Steve Bobrowski

Past

• Directory of Technology, SaaS Solutions at BEA Systems
• Author at Oracle Press/Sybex
• Founder, CEO, Board Member, Director of Product Development at 4SKWare Technologies, Inc.

• Chief Technology Officer, SaaS/OnDemand at Computer Sciences Corporation
• Master IT Analyst (Master Oracle Database Administrator) at Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC)/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Oracle Database Administrator/Developer (Contractor) at Becton, Dickinson and Company
• Technical Writer (Contractor) at Oracle Corporation
• Senior Competitive Analyst at Oracle Corporation
• Product Manager at Oracle Corporation
• Senior Technical Writer at Oracle Corporation

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Education

• University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Connections

27 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Blog

Steve Bobrowski’s Summary

· Director/CTO-level Software as a Service (Saas) technology specialist with market leading global software and services firms.
· Proven technical and software strategist for a top six global IT services firm.
· Industry-recognized Oracle database “guru” with 19 years of practical database administration and application development experience.
· Award-winning Oracle author of six commercially published books
(Oracle Press, Sybex).
· Successful entrepreneur, corporate CEO/CIO/CTO, and product development strategist.
· Former Oracle Corporation employee, contractor, and key contributor to the development of the Oracle RDBMS and related products.
· Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) DBA, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle9i, and Oracle8.

Steve Bobrowski’s Specialties:

Business and technical issues surrounding Software as a Service (SaaS), all aspects of database technology including design, maintenance, and tuning

Steve Bobrowski’s Experience

• Directory of Technology, SaaS Solutions

  BEA Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Computer Software industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

• Author

  Oracle Press/Sybex

  (Publishing industry)

  January 1993 — January 2008 (15 years 1 month)

  · A Practical Demonstration of SaaS using Oracle Application Express, author (Oracle Technology Network, 2007).
  · Hands-On Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Linux, author (Oracle Press, 2006).
  · Hands-On Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Windows, author (Oracle Press, 2006).
  · Oracle8i for Windows NT Starter Kit, author (Oracle Press, 2000).
  · Oracle8i Starter Kit for Linux, author (Oracle Press, 2000).
  · Oracle8 Architecture, author (Oracle Press, 1997).
  · Mastering Oracle7 & Client/Server Computing, author (Sybex, 1994), winner of SELECT Magazine's Editor's Choice award.
  · Oracle Magazine, columnist (Oracle Corp./Oracle Publishing, 1993-2000).
  · DBMS Magazine, columnist and technical editor (Miller Freeman, 1993-1998).
  · OReview, columnist and technical editor (Miller Freeman, 1995-1997).

• Founder, CEO, Board Member, Director of Product Development

  4SKWare Technologies, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 1993 — December 2007 (14 years 11 months)

• Chief Technology Officer, SaaS/OnDemand

  Computer Sciences Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)

• Master IT Analyst (Master Oracle Database Administrator)

  Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC)/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

• Oracle Database Administrator/Developer (Contractor)

  Becton, Dickinson and Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Devices industry)

  October 2005 — January 2006 (4 months)

• Technical Writer (Contractor)

  Oracle Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1997 — June 1997 (6 months)

• Senior Competitive Analyst

  Oracle Corporation

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — February 1993 (1 year 2 months)

• Product Manager

  Oracle Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — June 1992 (6 months)

• Senior Technical Writer

  Oracle Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1989 — April 1991 (2 years 4 months)

Steve Bobrowski’s Education

• University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  BS, Chemistry, 1981 — 1985

  Graduated summa cum laude.

Additional Information

Steve Bobrowski’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Blog

Steve Bobrowski’s Interests:

Software as a Service (SaaS), Database as a Service (DbaaS), database technology, virtualization, and virtual appliances

Steve Bobrowski’s Groups:

Oracle Press

•    Club ex-Oracle.org
•    Cloud Computing
•    Hi-Tech Ventures & Startups
•    Software + Services (SAAS)
•    Oracle Senior DBA Group
•    Genesis SaaS Platform

Steve Bobrowski’s Honors:

· Oracle Database 10g Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator
· Oracle9i Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator
· Oracle8 Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator

Steve Bobrowski’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch