Robert van Mölken lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and he studied Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht and received his BCS in 2007. He started his professional career as a graphic designer and web developer, but soon shifted his focus to Fusion Middleware. Robert is now a Senior Application Integration Specialist and one of the expertise leads on Integration, Internet of Things, and cloud at AMIS with over 11 years of IT experience.
Robert's transition from building service-oriented business processes using Fusion Middleware 12c, toward connecting the physical world with the world of IoT using Oracle Cloud offerings and open source solutions has helped him become a leader in this emerging technology. His fascination for using the latest technology led to the research of blockchain to replace the currently used B2B and B2C patterns and tooling. Besides this book, Robert is also the co-author of the first Oracle PaaS book, Implementing Oracle Integration Cloud Service, which was published by Packt in 2017.
Robert is also heavily involved in the Oracle developer community. He is an international speaker at conferences, author/blogger on the AMIS Technology blog, the Oracle Technology Network, and participates in OTN ArchBeat Podcasts. Robert is a member of the board of the Dutch Oracle User Group (nlOUG) and organizes meetups. He works closely with several Oracle Product Management teams participating in Beta programs and takes what he learns and applies it to new presentations, blog posts, and community engagement.
Robert was awarded Oracle ACE (Acknowledged Community Expert) Associate in 2015, Oracle ACE in 2016, and Developer Champion in 2017. As his designations expanded, so have his areas of expertise.
First of all I would like to express my utmost gratitude to my family and friends who supported me in the past one and a half year it took to write this book. It has been an exciting journey with some stressful times that consumed most of my free time, but in the end it was worth it.I also would like to thank the people who helped me over the years to shape my professional career, especially my colleagues at AMIS that gave me the chances to excel in my career. Without you I wouldn't came this far. Lastly, I would like to thank the Product Management team at Oracle responsible for the Blockchain Cloud Service to have given me early access to the software to be able to write the implementation chapters.
Sven Bernhardt is a Software Architect with over 10 years of experience in planning, designing, implementing, and deploying individual software solutions for different customers from different industries. From a technology perspective, Sven is an Oracle technology expert and has meaningful knowledge about leading open source technologies. He also has significant experience as Technology Coach and Trainer.
Sven works as Senior Solution Architect for OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbH, a German Oracle Platinum Partner. He's one of the company's lead architects, who follows his passion for designing and building future-oriented, robust enterprise applications based on pioneering technologies and new, innovative concepts. In his role, Sven is involved in diverse projects dealing with challenges in the area of modern software architectures and digital transformation. In this area, he's always looking for solutions where existing and new approaches can be meaningfully combined with each other—since in most of the cases, software projects don't start on a greenfield.
Besides his work as a Software Architect in customer projects, Sven is a frequent speaker at numerous IT conferences and an author of blogs as well as articles in diverse magazines. In addition, he's an active member of the Oracle Developer Community and currently has the status of an Oracle ACE.
Arturo Viveros is an outstanding Mexican IT Professional currently based in Oslo, Norway. He is a certified Cloud Integration Architect with over 12 years of experience in the design, development, and delivery of software for a variety of customers and industries. Arturo is also a Developer Champion, Oracle ACE, and a published technology writer both in English and in Spanish; he also strives constantly to be involved with and support developer communities/user groups that focus on technologies such as Oracle, Java, DevOps, cloud, software architecture, open source, and blockchain. In his spare time, Arturo enjoys family life, reading, hiking, traveling, playing guitar, and practicing sports such as tennis, football, and skiing.
Thanks to Robert and the Packt crew for having me be a part of this awesome project; special thanks to my employer Sysco for supporting this kind of endeavor and particularly to my department manager Jon Petter who is always in my corner. As always, all my efforts are dedicated to my lovely wife Jessica and my beautiful family Luly, Arturo, and Dany.
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