Our Team
Wilfred Greyling
Technical Lead & Integration Strategist
"Make the complex talk ― safely, at scale, in real-time."
1. Current Role
Wilfred co-founded This Is 42 and serves as the technical North Star on every project. He architects event-driven backbones that let CRMs, ERPs and line-of-business apps behave like one platform, then leads the squads that bring those blueprints to life.
2. Superpowers at a Glance
| Area | Strength |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Integration | MuleSoft, SAP PI/PO/CI & REST/GraphQL meshes |
| Salesforce Architecture | Multi-cloud (Core, Experience, Marketing) with real-time SAP/S3 bridges |
| High-Scale Data Flows | Bulk-safe Apex, Streaming API, Kafka, AWS SQS |
| Event-Driven Design | Outbox/Inbox, CDC, durable subscriptions |
| Leadership | Has grown in-house IT from 2 to 160 staff; runs "blameless RCA" culture |
3. Career Snapshot
1992–2005
Founded and ran a manufacturing company, personally building the ERP, MES, BI and e-commerce stack.
2006–2015
Independent integration architect on SAP and QlikView programmes across energy and retail.
2016–2018
Led real-time SAP ↔ Salesforce portal for Engen; quote cycle shrank from two days to 30 min.
2019
Designed SAP + Sapiens deep-link framework for Absa Life, cutting policy servicing time by 40 %.
2020-Now
Co-founded This Is 42; technical captain on 40 + Salesforce and custom-dev launches.
4. Certification & Badges
- Salesforce Lightning Web Components Developer
- MuleSoft Developer & Integration Architect
- QlikView Data Architect
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (in progress)
5. Toolbox
| Languages | Apex, Python, JavaScript, ABAP |
| Platforms | Salesforce, SAP, MuleSoft, AWS, Fly.io |
| Data | Postgres, SAP HANA, Qlik, pgvector |
| DevOps | GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform |
6. Recent Wins
WhatsApp Benefits Engine (BIBC)
300 k + users on LWC + real-time SMS/WhatsApp events; zero P1 incidents in first 90 days.
Multi-Region Edge Roll-out
Moved four client portals to Fly.io; p95 latency fell below 280 ms.
AI-Driven Document Classifier
LangChain workflow that reads SAP invoices and populates Salesforce cases with 93 % accuracy.
7. Speaking & Community
- SA Salesforce Developers Meetup – "Code-First vs Click-First Architecture"
- MuleSoft Catalyst Circle – Integration patterns panelist
- Mentor, Code for Cape Town STEM outreach (5 mentees, 2024 cohort)
8. Beyond the Keyboard
Avid cyclist, micro-brew aficionado, and amateur luthier who's built three electric guitars—each one wired cleaner than a middleware map.