Luis Augusto Weir

Luis Weir is an Oracle Ace Director and a Thought Leader in PaaS technologies and SOA. With more than 15 years of experience implementing IT solutions across the globe, Luis has been exposed to a wide variety of business problems many of which he has solved by adopting traditional SOA architectures, API management, and now Microservice Architectures. As CTO of Capgeminis UK Oracle DU, his current focus is in setting up the strategic technology direction for the practice and also in assisting key client accounts define and implement strategic solutions using modern Oracle and open source technologies that can help realize business benefits. Having always had a natural talent for software, computers, and engineering in general, Luis's career in software started from an early age. Even before starting university, Luis's entrepreneurial spirit led him to start several ventures, including one of the very first social media websites in his country of origin (Venezuela) as well as a small software development firm. Although none of these ventures turned into a multi-million corporation, the experience and knowledge gained during this period led him to develop the passion for distributed software computing that inevitably led to SOA. Luis is the co-author of Oracle API Management 12c Implementation (2015, Packt Publishing), Oracle SOA Governance 11g Implementation (2013, Packt Publishing), as well as numerous articles and white papers. Luis is also a frequent speaker at industry events including Oracle OpenWorld, and most recently at Oracle Code London, Beijing, Sydney, and San Francisco. Luis holds an MS in Corporate Networks and Systems Integration from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) and a BS in Electronics Engineering from the Universidad Nueva Esparta.