Guido Schmutz works as a Technology Manager for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), Application Integration, and Open Source-based development at Trivadis, a leading independent IT service company operating in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He has worked in the software industry for over 20 years, most of which was spent in software development and architecting. He has led a wide range of enterprise-level application development and application integration projects in a variety of industries. His current focus is on SOA and Application Integration projects using the Oracle SOA platform.