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APEXposed! 2008 IS PACKED WITH THE TRAINING YOU NEED TO SUCCEED! Hosted by Scott Spendolini of Sumner Technologies, this year's APEXposed! conference will take your knowledge of APEX to the next level—allowing you to stay ahead of the Web-based application trends. While our agenda is packed with sessions—we can't reveal it just yet. The speakers you see below are just the beginning so check back often. If you are interested in becoming an APEXposed! 2008 speaker, please contact us at odtug@odtug.com.
	Scott Spendolini President, Sumner Technologies Scott Spendolini is president and founder of Sumner Technologies, a small consulting firm which specializes in Oracle Application Express training and services. Spendolini has assisted a number of clients from various industries with their Application Express development and training needs. Prior to founding Sumner Technologies, he worked for Oracle Corporation for almost ten years, the last three of which he was a senior product manager for Oracle Application Express. He has presented at a number of conferences, including Oracle OpenWorld, ODTUG, and IOUG and is co-authoring a new book, Pro Oracle Application Express, which should be published this summer. The Sumner Technologies, home page can be found at http://sumnertech.com. Return to Top
	Michael Hichwa Vice President of Software Development, Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation Michael Hichwa is vice president of Software Development, Server Technologies for Oracle Corporation. He leads Oracle development efforts for Application Express, SQL Developer, SQL Plus, Migrations, and Windows technologies. Mike was the inspiration behind and still actively codes Application Express. Mike was named the 2006 VAR Magazine Technologist of the Year Runner-Up for his contribution to Oracle XE, Application Express, and SQL Developer. He has been with Oracle for 18 years with the last 10 in the development organization. Return to Top
	Steven Feuerstein OPP Conference Chair, PL/SQL Evangelist, Quest Software Steven Feuerstein is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language, having written nine books on PL/SQL (all from O'Reilly & Associates), including Oracle PL/SQL Programming and Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices. He has received various awards over the years for his work on PL/SQL, including Oracle Magazine PL/SQL Developer of the Year in 2003 and 2006. He is the only ODTUG presenter to win three awards—the 2005 Best Presentation, 2005 Editor’s Choice Award, and 2002 Best Presentation Award. He has taught thousands of PL/SQL developers and DBAs in seminars throughout US, Europe, Australia and Latin America. Return to Top
	Chris Baker Senior Principal Consultant, PITSS America, LLC Chris Baker is responsible for consulting services and sales engineering in the Americas. Chris supports sales initiatives, training, and workshops for PITSS. Since 2000, he has worked for/with Oracle on several projects throughout the United States and Canada. Return to Top
	Sam Drake Architect, Oracle Corporation Sam Drake is an architect in TimesTen Development at Oracle. He has been a member of the TimesTen team since 1996, spending time in Development, Product Management and now as an architect. He joined Oracle Corporation in 2005 when it purchased TimesTen. He has given numerous presentations at Oracle OpenWorld and to customers about TimesTen. Prior to TimesTen he spent eleven years at IBM Almaden Research Lab. Return to Top
	David Gambino Director, Product Manager - Application Development, Oracle Corporation David Gambino joined Oracle Corporation in December 2006 and is responsible for product management of Oracle database tools for application development. Prior to joining Oracle, David led the database technology organization supporting Bank of America’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking business. He has specialized in database technology throughout his entire career. David has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a M.S. in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology. Return to Top
	Doug Gault Product Development Director, Hotsos Enterprises Doug started developing with Oracle in 1989 with version 5.1b and has been involved with Oracle ever since. He has been fortunate enough to have been involved in projects all over the world, spending most of his time focusing on Oracle’s web technology. Doug is currently the Product Development Director for Hotsos Enterprises and spends most of his time focused on commercial product development using Oracle Application Express. Return to Top
	Ronnie Lashaw Managing Technical Consultant, The Tesla Group, Inc Ronnie Lashaw has more than twenty years' experience delivering IT solutions and fifteen years experience with Oracle technologies. He is a founding partner of and Managing Technical Consultant for The Tesla Group, Inc. (http://www.teslagroup.com), a small consulting company that specializes in Oracle technology integration services and APEX solution delivery. He is a published author of a number of technical articles and was a contributing author to Oracle Unleashed. Ronnie has worked directly for technology leaders such as Oracle Corporation and the Research Triangle Institute. While at Oracle, he was a member of the Oracle Power Objects development team. He has contributed to projects for AT&T, BASF, Boeing, City of High Point, EnergyUnited, Food & Drug Administration, Grumman, Hyster, IBM, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Pepsi, the US Air Force, Wachovia, and more. While at Oracle, he was a member of the Oracle Power Objects development team. Professional experience includes: technology consultant; systems architect; infrastructure management; operational support; requirements, design; development; testing and deployment of database solutions; project management; personnel supervision; sales and marketing; quality assurance; testing; training; and product development. Activities and responsibilities have involved commercial corporations and government agencies both in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Recent presentations include Oracle OpenWorld 2008 - ODTUG Oracle Application Express Symposium. Ronnie is currently focused on delivering and integrating APEX business solutions into enterprise environments. Return to Top
	Greg Jarmiolowski Owner, SQL Prompt LLC Greg Jarmiolowski is an independent Oracle database consultant specializing in Application Express development. Greg has been working with Oracle databases since 2000 when he became a consultant to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to migrate their FoxPro systems to Oracle and ASP and then HTMLDB. Greg also worked for CASEtech, Inc., where he helped introduce Application Express to several federal agencies. Return to Top
	Anton Nielsen President, C2 Consulting Anton Nielsen is president of C2 Consulting, Inc., a technology solutions firm specializing in Oracle technologies. Anton is an Oracle Fusion Middleware Ace Director and has presented at ODTUG and Oracle OpenWorld, as well as local user groups. Prior to founding C2, he was employed by Oracle for ten years and by the U.S. Air Force as an officer and scientists. Return to Top
	David Peake Principal Product Manager, Oracle Corporation David Peake has been with Oracle for more than fourteen years. The first thirteen years, he was in Oracle Consulting in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. Within consulting, Davids primary focus was on large custom development projects. The last four years in consulting, he worked on a very large project, using APEX (or Project Marvel, as it was called then). Before that, David primarily developed applications using Oracle Forms and Designer. In 2006, he joined the product development team as the Oracle Application Express (APEX) product manager. Return to Top
	Bharat Pappu Principal Consultant/Solution Architect, Vista Technology Bharat Pappu is a principal consultant with more than ten years of experience using multiple Oracle products. He has worked with Oracle APEX for the past two years, specifically to re-engineer and rebuild the Army’s Enterprise Real Property Planning System. Bharat has also lead several software architecture teams to support and implement DOD IT systems involving technologies like MS Project Server 2003, Cognos 7.X, and J2EE (Struts-hibernate) applications. Bharat has also worked with DOD data architects to ensure system compliance with federally mandated Enterprise Architecture frameworks. Bharat has a master’s degree from George Washington majoring in information technologies.
	Michael Rosenblum DBA, Dulcian, Inc. Michael Rosenblum is a development DBA at Dulcian, Inc. He is responsible for system tuning and application architecture. Michael supports Dulcian developers by writing complex PL/SQL routines and researching new features. Michael is the co-author of PL/SQL for Dummies (Wiley Press, 2006). Michael is a frequent presenter at various regional and national Oracle user group conferences. In his native Ukraine, he received the scholarship of the President of Ukraine, a masters degree in information systems, and a diploma with honors from the Kiev National University of Economics. Return to Top
	Scott Stegemann Principal, Opis Resources Scott Stegemann has been designing and developing Oracle applications for more than twenty years starting with Oracle 5.1 and Oracle Forms 2.1. Prior to co-founding Opis Resources, Scott worked with Oracle Consulting on several large custom development projects as an analyst, developer, and project manager specializing in Oracle Designer and Developer tools. He was a co-architect of the $40MM Chicago Police Department CLEAR system, where starting in 2001, he worked together with the Application Express development team when APEX was called Flows and was still in development. Scott currently develops APEX applications for a variety of companies throughout the US and enthusiastically introduces APEX to all new clients and prospects. Return to Top
	Tim St. Hilaire Senior Manager BAE IT, BAE SYSTEMS Tim St. Hilaire works for BAE SYSTEMS, a leading aerospace and defense company. Working with various software development tools for the past 10 years, Tim became involved with his companies ERP implementation in June 2000, and his first exposure to Oracle technology. Following the implementation of the Oracle E-Business suite, Tim focused on Oracle software tools including Portal, HTMLDB, and APEX. Currently Tim leads a team of developers that are focused on managing complex, cross functional implementations of applications, in which Oracle Application Express is a major component, to provide value to the BAE SYSTEMS business. Return to Top
	Jason Straub Principle Member of Technical Staff, Oracle Corporation Jason Straub has been a developer on the Application Express team since October 2000, before it was officially a product. Jason’s primary development responsibilities for Application Express are installation and upgrade, as well as support for Web services. Return to Top