Arun Kumar

About Arun Kumar

As Chief Product Architect at Basware, I lead the architecture, strategy and evolution of Peppol connectivity, country extensions (USA, EMEA, APAC, ANZ), and the BaswareONE product suite. My responsibility goes beyond implementation — I design scalable, compliance-ready, and future-proof eInvoicing exchange platforms that operate across jurisdictions, regulatory models, and trust frameworks.I have been part of Peppol since its pilot phase in 2010 and continue to actively shape its technical direction and governance globally.Today, I contribute at both strategic and technical levels:• Architecture Lead for Basware Peppol, Country Extensions and BaswareONE• Peppol eDelivery Change Management Board (CMB) Member – OpenPeppol• Member – CEN TC434 (European eInvoicing Standardization)• Oxalis Management Team (OMT) Member – Oxalis Network• Oxalis Community Technical Consultant – NorStella• Member – DBNA Technical Committee and Business Payment Coalition (USA)Global Peppol and Regulatory Architecture: I have led and supported Peppol implementations across (USA, EMEA, APAC, ANZ). My work includes DCTC models, including France mandate and India’s eInvoicing, aligning interoperability with country specific compliance at enterprise scale.Digital Trust and Secure Exchange Infrastructure: Specialist in eIDAS (Qualified and Advanced), timestamping, PKI design, and secure document exchange architecture. I design platforms where legal validity, cryptographic integrity, and operational scalability coexist seamlessly.Oxalis and Open Source Ecosystem Leadership:Active contributor and committer within the Oxalis ecosystem and integration frameworks. As a member of the OMT, I contribute to technical direction, governance discussions, and community evolution.Founder of the “Peppol Integrators and Developers” community (est. 2012), bringing together 475+ professionals across Access Points and solution providers to exchange knowledge and advance interoperability standards.Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Engineering:Architect of cloud-native, microservices-driven, and serverless platforms on AWS, including secure messaging layers, high-throughput APIs, and resilient distributed systems. Extensive experience across Java enterprise stacks and compliance-oriented infrastructure. With over 25 years in ICT — and more than 16 years deeply embedded in Peppol and eDelivery evolution — I focus on one mission:\"Designing and leading interoperable, regulation-ready eInvoicing solution architecture that enables secure, cross-border business at global scale\"

Experience

1. Tc434 Member

   CEN and CENELEC

   Sep 2024 — Present

Education

• Himachal Pradesh University

  MCA (Master of Computer Application), Computer Software

  1998 — 2001

• Govt. Post Graduate College, Dharamshala

  B. Sc (NM)-Second Year, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

  1995 — 1996

• Center of Excellence - Govt. Degree College Sanjauli, Shimla.

  B. Sc (NM)-Final Year, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

  1996 — 1997

• Govt. Degree College, Chamba

  B. Sc (NM)-First Year, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

  1994 — 1995

Skills

• Apache Camel
• Jenkins
• Cmmi
• Spring Framework
• Integration
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Business Continuity Planning
• Iso 27001
• Technical Product Owner
• Servicemix
• Continuous Delivery
• Design Patterns
• Activemq
• Application Architecture
• Eip
• Distributed Systems
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Agile Methodologies
• Peppol
• Test Driven Development
• Ant
• Continuous Integration
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Tomcat
• Spring
• Architectures
• Team Leadership
• Git
• Open Source
• Maven
• Technology Integration
• Xslt
• Information Security
• Solution Architecture
• Eai
• Java
• Esb
• Svn