About the Authors

Patrick Cimolini, P.Eng., PMP, is a principal with Patrick International APEX Consulting, a consultancy specializing in project management and software development services for Oracle Application Express (APEX) projects. Formal training in engineering, business administration, and project management is complemented by 30 years of experience that has evolved through mainframe, client/server, and web platforms. Patrick enjoys attending the Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG) conferences where he has been a regular presenter.

Karen Cannell is president of TH Technologies, a small consulting firm providing Oracle technology services, lately focused on Application Express. A mechanical engineer by degree (one of them), she has analyzed, designed, developed, converted, upgraded, enhanced, and otherwise worked on legacy and commercial database applications for more than 25 years, concentrating on Oracle technologies since 1994. Karen has worked with Application Express since its Web DB and HTMLDB beginnings, and continues to leverage the Oracle suite of tools to build quality web applications for clients in government, medical, and engineering industries. Karen may be contacted at [email protected].