About the Reviewers

Ivan Brigida completed his M.A. in Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics at the Moscow State University (2008), where he specialized in the Software Engineering field. He worked for 3 years as a test engineer of a Computer Aided Software Engineering tool, which is now an IBM product. In 2010, he finished M.A. in Economics at the New Economic School, specialized in data analysis (econometrics) and finance fields. Now he is working in the largest commercial bank in Russia (Sberbank), one of the top twenty world banks on capitalization. He is doing analysis of business data, where he develops and implements financial models for the Management Information System of the bank.

His hobbies include playing volleyball, reading books, and theatre.

I am grateful to my mother, who supported and believed in me all these years. Also, I would like to thank my classmates Alexey Sapozhnikov and Sergey Slizko, who participated in the brilliant discussions on the sleepless nights and gave a lot of interesting ideas and insights.

Hans Forbrich is a well-known consultant and trainer of Oracle technologies including Database Server, Application Server, Fusion Middleware, and Oracle BI products. He started with Oracle database in 1984, after having used and evaluated quite a few other database technologies, and has been encouraging people to fully leverage their Oracle investment ever since.

For Packt Publishing, Hans has been a technical reviewer for a number of Oracle titles such as Mastering Oracle Scheduler in Oracle 11g Databases and Middleware Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g R5.

Hans is an Oracle ACE Director (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/oracle-ace/index.html), and is frequently invited to give talks about Oracle technology around the world. He is the owner and principal consultant of Forbrich Computer Consulting Ltd., which specializes in architecture, planning, and technology training in Canada and the United States.

In his other life, Hans is a supporter of the arts community and is actively involved with the Edmonton Opera as a sponsor, contributor, and chorister.

I'd like to thank my wife Susanne and all my 'children' (who are grown up now) for their patience and understanding as I disappear into the Oracle tech world for long periods of time.

Peter McLarty is a Senior Consultant working in Brisbane Australia. Peter has worked with technology all his life. He is presently employed by Pacific DBMS Pty Ltd.

He works with Oracle database, Middleware Fusion, and Enterprise Manager with clients in Brisbane. Peter's career spans 25 years of technology and 13 years in database management.

Peter has worked mainly in Australia and Asia. Peter's other interests include studying Asia and its cultures and of course its food, sailing, and football. He can be found supporting his team each season at the stadium.

Peter has also been a reviewer of Middleware Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10gR5 and Oracle 10g/11g Data and Database Management Utilities (Packt Publishing).

He has a wife and two children who say they have to suffer through the times of editing books amongst other projects. Peter would like to thank them for their understanding and allowing dad to do his stuff at times.