Wei De

Retired from big tech. Not retired from riding the Architect Elevator to make IT and architecture a better place. Have opinions on EA, platforms, integration, cloud, serverless.

Writing helps me straighten out my many thoughts: Enterprise Integration Patterns (2003), 37 Things One Architect Knows (2016), The Software Architect Elevator (2020), Cloud Strategy (2020), Platform Strategy (2024)
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Experienced Board Member, Chair at FINTECH Circle & Non-Executive Director at Crown Agents Bank (CAB Payments PLC) - Chair of ESG Sub-Committee. Fintech Investor, FTSE Board Member, Keynote Speaker

FINTECH Circle focuses on:
1) Seed stage Investments via FINTECH Circle's Angel Network - first angel network dedicated to fintech opportunities
2) Education with the bestselling FINTECH Book Series published by WILEY and Fintech Films in partnership with ITN Productions
3) Di...

@The University of Manchester

Operations Manager at Elevator Care
(Feb 2024 – Present)

Territory Manager at KÖHLER Elevator GmbH - 29,000+ Connections

Territory Manager at KÖHLER Elevator USA
(Feb 2025 – Present)

TK Elevator - Staffing Project Manager

1.In charge of Management level recruitment: recruiting plan and analyze, process control, interview, physical check, offer, on board arrangement, orientation assistance.
2.Forecast the market, carry out research and provide solution to recruitment issue.
3.Maintain current r...

Director Salesforce Practice- FSL, B2B Commerce & Revenue Practice | IBM, PWC, Capgemini, SAIC, HP | Salesforce Application & Sys Architect | 28X Salesforce Certified | Certified Java & Scrum Master | Java/J2EE Architect

Salesforce Service Cloud and FSL implementation