What clients & Colleagues say

14 testimonials.

One consistent theme.

Across 30 years, four VP and Director-level roles, and 50+ client engagements — what people consistently say is the same: structured, credible, and gets things done.

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30

YEars of client engagements

50+

Engagements across industries

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In their own words

Selected testimonials from clients, partners, and colleagues across consulting
engagements, practice leadership, and team management.

Roland was in a critical senior manager role when I had the honor to lead the ARIS BPM Services at IDS Scheer/Software AG in 2008-2011. He then proved himself and his people management skills by taking over the lead role of that group after I left the team in 2011.

Just a few years later, in a new role at KPMG, I did everything necessary to move Roland over to KPMG — I simply couldn’t be without him.

Marc Redemann

KPMG

Practice Leadership

Roland’s diverse experience, combined with his methodological approach to design, implementation, and testing, makes him an invaluable asset to any organization. His contributions go beyond project execution; they encompass a strategic vision that drives both immediate results and long-term success.

Roland is not just a leader but a mentor and a visionary in the field of Enterprise Architecture.

Eric Seidel

PNC Bank

Strategy Thought Leadership

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Across roles, industries & Years

ERP & Business Transformation

Roland has well rounded experience and is highly skilled with Business Transformation consulting projects. He has led large scale business process improvement projects leading to significant benefits for large enterprise customers.
Roland has the leadership skills needed to drive complex projects involving BPM and ERP across roles spanning pre-sales to delivery. Roland is diligent, collaborative and committed in his work.

Debashish Chatterjee

SAP

LinkedIn profile

Business Process Management

I have had the honor of working in the same BPM ARIS group as Roland, sharing and collaborating on product functionalities and customer experiences in the field.
He has always been a man of depth and breadth when involving customer requirements and product innovative ideas. His management style is that of a leader and mentor and I had learned much from him when I was at IDS Scheer and Software AG.

Penny Blank

WeTrain

LinkedIn profile

Architecture & ARIS

Roland is truly an invaluable subject matter expert in enterprise architecture and all things related to ARIS.
He is an effective communicator and collaborator – working closely with clients to bring a solutions-oriented approach to their complex needs and challenges. Roland is also a strong leader, coach, mentor and teacher – he takes the time to teach and develop both his clients and team to elevate the knowledge and performance of the entire team.

Nick Schweitzer

KPMG US

LinkedIn profile

Relationships

Roland’s knowledge and experience in enterprise architecture standards and governance is invaluable. I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with Roland in different capacities over the last 10 years, once as his client, and most recently delivering consulting engagements together.
Roland has an excellent ability to establish trusting relationships and to make EA “real” for his clients. Roland is a leader in strategy, but is never above getting his hands dirty to deliver.

Julie Midgley

KPMG US

LinkedIn profile

Strategy & Methodology

I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Roland Woldt over the years.
Roland’s diverse experience, combined with his methodological approach to design, implementation, and testing, makes him an invaluable asset to any organization. His contributions go beyond project execution; they encompass a strategic vision that drives both immediate results and long-term success. Roland is not just a leader but a mentor and a visionary in the field of Enterprise Architecture.

Eric Seidel

PNC Bank

LinkedIn profile

EA & Architecture – KPMG

Roland’s ability to work through ambiguity and make sense of the illogical is an extremely impressive strength. His ability to then explain it to others is an even greater skill set. Then to top it off with the patience he exhibits when teaching others is an amazing, personal attribute. His fellow Team Leads know he is the guy to go to when they need help. I personally went to Roland on numerous occasions when I needed help or something explained to me.
He was always there with a helping hand and a smile.

Marc Mendelson

Mendelson Enterprises

LinkedIn profile

Practice Leadership

Roland is an effective communicator and collaborator – working closely with clients to bring a solutions-oriented approach to their complex needs and challenges. Roland is also a strong leader, coach, mentor and teacher – he takes the time to teach and develop both his clients and team to elevate the knowledge. Roland was in a critical senior manager role when I lead the ARIS BPM Services at IDS Scheer. He then proved himself and his people management skills by taking over the lead role after I left the team in 2011. Just a few years later, i did everything necessary to move him over to KPMG. I just couldn’t be without him…

Marc Redemann

KPMG US

LinkedIn profile

Mentorship

As a project leader, Roland afforded me many opportunities to work on my strengths and weaknesses on projects. He is excellent at displaying his subject matter expertise when speaking with clients and leaderships yet also making it concise and non-too technical. His knowledge of Enterprise Architecture and beyond never ceased to amaze me and I’m glad I was able to learn as much as I did from him in our 4 years. He is an exceptional leader and sets the bar high for the rest of the team to meet his expectations. The attention to detail and quality of his work/ expectations for his teams’ work cannot be overstated enough.

Kenny Branch

Arial Insurance Group

LinkedIn profile

Team Leadership – Bank of America

He was a phenomenal team lead [on the Paycheck Protection Program]. His team consistently provided highest quality client deliverables. He was very technical on the subject matter and took time to research areas that were complicated. He was always willing to offer assistance to other Team Leads.
Due to his unique data and models knowledge he was the first Team Lead to always point out errors on a larger scale which was quickly corrected by senior leadership. It was a pleasure working alongside Roland and look forward to working with him the future.

Nana Agyekum

AGY Associates

LinkedIn profile

Enterprise Architecture

Roland’s eye for detail, in-depth knowledge about Enterprise Architecture and the ability to provide constructive feedback makes working with him a delightful experience. Roland’s positive attitude coupled with the passion for EA makes him an inspirational figure for anyone aspiring to become a coach and mentor in their professional journey. In spite of the 12-13 hours time difference, Roland always makes himself available early mornings and late nights to guide and assist me. I am immensely happy that I had the opportunity to work with Roland and learn from his invaluable experience.

Karl Baria

Amazon Web Services

LinkedIn profile

Architecture & Attitude

Besides his experience and knowledge around frameworks and tools (“table stakes” for any EA), I have been consistently impressed by Roland’s ability to understand what clients “ask for” vs. “what they need”, and help merge those into a workable solution. Roland has a strong work ethic and disciplined approach to “getting things done”. Though this disciplined approach is seemingly juxtaposed to his great sense of humor and relaxed demeanor, his style “works” and has gotten rave reviews from clients in the past.

Mike Idengren

LSA Digital

LinkedIn profile

Business process management & EA

I had the pleasure to work with Roland over the past 5 years in North America on various projects (internal and external), he is a talented professional but deep skills for Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Management.
Roland is detailed oriented and very precise when delivery projects to achieve the best customer satisfaction.
I will have a great pleasure to work with Roland in the near future and highly recommend him.

Nicolas Bergeron

IFS Copperleaf

LinkedIn profile

Communication & Teaching

Roland is an expert in enterprise architecture, BPMN, and all things ARIS. He is an experienced engineer with great communication skills, and adept at breaking down processes for a client. He also is a great team leader and teacher; I learned a considerable amount from him when we worked together.

Marc Waller

Blue Ridge Bank

LinkedIn profile

BPM & Architecture

Roland is a world class Enterprise Architect.
I highly recommend.

Chris Ottesen

KPMG US

LinkedIn profile

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