# Steve Wilkes

> Steve Wilkes is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Striim, a Santa Clara-based engineer and executive whose career has followed data while it moves. After senior technical roles at GoldenGate Software and Oracle, he helped found Striim in 2012 around a recurring customer request: do more than copy changing data - inspect, transform and act on it in flight. He remains an unusually hands-on CTO, writing tutorials, coding, and experimenting publicly with music, stand-up and generative AI.

- **Role:** Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Striim
- **Organizations:** Striim, Oracle, GoldenGate Software, The Middleware Company, AltoWeb, Cap Gemini, Synopsys
- **Education:** Master of Engineering in Microelectronics and Software Engineering, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- **Known for:** Co-founded Striim in 2012 with former GoldenGate colleagues., Led Oracle’s cloud data-integration strategy after Oracle acquired GoldenGate Software., Co-invented patented methods for real-time transactional data obfuscation while preserving data usability.

## Career timeline

- **1986-1990** — Studied microelectronics and software engineering at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, earning a Master of Engineering degree.
- **1998-1999** — Worked as a project manager at Synopsys.
- **1999-2003** — Served as principal technologist at AltoWeb.
- **2003-2004** — Worked as a senior enterprise architect at The Middleware Company.
- **2004-2009** — Led advanced-technology work at GoldenGate Software, focusing on data integration.
- **2009-2012** — Continued after Oracle acquired GoldenGate and took the lead for Oracle’s cloud data-integration strategy.
- **2012-present** — Co-founded Striim and serves as its founder and chief technology officer.
- **2016** — A patent family covering real-time transactional data obfuscation, co-invented with Shenoda Guirguis and Alok Pareek, received a U.S. grant; a continuation was granted in 2023.
- **2026** — Published a pair of articles examining architectural and hidden operational costs in legacy data replication.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Striim in 2012 with former GoldenGate colleagues.
- Led Oracle’s cloud data-integration strategy after Oracle acquired GoldenGate Software.
- Co-invented patented methods for real-time transactional data obfuscation while preserving data usability.
- Helped articulate and teach streaming integration and SQL-based stream processing through articles, tutorials and webinars.
- Built experience across development, architecture, product, consulting, sales support and executive leadership.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published an analysis of six areas where legacy replication architecture creates operational burden, including resilience, transformation, privacy controls and validation.
- **2026-08** — Published a companion article urging buyers to account for infrastructure, engineering labor, verification and governance when comparing replication costs.
- **2026-08** — Shared AI-assisted brand-video concepts and asked his professional network for feedback on visual metaphors, story structure and the role of AI in the creative process.
- **2026-03** — Publicly discussed using generative music tools as part of a creative process while retaining authorship of lyrics and melodies.
- **2025-03** — Shared a digital stand-up experiment combining a script he wrote with an AI-generated video and voice clone.

## Links

- Website: https://www.striim.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevewilkes
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BXCellent
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Striim

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Last updated: 2026-09-28