Donald K. Burleson is one of the world’s top Oracle Database experts with more than 20 years of full-time DBA experience.  He specializes in creating database architectures for very large online databases and he has worked with some of the world’s most powerful and complex systems.  

A former Adjunct Professor, Don Burleson has written 30 books, published more than 100 articles in National Magazines, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Rampant TechPress. Don is a popular lecturer and teacher and is a frequent speaker at Oracle Openworld and other international database conferences.

John Garmany

John Garmany is a Senior Oracle DBA with Burleson Consulting.  A graduate of West Point, an Airborne Ranger and a retired Lt. Colonel with 20+ years of IT experience. John is an OCP Certified Oracle DBA with a Master Degree in Information Systems, a Graduate Certificate in Software Engineering, and a BS degree (Electrical Engineering) from West Point.  A respected Oracle expert and author, John serves as a writer for Oracle Internals, DBAZine and SearchOracle and SELECT Magazine.  John is also the author of four bestselling Oracle books by Rampant TechPress, Oracle Press and CRC Press and hosts a popular Oracle Application Server Newsletter.

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Robert Freeman

Robert G. Freeman is a Senior Oracle Consultant with Burleson Consulting.  Freeman one of the most famous Oracle experts and author of eight popular Oracle books, including Oracle9i RMAN Backup & Recovery and the bestselling Oracle9i and Oracle 10g New Features books.  A respected Oracle expert and author, Robert serves as a writer for  DBAZine and SELECT Magazine. 

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Janet Burleson

Janet Burleson is also one of the world's pioneering horse trainers, having developed a hugely successful Guide Horse Foundation to train miniature horses to guide the blind.

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Dr. Timothy Hall

Tim Hall has gained a wide knowledge of the Oracle software stack and has worked as a consultant for several multi-national companies on projects ranging from real-time control systems to OLTP web applications. Since 2000 he has published over 200 articles on his website www.oracle-base.com covering a wide range of Oracle features.

Tim has been a Karate black belt since 1993 and is a practitioner and qualified teacher of Hatha and Ashtanga yoga. In addition he enjoys running, having completed 2002 London Marathon.

He also has written six books; Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas, TOAD Handbook, TOAD Pocket Reference (2nd Edition), Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle 10g & SQL Server 2005, Oracle on VMware: Expert Tips for Database Virtualization, and Advanced Oracle Utilities: The Definitive Reference. Mr. Scalzo can be reached via email at bert.scalzo@quest.com or bert.scalzo@yahoo.com.

Robin has authored countless performance-related articles for many database-centric magazines as well as serving as a database software reviewer and feature writer for the likes of Intelligent Enterprise, eWeek, DM Review, and others. 
 

Arup Nanda is the recipient of the coveted DBA of the Year 2003 award by Oracle Corporation.  This award is among the most highly respected in the database industry, and each year only one of more than a quarter million Oracle professionals are honored by this distinction.  A decade of experience as a DBA has made Arup an expert in many Oracle areas including Oracle Design, Oracle Modeling, Oracle Performance Tuning and Oracle Backup & Recovery.

Arup is a frequent speaker in many Oracle related conferences including IOUG Live and has written several Oracle related articles in technical journals in the US and Europe. He is on the editorial board for SELECT Journal, the publication of the International Oracle Users Group.

Daniel Liu is a senior Oracle Database Administrator at First American Real Estate Solutions in Anaheim, CA. He has many years of industry experience in database administration and software development.  He has worked with large-scale databases in multi-platform environments.  His expertise includes Oracle database administration, performance tuning, Oracle networking, and Oracle Application Server. 

As an Oracle Certified Professional, he taught Oracle certified DBA classes at Elite Consulting Group in Chicago. Daniel also taught IOUG University Seminar in Orlando.  Daniel has published articles with DBAzine, Oracle Internals, and SELECT Journal.  Daniel has received SELECT Editorial Award for Best Article in 2001.  He has also given presentations at IOUG-A Live, LAOUG, OCOUG, NoCOUG, Oracle Open World and Oracle World.   Daniel has served as panelist on Oracles of Oracle at Oracle World and IOUG-Live.  Daniel holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Northern Illinois University.

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Dave Moore is a Product Architect at BMC Software, a leading supplier of database software tools.  As the inventor of BMC's DBXray product, he has developed many products that assist Oracle DBAs and Developers.  He has over 13 years of experience in Information Technology - as a DBA and as a developer specializing in Oracle, Java and PL/SQL.  

Dave has presented at OracleWorld and is a frequent contributor to Oracle Professional and DBAZine.  He holds a BS in Information Systems from Western Carolina University.  Dave lives with his wife and three children in Austin, Texas.

His work includes advanced performance tuning, Java programming, capacity planning, database security and physical / logical database design in a UNIX, Linux and Windows NT environment. Jeff's other interests include mathematical encryption theory, programming language processors (compilers and interpreters) in Java and C, LDAP, writing web-based database administration tools, Xemacs and of course Linux.

With over 15 years experience with database technologies, Chris has taught hundreds of Oracle courses to thousands of students.  Chris is also a regular speaker at the International Oracle Users Group and Oracle Open World conferences.

Expert in Intel hardware and Network Administrator internals, Adam possesses the rare combination of management and technical expertise that is critical to the outstanding IT consultant. Adam is a Linux Certified Administrator (LCA), a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) and a Cisco Certified Academic Instructor (CCAI).

Dr. Arun Kumar R. is an expert in architecting, implementing, and trouble-shooting large-scale, highly complex systems using Oracle technologies. Dr. Kumar has more than a decade of experience in Oracle Database Administration, including multidimensional, decision support systems and ERP software. Dr. Kumar has worked on a wide variety of projects and environments ranging from client-server, E-Business to managed services across multiple relational database systems in telecommunications, retail and health care industries.

Arun serves as the Associate Editor for the International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) SELECT Journal and as the Chairman of the Dallas Chapter of IEEE. He also serves as a Professor of Database Technologies and E-Business at a renowned private university. He has published several papers for many technical journals in the US and Asia and spoken at Oracle technology conferences and international seminars.

Arun has a Ph.D. in Business Administration, and M.S., majoring in Computer Science. He is an alumni of Louisiana State University and currently serves as a Systems Architect for Enterprise Data Services at a major wireless carrier in Dallas.  Dr. Kumar is an Oracle10 Certified Technician, a Senior Member of IEEE, and holder of two Oracle Masters Certifications.

Kimberly Floss is one of the USA's most respected Oracle Database Administrators and President of the International Oracle Users Group (IOUG).  With more than a decade of experience, Kimberly specializes in Oracle Performance Tuning and is a respected expert in SQL tuning techniques.

She is an active member of the Chicago Oracle User Group, and the Midwest Oracle User Group, in addition to the IOUG.  Kimberly Floss has over 15 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry, with specific focus on relational database technology, including Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, and Sybase. She holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems from Purdue University, specializing in Systems Analysis and Design, and an MBA with emphasis in Management Information Systems from Loyola University.

Kimberly has extensive experience performing as a DBA on Mainframe, UNIX and Windows-based systems, as well as managing DBA teams supporting multiple database platforms. She also works as an Adjunct Professor, teaching SQL Programming / Database Administration at a local community college.

A popular presenter at International Oracle conferences, Kimberly lives in the Chicago-land area, with her husband, son, and two cats.

As a veteran US Marine Sergeant and a former Director of Database Development, Harry has outstanding leaderships and management skills with over a decade of experience managing multi-million dollar database projects.

As a practicing IT manager, Papaj is responsible for millions of dollars in computing resources and solely responsible for hiring and firing highly-trained computer professionals.

Dr. O'Malley is an avid outdoorsman and spends what little free time he has away from work camping, hiking, fishing and raising his three children.
 

Dr. Amy is also a member of the chamber of commerce, the animal health advisory board, the Warren county board of health and Citizens for Animal Protection.  She is an avid equestrian and spends much of her free time training and riding her three horses. 

Patrick Joseph (PJ) Naughter runs Naughter Software, a software development consultancy firm specializing in native mode Windows development. Before setting up Naughter Software, PJ was a technical architect and software developer working for Soft-ex Communications, a developer of PBX Call Monitoring software located in Dublin, Ireland.

In his spare time, he runs a popular personal web site (naughter.com), which provides open source and shareware of interest to Windows developers. At last count, well over 230,000 lines of Win32, MFC & ATL C++ source code is available to download.

PJ lives in rural Ireland, 50 miles south of Dublin. Outside of computers, he also has a keen interest in Astronomy, Pub Quizzes, 10-pin bowling, science fiction and the odd game of golf, Irish weather permitting of course.
 

Edward Stoever is the Senior Oracle Database Administrator for Fuller theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. His first exposure to Oracle came in 1999, when he created "Grannymail.com", one of the internet's first sites offering real postal letters and greeting cards sent from a users browser.

Typical to early internet ventures, Grannymail.com vanished from the web in 2002. Shortly after, Edward became an  Oracle Certified Professional, both as a Database Administrator and as an Application Developer. After achieving his certifications, the technical school where Edward trained for his certification hired him as a teacher. As a student and teacher, Edward learned the importance of writing technical instructions that are concise and easily understood.

In 2003, Edward joined the Management Information Services  department at Fuller Seminary. He was quickly promoted to Senior Database Administrator. Edward is a single-father of two daughters, Scarlett and Veronica.

Dr. Carolyn Hamm is a recognized expert in Oracle data warehouse technologies, advanced analytics and Oracle data mining.  Dr. Hamm specializes in Oracle Discoverer, Oracle OLAP and Oracle Data Warehouse Builder, and is an expert in multivariate statistics using SAS, SPSS and Clementine. 

Earning her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Dr. Hamm has spent the past 8 years developing web-enabled data systems for population health, accessed by research, clinical and administrative staff.

Claudia holds a MS in Computer Science and has several years of industry experience working with SQL Server, Sybase ASE, Oracle, DB2 UDB and other associated technologies. She enjoys movies and traveling.

Paul Wright is currently the world's foremost expert in Oracle Forensics. Mr. Wright wrote the first paper on Oracle Forensics in January 2005 and is the only person to currently hold both the GIAC Oracle Security qualification and the GIAC Forensics qualification.

 
Mr. Wright has a Masters Degree in Computer Science (Msc) from the University of Manchester, specializing on database security analysis and he has nearly a decade of real-world experience as a Oracle certified DBA and developer.

Paul was instrumental in his work with NGS Software writing Oracle Security checks for NGS SQuirreL for Oracle (A master tool that provides vulnerability checks that cut out false positives and new Zero day checks), and he teaches various database security related courses for SANS.  

In his spare time, Paul enjoys Jeet Kun Do martial arts, Guitar, walking in the country and swimming.

Brad Clayton is a PGA Master Teaching Professional with a growing reputation as one of the world's most dedicated golf instructors.  Today, golfers from around the world travel to North Carolina to learn Brad's unique method for improving their swing and lowering their golf scores.

With a lifelong dedication to golf instruction, Brad has developed a proven approach, attracting students from the USA and Europe.  Brad developed his unique teaching techniques with influences from some of the golf's legendary professionals, including but certainly not limited to David Leadbetter, Al Nelson, Wimpy Caldwell, Ed Ibarguen, Volker Knornsheld, Bill Lytton, Bill Strausbaugh, and Dick Tiddy.

Brad lives in Oxford, North Carolina where he manages "The Golf Zone", a respected golf school.

Bryan Jones is an Oracle Certified Professional with 10+ years of hands on experience working with Oracle. Currently Bryan works full time as a Senior Lead Oracle DBA for a Top Level Federal Government Office.  He also assists Unisys DBAs and Federal Government DBAs with RDMBS performance tuning issues.

Bryan has a Masters in Computer Science from Creighton University with a BS in Computer Science from Westminster College. He has been working with Oracle since 1997. He has extensive experience with Oracle versions 7, 8, 8i, 9i, and 10g. He has also been in charge of Database Servers that process $10 billion of transactions per year.

Bryan  is currently working on an 11g Grid and RAC book to be published in Dec. 2008.  Preview it here at Oracle 11g Grid & Real Applications Clusters.

Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from West Virginia University and is a frequent contributor to the popular Toad Soft and a recent member of ODTUG. Jeff is a regular speaker at Toad User Groups and Oracle User Groups worldwide.