Database Management Experts

Johannes Ahrends Oracle Expert Johannes Ahrends is an Oracle database specialist at Quest Software and a recognized Oracle expert with more than 15 years of experience. Together with former colleagues, he has published two German Oracle books: "Oracle9i für den DBA" and "Oracle 10g für den DBA."  Complete profile and resources.	Claudia Fernandez SQL Server/DB2/Oracle/Sybase Expert Claudia Fernandez is the director of product management for the Toad and Java development tools product lines at Quest Software. Claudia has contributed to the strategic direction of database tools since early 2000, and has more than 15 years of industry experience working with RDBMS and related technologies. She has presented on RDBMS and Application Performance Tuning at several technical conferences, including South Eastern Oracle Users Group (SEOUC 2001); OracleWorld Berlin 2001; Northern California Oracle Users Group (NOCOUG, spring and fall 2002, summer 2003); Sybase TechWave (2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005); and Higher Education PeopleSoft Users Group (HEUG 2002). Complete profile and resources.
Steven Feuerstein Oracle PL/SQL Expert Steven Feuerstein is a PL/SQL specialist for Quest Software and is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language. Steven has more than 26 years of experience and has written 10 books on PL/SQL, including "Oracle PL/SQL Programming" and "Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices," all with O'Reilly Media. Complete profile and resources.	David Gugick SQL Server Expert David Gugick is the director of product management - SQL Server for Quest Software. David has more than 16 years' experience in technical and management experience in application development and database design. David also is a published author. Complete profile and resources.
Guy Harrison Oracle & MySQL Expert Guy Harrison is a director of research and development at Quest Software, and has more than 20 years of experience in database design, development, administration, and optimization. Guy is an Oracle ACE, and is the author of Oracle Performance Survival Guide (Prentice Hall, 2009) and  MySQL Stored Procedure Programming (O’Reilly with Steven Feuerstein), as well as other books, articles and presentations on database technology. Complete profile and resources.	Kevin Kline Microsoft SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline is the technical strategy manager for SQL Server Solutions at Quest Software. A Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2004, Kevin is a founding board member and past president of the international Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). He has authored many books, including "SQL in a Nutshell" (O’Reilly & Associates); "Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation" (http://www.apress.com/book/view/143020866x); “SQL Server MVP Deep Dives” (Manning); and "Database Benchmarking: Practical Methods for Oracle & SQL Server" (Rampant). He is a top-rated speaker at such worldwide conferences as Microsoft TechEd, the Best Practice Conference, the PASS Community Summit, and DevConnections.  Complete profile and resources.
Darren Mallette Oracle/SQL Server/Sybase ASE/VMWare Expert Darren Mallette is a database solutions architect on the Foglight pre-sales team at Quest Software. He joined Quest in 2004 with the acquisition of Lecco Technology. Darren began working with Oracle in 1993, and has experience with versions 5 and 6 through 11g, including course development for Oracle 8.0.  Complete profile and resources.	Patrick O'Keeffe SQL Server Expert Patrick O'Keeffe is a senior software architect for Quest Software, where he specializes in the design and implementation of diagnostic and performance tools for Microsoft SQL Server. Patrick has more than 12 years of experience in software engineering and architecture, and spoke at Tech Ed 2004 Australia. Complete profile and resources.
Bert Scalzo Toad for Oracle, Data Warehousing and Data Modeling Expert Bert Scalzo has worked with Oracle databases for well over two decades; his key areas of interest include data modeling; database benchmarking; database tuning and optimization; "Star Schema" data warehouses; and Linux. Bert is the author of books including "Oracle DBA Guide to Data Warehousing and Star Schema" and "TOAD Pocket Reference." He also co-authored "Database Benchmarking for Oracle and SQL Server." Complete profile and resources.	Jeff Smith Toad for Oracle, Development Best Practices for Oracle Jeff Smith is a solutions architect for Quest Software. He has seven years of IT experience and is a certified Toad® expert. Jeff is the primary author of the "Toad Handbook, 2nd Edition," published by O'Reilly. He is a frequent contributor to the popular ToadSoft and a member of ODTUG. Complete profile and resources.
Jim Wankowski DB2 Expert Jim Wankowski is the DB2 product manager for Quest Software. Jim has more than 24 years of development and database administration (DBA) experience with DB2, and is well known in the DB2 community. Jim has written articles for DB2 Magazine and z/Journal, and regularly presents at IDUG conferences, regional DB2 user groups and vendor seminars worldwide. Complete profile and resources.