Blockchain across Oracle

Robert van Moelken 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. Sven Bernhardt is a leading SOA/BPM architect and works as a solution architect for OPITZ CONSULTING Deutschland GmbHa German Oracle Platinum Partner. In his role, he follows his passion for designing and building future-oriented, robust enterprise applications based on pioneering technologies. Sven is involved in diverse, large SOA and BPM implementations, dealing with challenges in the areas of business process automation and enterprise application integration. He also has longtime experience as an SOA/BPM coach, trainer, developer, and architect. As a leader of Competency Center for Oracle-based solutions, he develops and prepares implementation best practices and showcases and is responsible for knowledge building with respect to different Oracle technologies in the middleware area. Sven is an Oracle ACE and a frequent speaker at numerous IT conferences. 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 which focus on technologies such as Oracle, Cloud, Java, DevOps, Software Architecture, Open Source, Blockchain, etc. In his spare time Arturo enjoys family life, reading, hiking, travelling, playing guitar and practicing sports such as tennis, football & skiing.

Acknowledgement:

Thanks to Luis, Phil and the rest of the crew for having me be a part of this awesome project; special thanks to my employer Sysco for supporting this kind of endeavour and particularly to my department manager Jon Petter which is always on my corner. As always, all my efforts go dedicated to my lovely wife Jessica and my beautiful family Luly, Arturo and Dany.