A deep knowledge of the Oracle Technology product set encompassing both Databases and the Middleware products gained over 15 years, with in-depth exposure to Oracle SOA Suite. 10 years+ experience of developing in the Oracle Developer Suite products including Forms, Report and Graphics and DesignerExtensive experience of liasing with Oracle Technical for the resolution of problems or the implementation of workaroundsResponsible for ensuring the successful upgrading of a 1000+ user system from Oracle 8i database/Forms 6i to Oracle 10g (Forms and database)Oracle E-Business suite DBA with experience of patching version 11i and upgrading the database to Oracle 10G.Experienced Oracle E-Business suite DBA, with experiencing of patching both the database and technology stack, supported with the necessary Oracle training coursesInstallation of Discovery 10g to support E-Business suite, maintainence of the end-user layer and production of Discoverer Reports (Desktop & Discoverer Plus) to support end-user HR reporting requirements.Team leader of the DBA team when we provided 'out of hours' support to a 1000+ user OLTP system.Specialties: Experience of implementing ORACLE SOA Suite software in both single and multi-node high availability configurations, using 'best practice' configurations. Extensive experience in upgrading Forms application from 'Client Server' to the Web Forms, with a modern 'look and feel'Working on-site with clients to complement their existing technical teams, providing support when integrating new middleware technologies and performing the skills transfer to enable them to support their new systems.