About the Author
Chris Ruel lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, and works as an Oracle DBA for a large financial investment company. He graduated from Wabash College in 1997 and has been working with Oracle ever since. His background has varied from 4 years of training to 10 years as an Oracle consultant. Occasionally, he can be seen speaking at local Oracle related events (Oracle Tech Days). He served as an Oracle University Instructor from 2000-2004, traveling the country teaching Oracle’s DBA curriculum. Chris is certified in Oracle 8i-11g. He is also a RAC Certified Expert and has his Security+ certification.
When not working on Oracle, Chris enjoys working on old German cars (mostly BMW and Mercedes). He is also a big fan of Formula 1 auto racing, grilling out with his friends, and watching the Indianapolis Colts play football.
Michael Wessler received his bachelor’s degree in computer technology from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator for Oracle 10g, 8i, and 8 and an Oracle Certified Web Administrator for 9iAS. Michael also holds a CISSP security certification. He has administered Oracle databases on Windows and various flavors of UNIX and Linux, including clustered Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) environments. He also performs database and SQL/PLSQL tuning for applications. Michael has worked in many IT shops ranging from small dot-com start-ups to large government agencies and corporations. Currently, Michael is an ...
