About the Author

Luis Augusto Weir is an Oracle Ace director and a principal architect for HCL technologies. In addition, he currently leads the global OFM and Oracle PaaS solutions offerings in the Modern Apps and Integration Practice (MAPI) at HCL. With several years of experience implementing IT solutions across the globe, he has successfully delivered several large and complex Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and API solutions for Fortune 500 companies. He has led SOA and other middleware capabilities for different renowned SIs, such as CSC, Cognizant, and Capgemini. He is currently focusing on creating digital solutions and strategies to key global HCL customers and helps them adopt and realize the full benefits that technologies, such as APIs, mobile frameworks, cloud integration platforms, and IoT, can bring to the business.

Having had a natural talent for software, computers, and engineering in general, Luis' career in software started from an early age. Even before starting university, Luis's entrepreneurial spirit led him to start several ventures, including the very first social media website in his country of origin (Venezuela) as well as a small software development firm. Although none of these ventures turned into a multimillion corporation, the experience and knowledge gained during this period led him to develop the passion for distributed software computing, which inevitably led to SOA.

Luis is very passionate about technology. He is a published author, a blogger, and also a regular speaker in major conferences and events. Being a well-known industry expert, especially when it comes to Oracle middleware technologies, he is an Oracle Technology Network (OTN)-certified SOA black belt.