# Vito Solimene

> Vito Solimene is a Colorado-based software engineer, co-founder, and chief technology officer of Nextworld. After helping design J.D. Edwards development tools, leading application engineering through the PeopleSoft and Oracle eras, and working on Oracle Core HR, he returned to the founder's chair in 2016. His recurring concern is unusually consistent: make complex enterprise systems easier to build, customize, and upgrade without turning every useful change into permanent technical debt.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Nextworld
- **Organizations:** Nextworld, Oracle, PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards
- **Education:** BA in Computer Science, Rutgers College, Rutgers University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Nextworld in 2016 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer., Helped design and architect the application development toolset at J.D. Edwards., Became Vice President of Engineering and head of application development at J.D. Edwards.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Joined J.D. Edwards and became instrumental in the design and architecture of its application development toolset.
- **1996** — Filed a patent application with Robert Provencal for a configurable menu control in a graphical user interface; the patent was granted in 1998.
- **By 2003** — Rose to Vice President of Engineering and head of application development at J.D. Edwards.
- **2003-2005** — Continued leading application development through J.D. Edwards' acquisition by PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft's acquisition by Oracle.
- **Oracle era** — Held development leadership roles, most recently leading the application development team for Core HR.
- **2016** — Co-founded Nextworld and became its technology leader.
- **2025** — Helped lead Nextworld as it closed a $65 million Series F round and expanded native AI capabilities across its platform.
- **2026** — Launched Nextworld's builder-focused technology blog and wrote about platforms, agentic development, and enterprise-grade AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Nextworld in 2016 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer.
- Helped design and architect the application development toolset at J.D. Edwards.
- Became Vice President of Engineering and head of application development at J.D. Edwards.
- Led application development teams through the PeopleSoft and Oracle ownership transitions.
- Led Oracle's application development team for Core HR.
- Holds three software patents.
- Leads Nextworld's platform architecture, front-end development, and AI work.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Published the opening essay for Nextworld's technology blog, describing a builder-focused forum for architecture tradeoffs, enterprise AI, and lessons from production software.
- **2026-03** — Published an essay arguing that governed agentic development must go beyond vibe coding for enterprise use.
- **2026-03** — Commented on Nextworld's third consecutive appearance on the Constellation ShortList for enterprise application platforms from non-ERP vendors.
- **2025-02** — Nextworld announced a $65 million Series F round led by the McVaney Investment Partnership.

## Links

- Website: https://www.nextw.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitosolimene

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Last updated: 2026-09-27