Todd is an expert in midrange performance troubleshooting and trouble-prevention, with a specialty in Oracle and database-related technologies. Over an IT career spanning more than 27 years, he has resolved and designed high-performance, efficient solutions for major finance and telco clients across 4 continents. Born to be in IT, Todd not only understands what can go wrong with systems, but exactly why. This allows him to design and diagnose with extraordinary efficiency He grasps complex problems and concepts quickly, with the ability to share and discuss issues in a clear an concise manner, to both techies and managers alike. Todd is equally comfortable in front of keyboard and whiteboard. He appreciates that although technology is viewed in silos; problems and solutions can span individual technologies. Even with a database-centric background, his knowledge of the interactions between database, network, o/s, storage, and applications, is critical to achieving much more than a silo-constrained perspective could ever permit. To quote one of his New York City clients: “if there were an asteroid hurtling toward earth, I would want Todd in the situation room”.