About the Technical Reviewers

Frits Hoogland is an IT professional specializing in Oracle database performance and internals. Frits frequently presents on Oracle technical topics at conferences around the world. In 2009 he received an Oracle ACE award from the Oracle Technology Network, and a year later he became an Oracle ACE Director. In 2010 he joined the OakTable Network. In addition to developing his Oracle expertise, Frits works with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and modern operating systems. Frits currently works at Enkitec LP.

Randolf Geist has been working with Oracle software for 19 years now, and as a freelance database consultant since 2000. He focuses primarily on performance-related issues, in particular helping people to understand and unleash the power of the Oracle cost-based optimizer (CBO)—being available for short-term, short-notice assignments regarding Oracle performance troubleshooting and in-house seminars and consulting.

He blogs about CBO-related issues at oracle-randolf.blogspot.com, regularly contributes to the official OTN database-related forums, and is also co-author of Expert Oracle Practices, a book published in 2010 by the OakTable Press in which he contributed the performance-related chapters.

Randolf is a regular speaker at all major user conferences around the world and also acts as an instructor for the Oracle University as part of their “Celebrity Seminar” program, where he gives seminars on “Advanced Oracle Performance Troubleshooting.” Randolf is a proud member of the OakTable Network and the Oracle ACE Director program.

Dominic Delmolino is the lead database technologist for Agilex. He specializes in Oracle and Agile database deployment methods and is a member of the OakTable Network. He enjoys researching and presenting on advanced database topics.