Michelle Malcher is an Oracle ACE Director experienced in database development, design and administration. She has expertise in data services and integration, security, performance tuning, data modelling and database architecture of very large database environments. She has presented on new database features, security and other database administration topics around the world. She has written Oracle Database Administration for the Microsoft SQL Server DBA, and co-authored Oracle Database 12c Install, Configure & Maintain like a Professional, Securing Oracle Database 12c: A Technical Primer, Oracle Database 11g A Beginner's Guide. She is also a contributing author for the IOUG Best Practices Tip Booklet and Select Journal.
Bobby Curtis is an Oracle ACE, Senior Technical Consultant and member of various Oracle User Groups. He specializes in database monitoring and data integration technologies, both aimed at making usability simpler and easier. He is experienced in creating, managing and tuning enterprise databases including Exadata, GoldenGate replication and is known for his work with Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. He is currently working as a Senior Technical Consultant focused on implementations and migrations of scalable databases while providing monitoring solutions for these environments. He is either a lead author or co-author on various technical books, published various technical articles in user group publications, and presented at conferences including Oracle Open World, Collaborate and KSCOPE. Bobby is a current member of the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG), Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG), Georgia Oracle User Group (GOUSER) and the Rocky Mountains Oracle User Group (RMOUG). He lives with his wife and three kids in Douglasville, GA. Bobby can be followed on twitter at @dbasolved and his blog at http: //dbasolved.com.
Chris Lawless began his career in data integration by working in support for GoldenGate. He then worked in consulting and pre-sales prior to becoming a Product Manager at GoldenGate. When GoldenGate was acquired by Oracle he became a Product Manager in the Data Integration Group at Oracle for the next four years. Prior to working at GoldenGate Chris was a DBA instructor at Oracle University. Chris is currently a Product Manager at Dbvist Software, a replication company.
