My career has centered on software that lets complex systems exchange data reliably—from Oracle’s global cloud integration platform to payment, public-sector and industrial systems.
Original developer and later engineering leader for the connectivity foundation that enables Oracle Integration Cloud to communicate with diverse SaaS, ERP, messaging and protocol endpoints.
Challenge
Create a common platform that could reliably connect very different systems while also allowing Oracle teams and outside parties to extend it.
Contribution
Designed and developed connectivity architecture, a Java-based microservice, runtime contracts, adapters and both declarative and implementation-oriented SDK capabilities.
Reach
Supported integrations with systems such as SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, Oracle SaaS products, legacy ERP, messaging and network protocols.
OracleEnterprise middlewareJ2EE · JCA · 2PC
Oracle SOA Suite connectivity platform
Built core technology that became a central part of Oracle Fusion Middleware and remained relevant across nearly two decades of product evolution.
Designed and implemented runtime-container capabilities for third-party adapter development.
Developed Java/JCA adapters with two-phase transaction support where possible.
Connected ERP systems and protocols including JMS, MQSeries, Tuxedo, FTP, SMTP and files.
Helped modernize the platform incrementally toward microservices while retaining external contracts for compatibility.
OracleWorldwide supportSeverity-1 incidents
Business-critical problem solving
Handled worldwide Severity-1 escalations for early Oracle web and application-server technologies in a 24-hour follow-the-sun organization.
The role covered C custom cartridges, servlets, PL/SQL, Java, CORBA and EJB and required rapid diagnosis of complex problems for organizations under intense technical, financial and time pressure. Awarded Top Performer at Oracle’s Orlando site in 1999.
AmbraSoftTransaction systemsOracle · C · PL/SQL
Industrial and payment platforms
Contributed to substantial real-world systems before joining Oracle.
Statoil: service-station backend for Northern Europe, including credit-card validation, mainframe-to-Oracle transfer, UI modules and performance optimization.
Danmønt: transaction modules for an early chip-based payment system using embedded PL/SQL and Oracle 7.
European Parliament: Unix/Oracle systems for speech and translation planning, including a reusable UI framework.
AmbraSoft & Stern SoftwareEarly innovationProduct development
Software with visible user impact
LEGO: contributed to an early personalized user website prototype.
Danish public sector: systems and prototypes for the Veterinary Directorate and Danish Blood Bank.
GRAFIK-B: created an assembly-based graphics extension adopted in later Bogika computers.
Assistive communication: contributed to an early European computer-based pictogram system for people with communication disabilities.
29 yearsat Oracle
4US software patents
15 yearsengineering management
Remote-firstDenmark · Europe · international
Available for consulting
Have a difficult integration or platform problem?
Open to scoped consulting, contract, part-time, advisory and senior hands-on engineering work in integration, backend systems, cloud infrastructure and modernization.
