About the Authors
John Scott has been using Oracle since version 7 (around 1993) and has used pretty much every release since then. He has had the good fortune to work on a wide range of projects for a varied group of clients. He was lucky enough to start working with Oracle Application Express when it was first publicly released and has worked with it nearly every day since (and loves it). John is an Oracle ACE Director and was named Application Express Developer of the Year in 2006 by Oracle Magazine. He is also the cofounder of ApexEvangelists (Apex-Evangelists.com), a company that specializes in providing training, development, and consulting specifically for the Oracle Application Express product. You can contact John at [email protected].
Nick Buytaert is an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) with a bachelor’s degree in applied computer science (2011). He works for a Belgian consulting firm called Contribute, which assists a wide variety of organizations in making the most of their Oracle technology stacks. Nick started his career working as an E-Business Suite consultant and then went on to specialize in APEX development. In April 2013, he became an Oracle Application Express Developer Certified Expert.
Nick furthermore participates actively in the APEX community by publishing technical articles on his blog APEXPLAINED (http://apexplained.wordpress.com). He also initiated and maintains several open source projects, such as the Oracle APEX Maven plugin and a series of APEX plugins. Nick occasionally engages in public speaking activities to share his ideas and experiences with the outside world. You can follow Nick on Twitter @nbuytaert1 to find out more about him.
Karen Cannell is president of TH Technology, a small consulting firm providing Oracle technology services, focusing 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. She has worked with Application Express since its Web DB and HTML DB beginnings and continues to leverage the Oracle suite of tools to build quality web applications for clients in government, medical, and engineering industries. Karen can be contacted at [email protected].
Martin D’Souza is cofounder and CTO at ClariFit, a consulting firm and custom solutions provider specializing in APEX and PL/SQL development. His experience in the technology industry has been focused on developing database-centric web applications using the Oracle APEX technology stack.
In addition to his day job, Martin is the author of the popular blog www.TalkApex.com. He is also a designated Oracle ACE Director and has coauthored and authored various APEX books. He has presented at numerous international conferences such as APEXposed, COUG, and ODTUG Kscope, for which he won the Presenter of the Year award in 2011.
Martin has a computer engineering degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. You can contact Martin at [email protected].
Doug Gault is the APEX practice director at Enkitec, an Oracle Platinum partner founded in 2004, which provides consulting, education, and products based around Oracle technology. He has been working with Oracle since 1988, starting with version 5.1B, SQL*Forms 2.0, and RPT/RPF. He has focused his career on Oracle’s development technologies, spending the majority of that time dedicated to web-based technologies including the OWA Web Toolkit, PL/SQL Server Pages, WebDB, Oracle Portal, and more recently HTML-DB and APEX. Doug’s many years of Oracle experience have taken him all over the world to participate in some truly groundbreaking projects. Doug has presented at and participated in roundtable discussions at a number of conferences including Oracle OpenWorld, UKOUG, and ODTUG’s APEXposed and Kaleidoscope conferences. He has an associate’s degree in computer science and an honorary master’s degree from The School of Hard Knocks, believing there is no replacement for hard-earned experience. Doug is an Oracle Ace and can be found on Twitter as @dgault_apex and on his blog at http://douggault.blogspot.com. You can contact Doug at [email protected].
Dimitri Gielis has been working with Oracle Database since he began his career in 2000 with Oracle in Belgium. Dimitri was an early adopter and supporter of HTML DB and later of Application Express. After many years of honing his expertise with Oracle Database and Application Express, Dimitri cofounded APEX Evangelists in 2007. In 2014 Dimitri set up APEX R&D (https://www.apexrnd.be), a company that focuses on web application development and creating innovative solutions with Oracle Application Express. The company also provides on-demand coaching and training in APEX. Dimitri is an active member of the Application Express community. He routinely posts insights into Application Express on his blog at http://dgielis.blogspot.com. He is a frequent presenter at the Oracle Benelux User Group (OBUG), IOUG collaborate, ODTUG Kaleidoscope, the UKOUG conference, and Oracle OpenWorld. Dimitri has been an Oracle ACE Director since 2008. He received the APEX Developer of the Year award from Oracle Magazine in 2009.
Roel Hartman has been using Oracle Database since version 5. At that time, he used Oracle Case*Designer, Oracle Forms 2.3, and other tools of the day. He has used all versions of those tools as they have evolved during the years since, giving him great depth of experience as an Oracle Database developer. Today he is a fierce advocate and user of Oracle Application Express. Roel has a master’s degree in business informatics from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He is an Oracle ACE Director. He works for Logica in the Netherlands as a lead technical architect. Roel has presented at all major Oracle conferences, such as ODTUG, Oracle OpenWorld, and UKOUG. He is a regular contributor to the OakTable Network APEX Forum.
Denes Kubicek is the chief executive officer and founder of bi-Cubes. He has been working with Oracle for more than 12 years. Denes is an Oracle ACE Director and was APEX Developer of the Year in 2008. Denes is also a coauthor of the first APEX book in German, Oracle APEX und Oracle XE in der Praxis. You can reach him at bi-Cubes.com.
Raj Mattamal is copresident of Niantic Systems, LLC (NianticSystems.com). He started developing web applications at Oracle in 1995 with the same people who came to create Oracle Application Express. In his more than ten years with the company, he helped customers in a wide range of industries to deliver web-based solutions on the Oracle Database. In addition to helping customers with their applications, Raj developed numerous web applications for use internally at Oracle. Outside of database application development, Raj spent much remaining time with Oracle evangelizing Oracle Application Express. This entailed teaching Oracle software development and APEX classes globally, writing articles for Oracle Magazine, writing Technotes for the Oracle Technology Network, and assisting with the development of training material and workshops.
Having earned a bachelor’s degree in decision and information studies and another in marketing from the University of Maryland, Raj continues to apply his knowledge of and passion for technology and business to real-world issues. Since leaving Oracle in 2006, Raj offers his services and training to customers in a wide range of business lines to help them get the most out of their Oracle environments. In recent years, Raj has been recognized by his Oracle professional colleagues as an Oracle ACE Director, an honor, indeed, to be earned among so many knowledgeable colleagues.
Dan McGhan is a senior technical consultant with the Accenture Enkitec Group. He suffers from compulsive programing disorder, which is believed to be linked to his balding. Having started his development career in the land of MySQL and PHP, he was only too happy to have stumbled upon APEX. Since then he’s dedicated his programming efforts to learning more about Oracle and web-based technologies in general. Dan is an Oracle Application Express Certified Expert, an Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate, and an Oracle ACE. In addition to his “day job,” he is one of the top contributors to the APEX forum, maintains his own Oracle and APEX blog (www.danielmcghan.us), and is a regular presenter at various events and user group meetings.
Francis Mignault is chief technology officer and cofounder of Insum Solutions. He has been working with Oracle Database for more than 23 years and is a certified Oracle database administrator. Francis began his work with APEX in 2004, when it was called HTML DB. He and his team have developed bilingual software as a service application that is now used by more than 60,000 active users. Francis is deeply involved in the APEX community. His first-rate PL/SQL and APEX expertise led to becoming the first APEX instructor in Quebec. He has presented at several APEX seminars and conferences in the United States and Canada, including Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG Collaborate, ODTUG Apexposed, ODTUG Kaleidoscope, and Ora*GEC.
Tom Petrus started out as an in-house Oracle Forms developer in 2007 and made the switch to Oracle Application Express in 2011 as a consultant. Since then he has had a wide range of projects and clients by which he has honed his knowledge on Apex. He has a preference for everything JavaScript related and is active on both StackOverflow and the OTN Apex forum, helping others solve problems and picking up new nuggets of knowledge in the process. He currently works as a consultant for iAdvise Belgium.
Jorge Rimblas is a senior technical consultant with the Accenture Enkitec Group and has been an Oracle Database professional since 1995. He started using APEX when it was known as HTML DB, starting with version 1.6. Since 2008, APEX is all he does. His areas of expertise include Oracle Application Express, Oracle e-Business Suite, Oracle Database, and related products. Jorge has helped several companies, in diverse industries, implement custom themes for their applications. His knowledge and experience with UI design, web technologies, and Adobe Photoshop uniquely position him to excel at this kind of work. He has taught APEX to dozens of people and has been a speaker at the RMOUG Training Days and ODTUG KScope conferences. Jorge is an Oracle ACE and can be found on Twitter as @rimblas and on his blog at http://rimblas.com/blog.
Christoph Ruepprich has worked as an Oracle DBA and developer since 1999. As a developer, he has worked with Oracle Forms and Reports and has extensive experience with Oracle Application Express. In his current role as senior technical consultant at Accenture Enkitec Group, he works on various APEX projects. He is also an active presenter on APEX topics at conferences and maintains an Oracle-related blog at http://ruepprich.wordpress.com.