BURLESON - Key Persons
Don Burleson is one of the world's leading Oracle experts, working as a full-time DBA since 1983. A retired adjunct professor emeritus, he has authored five of the officially authorized Oracle Press books, more than 30 books on Oracle database management, plus hundreds of articles in national magazines, and he is a popular lecturer at international database conferences.
As a corporate database consultant, Don has worked with numerous Fortune 500 corporations creating robust database architectures for mission-critical systems. Don serves as CTO of Burleson Consulting (www.dba-oracle.com) which includes a popular Remote DBA service (www.remote-dba.net).
Don is also a noted expert on Oracle web technology systems, and he has been instrumental in the development of numerous Web-based systems that support thousands of concurrent users.
Job Titles:
- Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems and AI Experience
- Oracle Certified Professional
Donald Burleson has a wide variety of interests including long-range rifle competition, golf, snow skiing, target shooting, aviation, animal training, antique collecting, wood carving and eCommerce.
Burleson loves to collect antiques and has taken extensive classes in antique identification and appraisal.
Don is also a licensed North Carolina auctioneer and he enjoys the fast-paced and exciting ritual of running an auction.
Avid animal lovers, Don and Janet Burleson have four dogs, too many cats, 49 horses and sundry domesticated wildlife including "Chuck" a friendly woodchuck.
Donald Burleson (Oracle Certified Professional) - A retired Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Burleson has more than 20 years of full-time DBA experience, authored 32 Oracle database books, written over 100 Oracle articles, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Rampant TechPress.
Job Titles:
- Expert in Oracle
- Oracle Certified Professional
Dr. Carolyn Hamm is a recognized expert in Oracle data warehouse technologies, advanced analytics and Oracle data mining. Dr. Hamm specializes in Oracle Discoverer, Oracle OLAP and Oracle Data Warehouse Builder, and is an expert in multivariate statistics using SAS, SPSS and Clementine.
Earning her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Dr. Hamm has spent the past 8 years developing web-enabled data systems for population health, accessed by research, clinical and administrative staff.
- Dr. Carolyn Hamm Ph.D. is a recognized expert in Oracle data warehouse technologies, advanced analytics and Oracle data mining. Dr. Hamm specializes in Oracle Discoverer, Oracle OLAP and Oracle Data Warehouse Builder.
Job Titles:
- Oracle Certified Professional
Dr. Tim Wu (Oracle Certified Professional) - Dr. Wu, MD is an experienced physician and an Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server certified DBA. Specializing in medical informatics, Dr. Wu excels in using Oracle Discoverer, OLAP and HTML-DB to create informatics systems for life-saving Oracle applications.
Job Titles:
- Instructor Comments
- Oracle Certified Professional Developer
John is an Oracle Certified Professional Developer, an Oracle Certified Associate DBA, Oracle/software engineering instructor and author. John is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and he has an MBA from Creighton University.
He is an experienced database administrator, Oracle Forms/Reports/Discoverer/Apex developer with 20 years of professional IT experience including extensive systems analysis and project management experience. Combining outstanding organization and technical skills, John is a frequent instructor in Oracle Development products. John has also authored three database development books and has dozens of published web and periodical articles.
Job Titles:
- Oracle Certified Professional
Kent Crotty is Oracle Certified DBA and a graduate of the University of Maryland. He is an IT professional with over 15 years in a variety of roles ranging from Programmer/Analyst (developer) to Systems and Database Administrator. Kent is instrumental in developing complex Oracle systems architectures and specializes on web-based Oracle applications.
Kent is a well-rounded Oracle DBA with a broad range of experience and skills and is author of "Easy Oracle HTML-DB".
Steve Karam is one of less than 20 DBA's worldwide to achieve the coveted Oracle 10g Certified Master status and he has been honored with the prestigious Oracle ACE designation. A former senior instructor for Oracle University, Steve has a proven track record in performance and troubleshooting on dozens of high profile Oracle systems, and complex Oracle 10g RAC environments. See Steve Karam instructor comments and Steve Karam Books here.
Combining his organization and technical skills, Steve serves as a Senior Oracle Consultant for Burleson Consulting, Steve investigates an unprecedented number of Oracle databases and he excels at Oracle database assessment, Oracle tuning and system optimization. Steve Karam is also an accomplished Oracle Instructor and teaches dozens of Oracle classes for BC (www.dba-oracle.com).
Steve Karam (Oracle ACE, Oracle Certified Professional) - Steve is one of elite few DBA's worldwide to achieve the coveted Oracle 10g Certified Master status. A former senior instructor for Oracle University, Steve specializes in complex Oracle 10g and 11g RAC environments.