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# Bernd Ruecker
Co-founder and Chief Technologist at Camunda focusing on process automation.

## About

Bernd Ruecker builds tools that automate complex, large-scale processes. As the co-founder and Chief Technologist of Camunda, he focuses on solving the hard problems that come with distributed architectures and remote communication.

He has spent over 15 years helping companies like Lufthansa and Zalando streamline their systems. Bernd also writes code for open-source workflow engines and authored *Practical Process Automation* for O'Reilly. He frequently speaks about handling long-running processes using microservice orchestrators, offering developers practical ways to design better domain boundaries.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2024 · July 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany
- [Are you done yet? Mastering long-running processes in modern architectures](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/303-are-you-done-yet) · 30 min