Robert Stackowiak, Vice President of Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing in Oracle's Enterprise Solutions Group, is recognized worldwide for his expertise in Oracle data warehousing and business intelligence technologies and solutions and has spoken at many conferences and events around the world. He has authored articles and books on business intelligence and database technology including "Achieving Extreme Performance with Oracle Exadata" (Oracle Press), "Oracle Essentials: Oracle Database 11g" (O'Reilly Media), "Oracle Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions" (Wiley), and "Professional Oracle Programming" (Wrox). His blog is located on the O'Reilly Media web site.