About the Technical Reviewers and Contributors

Dr. Bert Scalzo is an Oracle ACE, author, speaker, consultant, and a senior product manager for database tools at Idera. Bert spent 15 years architecting DBA features for the popular Toad product line. He has three decades of Oracle database experience and previously worked for both Oracle Education and Oracle Consulting. Bert holds several Oracle Masters certifications and his academic credentials include a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D. in computer science, as well as an MBA. He has presented at numerous Oracle conferences and user groups, including OOW, ODTUG, IOUG, OAUG, RMOUG, and many others. Bert’s areas of interest include data modeling, database benchmarking, database tuning and optimization, “star schema” data warehouses, Linux, and VMware. He has written numerous papers and blogs for such well-respected publications as the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), Oracle Magazine, Oracle Informant, PC Week (eWeek), Dell Power Solutions Magazine, The LINUX Journal, LINUX.com, Oracle FAQ, and Toad World. Bert has authored and coauthored the following books: Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schemas (Prentice Hall, 2003), TOAD Handbook (First Edition, Sams, 2003; Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2010), Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle & SQL Server (Rampant, 2006), Advanced Oracle Utilities: The Definitive Reference (Rampant, 2014), Oracle on VMware: Expert Tips for Database Virtualization (Rampant, 2008), Introduction to Oracle: Basic Skills for Any Oracle User (CreateSpace, 2010), Introduction to SQL Server: Basic Skills for Any SQL Server User (CreateSpace, 2011), and Toad for Oracle Unleashed (Sams, 2015).

Anju Garg is an Oracle ACE Associate with more than thirteen years of experience in the IT industry in various roles. Anju is a certified expert in Oracle RAC, Oracle Database Performance Tuning, and SQL Statement Tuning. Since 2010, she has been involved in teaching and has trained more than a hundred DBAs from across the world in various core DBA technologies such as RAC, Data Guard, performance tuning, SQL statement tuning, and database administration. She has also conducted various Oracle University trainings. Anju was a member of the Expert Panel at SANGAM 2014 and is a regular speaker at SANGAM and OTN Yathra. She is an author at the website All Things Oracle and is passionate about learning. She has a keen interest in RAC and performance tuning. Anju shares her knowledge via her technical blog at http://oracleinaction.com.

Kamran Aghayev A. is an Oracle Certified Master (OCM), Oracle RAC Certified Expert, Oracle Certified Professional (9i, 10g, 11g), and Oracle ACE Director working as a DBA team head at AzerCell Telecom LLC. He is the author of Oracle Backup and Recovery: Expert Secrets for Using RMAN and Data Pump (Rampant, 2013) and Study Guide for Oracle Certified Master 11g Exam: A Comprehensive Guide (Springer-Verlag, 2016). Kamran runs a popular blog (www.kamranagayev.com) where he shares his experience, and he contributes fairly regularly to newsgroups, forums, and user-group meetings and events around the world. He is a frequent speaker and has presented in many countries, most recently the United States, Japan, Thailand, China, India, Argentina, Uruguay, Finland, and Turkey. Kamran is president of Azerbaijan Oracle User Group (AzerOUG) and delivers a class about Oracle database administration at Qafqaz University. He is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) practitioner and Abu Dhabi Cup 2013 champion.

Biju Thomas is an Oracle ACE Director, Oracle Certified Professional, and Certified Oracle Database SQL Expert. He is a principal solutions architect at OneNeck IT Solutions. Biju has been developing and administering Oracle databases since 1993 and Oracle EBS since 2006. He spends time mentoring DBAs and performance tuning and architecting Oracle solutions. He is a frequent presenter at Oracle conferences and writes articles for Oracle technical journals. Biju has authored Oracle certification books published by Sybex since Oracle 8i, all versions including Oracle Database 12c OCA. Biju blogs at www.bijoos.com/oraclenotes, and you can follow him on Twitter (@biju_thomas) and Facebook (oraclenotes) for daily Oracle Tidbits.