Paul Parkinson
Architect And Developer Advocate, Oracle Database
Florida, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Parkinson is an experienced architect and developer advocate at Oracle specializing in database, cloud-native, and transactional systems, with over four decades of developer experience and 15 years in his current focused roles. He leads product strategy for Java and Go (and explores Rust and WASM), builds immersive XR and holographic experiences—creator of Oracle's popular "Interactive AI Holograms"—and founds XRCloud Services to bring AR/VR/MR solutions to market. His background spans deep transaction-processing and high-availability systems across Oracle, WebLogic, Tuxedo, and major cloud vendors, plus hands-on work in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Go, and Rust. Paul combines product management, public advocacy, and technical leadership—running workshops, patented testing frameworks, and major conference presentations—while mentoring cross-functional teams in large-scale enterprise environments. Based in Florida, he pairs engineering depth with creative design credentials (MFA in Interactive Design and Themed Entertainment underway), blending technical rigor with experiential innovation.
15 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Software, Transaction Processing focus (minoring in BioInformatics), Software, Transaction Processing focus (minoring in BioInformatics) at New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAssociate’s Degree, Human Services, Psychology, Associate’s Degree, Human Services, Psychology at Camden County CollegeMaster of Fine Arts, Interactive Design and Themed Entertainment, Master of Fine Arts, Interactive Design and Themed Entertainment at Savannah College of Art and DesignBachelor's degree, Accounting and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Computer Science at Rowan UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Overbrook
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Github Skills (77)
messaging10
databases10
java-libraries10
helidon10
microservices10
cloud-native10
data-driven10
reactive10
cloud-services10
database10
microservice-framework10
oracle-database10
microprofile10
java10
hybrid-cloud10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
paulparkinson/oracle-ai-for-sustainable-dev
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
oracle-ai-for-sustainable-dev
Contributions:4 reviews, 7 PRs, 203 pushes in 1 year 6 months
paulparkinson/msdataworkshop
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
Workshop for microservices that use data / state - includes use of Helidon, Oracle OCI services, Oracle ATP database, etc.
Contributions:3 PRs, 389 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
helidonatporacle-databaseworkshopdatabase-access
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