Professional Activities

Group Affiliations

  • Oracle RAC SIG, Events Chairperson for RAC SIG, 9/2003 – Present
  • IOUG, Member since 1/2000

Presentations and Technical Sessions (most recent first)

  • IOUG RAC Attack, Presented “Building A RAC Test Environment On VMWare For Free” (ppt), Aug 2008
  • ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008, Presented “How a RAT Can Save Your Job” (doc, ppt), “RAC For Beginners: The Basics” (doc, ppt), “Oracle Identity Management - The Total Identity Solution” (ppt), and at the Fusion Middleware Symposium (30-minute session slot) presented “SSL, Load Balancers, Rewrite, Redirect, and More Advanced Configuration” (doc, ppt), June 2008
  • Chicago Oracle Users Group, Presented “Oracle Adaptive Access Manager: What, Why, How” (ppt), May 2008
  • Collaborate 08 (IOUG), Presented “Oracle Adaptive Access Manager: What, Why, How” (doc, ppt), “SSL, Load Balancers, Rewrite, Redirect and More Advanced Configuration” (co-presented with Matt Topper) (doc, ppt), and “Building A RAC Test Environment On VMWare For Free” (doc, ppt); also moderated a RAC-related HA panel discussion, panelists were Jeremy Schneider, Alex Gorbachev, Matthew Zito, and Neil Greene, 4/2008
  • NoCOUG Winter Conference, Presented “High Availability Options for Oracle Database” (ppt) and “Oracle Adaptive Access Manager: What, Why, How” (ppt), 2/2008
  • Oracle OpenWorld 2007, Presented “High Availability Options for Oracle Database” (doc, ppt), “Is That Really You? Prove It!” (co-presented with Matt Topper) (ppt) and “RAC For Beginners: The Basics” (doc, ppt), 11/2007
  • ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2007, Presented “High Availability Options for Oracle Database” (doc, ppt) and “RAC For Beginners: The Basics” (doc, ppt), 6/2007
  • Collaborate 07 (IOUG), Presented “RAC for Beginners: The Basics” (doc, ppt), “Oracle Real Application Clusters Load Balancing and Failover Options” (ppt); Panelist for Oracle Security Panel Discussion, 4/2007
  • Charlotte Oracle Users Group, Presented “High Availability Options for Oracle Databases” and “RAC for Beginners: The Basics” (ppt), 3/2007
  • Oracle OpenWorld 2006, Presented “High Availability Options for Oracle Databases” (doc, ppt) and “RAC for Beginners: The Basics” (ppt), 10/2006
  • Kaleidoscope 2006 (ODTUG), Presented “Why You Need A Technical Review Board” (doc, ppt), 6/2006
  • Collaborate 06 (IOUG), Presented “Consulting 101: What Makes A Great Consultant” (doc, ppt), “Introduction to Oracle Web Services Manager” (doc, ppt), “New Features in RAC and Clusterware 10g Release 2” (doc, ppt), and “RAC for Beginners: The Basics” (doc, ppt), 4/2006
  • St. Louis Oracle Users Group, Presented “Oracle Security”, 2/2005
  • Oracle OpenWorld 2004, Presented “SSO Integration with PKI” (doc, ppt), 12/2004
  • IOUG Live! 2004, Presented “SSO Integration with PKI” (doc, ppt), 4/2004
  • OracleWorld 2003, Presented “SSO Integration with PKI” (doc, ppt), 9/2003
  • Oklahoma City Oracle Users Group, Presented “Oracle Security” (ppt), 7/2003
  • Kansas City Oracle Users Group, Presented “Oracle Security” (ppt), 4/2003
  • Wichita Area Oracle Users Group, Presented “Oracle Security” (ppt), 4/2003
  • IOUG Live! 2002, Presented “I Installed 9iAS and Portal—Now What?” (doc, ppt) and “Oracle9i: Kiss Your init.ora Goodbye!” (doc, ppt), 4/2002

Other Technical Leadership

Certifications

  • Oracle Database 10g: Managing Oracle on Linux Certified Expert, 09/2007
  • Oracle10g Certified Application Server Administrator (OCA), 10/2005
  • Oracle10g Certified Professional DBA (OCP), 8/2004
  • Oracle9i Certified Master DBA (OCM), 9/2002
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certificate #809003499508169, 6/2003
  • Oracle9iAS Certified Associate (OCA), 6/2002
  • Oracle9i Certified Professional DBA (OCP), 6/2002
  • Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA (OCP), 4/2000
  • Oracle8 Certified Professional DBA (OCP), 6/1999
  • Oracle 7.3 Certified Professional DBA (OCP), 6/1998
  • Solaris 7 Certified Administrator, 6/1999
  • HP Tru64 Accredited System Engineer (ASE), 8/2000