Author

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep”
– Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, 1923 by Robert Frost

I am an Oracle evangelist and enthusiast , having started working on Oracle 6 database as part of my Bachelor on Computer Science degree . My thesis project was on Library Management Services (LMS) on Oracle 6.

SIT , Tumkur [ 1991 – 1995 ]

http://www.sit.ac.in/

Before joining VMware in 2012, I worked as a Principal Oracle Database Administrator, Oracle Architect and then as a DBA Manager for various companies starting Jan, 1996 managing their Multi-terabyte Oracle databases and their Oracle database teams from 1996 till 2012 with over 20 years of experience with hands on Oracle Technologies.

-Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
-Sony Electronics
-Newgen Results / Teletech Corp /AspenMS
-SAIC
-Active Network Inc
-Sempra Energy Holdings

I am also experienced in EMC SAN technologies along with Unit / Linux Operating Systems (Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, HP-UX and Solaris). I have also worked on Veritas products e.g VCS , VXVM, VXFS, Netbackup.

Currently , I am a Staff Solution Architect working in the Global Field and Partner Readiness group in VMware specializing in all Oracle Technologies.

I am a vBCA Specialist , a vExpert and VMware VCA – Cloud certified.

I am also a Member of the CTO Ambassador Program

I am also an Oracle ACE

I have delivered sessions and spoken in Oracle Open World, IOUG(Collaborate), VMworld, VMware Partner Exchange, EMC World, EMC Oracle Summit.

I have co-authored a book “Virtualizing Oracle Business Critical Databases on VMware SDDC” which is a comprehensive authority for Oracle DBA’s on the subject of Oracle & Linux on vSphere

https://www.amazon.com/Virtualize-Oracle-Business-Critical-Databases/dp/1500135127/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493001047&sr=1-1&keywords=Virtualize+Oracle+Business+Critical+Databases

I also have a Masters Degree in Computer Science from San Diego State University , San Diego

https://www.sdsu.edu/