Software Architect & Tech Lead | Official Apache KIE Committer | Cloud-Native & Open Source Enthusiast
📍 Based in Puglia, Italy 🇮🇹
I design and scale high-performance, cloud-native enterprise architectures and actively drive the future of business automation. As an Official Apache KIE Committer, I contribute directly to core open-source technologies powering rule engines, process orchestration, and decision management globally.
- 🏛️ Software Architect at IBM — Former Red Hat & UniCredit.
- ⚡ Official Apache KIE Committer — Core contributions to Drools, Kogito, jBPM, and KIE Tools.
- 🚀 Specializations: Cloud-Native Architecture, Quarkus, Event-Driven Systems, DMN, MCP (Model Context Protocol) & AI-driven automation.
- 👨💻 15+ Years in Tech — Modernizing legacy enterprise core applications and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
- Languages: Java (Modern/Core), TypeScript, JavaScript
- Ecosystems & Frameworks: Apache KIE (Drools, jBPM, Kogito, OptaPlanner), Quarkus, Spring Boot, Jakarta EE
- Architecture & Paradigms: Cloud-Native Systems, Business Rules Management (BRMS), Event-Driven Architecture (CEP), DMN, Microservices
- Protocols & Integrations: REST, gRPC, MCP (Model Context Protocol)
As an active Committer, I help maintain and advance the open-source automation stack:
- Drools — Powerful rules engine and complex event processing (CEP) framework.
- Kogito — Cloud-native business automation runtime tailored for Quarkus & Spring Boot.
- jBPM — Business process and workflow engine.
- KIE Tools — Next-generation web-based tooling and VS Code extensions.
- 💼 LinkedIn: Yeser Amer
- 🐦 X / Twitter: @yesrema
- 💬 Apache KIE Community: Zulip Chat | Mailing List
Open for technical discussions, architectural debates, and open-source collaborations. Let's connect! 🚀