Robert (Bob) Stackowiak, VP, Enterprise Solutions, Oracle, has worked for over 20 years in the IT industry. His roles that have included software development, management of software development, systems engineering, sales and sales consulting, and business development. Bob has spoken at numerous computer related conferences and has conducted briefings with companies based around the world. He has coauthored several book including Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 11g (4th Edition) by O'Reilly and Oracle Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions by Wiley. Additionally, his papers regarding data warehousing and computer and software technology have appeared in publications such as The Data Warehousing Institute's Journal of Data Warehousing and Data Warehousing Trends and Applications.