Twenty years of designing and delivering integration platforms: consolidating point-to-point connections into standardized architectures, and putting an API strategy around them.
Solution Architecture • System Integration • API Strategy
| No. | Property | Value | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hands-on experience | 20+ yrs | Architecture, integration, API strategy |
| 02 | Point-to-point integrations consolidated | 15+ | Onto one central platform |
| 03 | Sectors served | 04 | Retail, logistics, finance, infrastructure |
| 04 | Practitioner | Jimmy Fang | Independent, engaged directly |
Chain IT B.V. is an independent IT consultancy led by Jimmy Fang, bringing over 20 years of hands-on experience in software architecture, system integration, and API strategy. Specialized in designing and delivering scalable integration platforms using Microsoft technologies and MuleSoft, with a proven track record of consolidating complex point-to-point integrations into manageable, standardized architectures across retail, logistics, finance, and infrastructure sectors.
Translating business needs into technical solution architectures. Enterprise Integration Patterns, SOA, and event-driven design.
Designing and building integration platforms connecting ERP, CRM, PIM, and WMS systems. BizTalk, Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft.
Full-stack development in .NET, Node.js, and Python. From backend APIs to cloud-native solutions on Azure.
Comprehensive integration and architecture solutions
Design and implementation of integration architectures using Enterprise Integration Patterns, SOA, event-driven architecture, and publish/subscribe patterns.
End-to-end API lifecycle management with REST, SOAP, GraphQL, OAuth2, OpenAPI/Swagger, rate limiting, versioning, and developer portals.
Azure PaaS/IaaS solutions, Docker containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, and hybrid cloud integration strategies.
BizTalk Server, Azure Integration Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Azure API Management implementation and migration.
Anypoint Platform, API-led connectivity, and MuleSoft implementation for modern integration landscapes.
Process modeling with BPMN 2.0, system documentation using UML, C4 Model, ERD, and data modeling for clear stakeholder communication.
Selected projects and engagements
Designed and implemented a central integration platform (BizTalk 2013 R2), consolidating 15+ custom .NET point-to-point integrations. Architected API strategy with Azure API Management for external partners. Led integration of ERP, CRM, PIM, and WMS systems including Salesforce B2C Commerce and MuleSoft.
Introduced Scrum methodology and TFS. Set up BizTalk 2013 with BTDF for automated deployments. Migrated BizTalk 2010 to 2013 with full DTAP environment.
Set up complete ALM environment with TFS. Designed and developed BizTalk interfaces for retailers and marketplaces including Amazon and La Redoute.
Developed railway monitoring applications using WPF, WCF, and MVVM. Migrated legacy .NET 1.1 applications to .NET 3.5 with database migration from Sybase to SQL Server. Established ALM environment with TFS for critical railway infrastructure systems.
Various .NET development projects including web services for Siebel/Tibco integration at KPN, data processing frameworks at LexisNexis, and application migrations.
Tools and platforms we work with