managing service continuity, monitoring, and incident response across ING’s digital platforms. With a background that spans testing, engineering, and leadership, Bas is recognised for his calm, systematic approach to reliability and his ability to keep critical systems running seamlessly.
