Steve Bobrowski

SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Computing Evangelist at The Cloud Option

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Current
  • Founder, SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Computing Evangelist at The Cloud Option
  • Founder, CEO, Board Member, Director of Product Development at 4SKWare Technologies, Inc.
Past
  • Technical Marketing Consultant at Salesforce.com
  • Cloud/SaaS/PaaS Freelance Consultant at 4SKWare Technologies, Inc.
  • Oracle Database Security Consultant at Reliant Energy
Education
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Connections
43 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Steve Bobrowski’s Summary

· Director/CTO-level cloud computing and Software/Platform as a Service (SaaS/PaaS) 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 20+ 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 the shift to cloud computing.


Steve Bobrowski’s Experience

  • Founder, SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Computing Evangelist

    The Cloud Option

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2009Present (4 months)

    The Cloud Option helps both infrastructure providers and application owners embrace cloud computing technology. Please visit our blog/web site for more information.

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

    4SKWare Technologies, Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1993Present (16 years 10 months)

  • Technical Marketing Consultant

    Salesforce.com

    (Public Company; CRM; Computer Software industry)

    July 2008August 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  • Cloud/SaaS/PaaS Freelance Consultant

    4SKWare Technologies, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    2008August 2009 (1 year )

  • Oracle Database Security Consultant

    Reliant Energy

    (Public Company; NRG; Oil & Energy industry)

    August 2008August 2008 (1 month)

  • Directory of Technology, SaaS Solutions

    BEA Systems

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

    January 2008May 2008 (5 months)

  • Author

    Oracle Press/Sybex

    (Publishing industry)

    January 1993January 2008 (15 years 1 month)

    · Transparent Data Encryption: Experience from the Trenches (Oracle Technology Network, 2009)
    · 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).

  • Chief Technology Officer, SaaS/OnDemand

    Computer Sciences Corporation

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

    June 2007December 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 2006June 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 2005January 2006 (4 months)

  • Technical Writer (Contractor)

    Oracle Corporation

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

    January 1997June 1997 (6 months)

  • Senior Competitive Analyst

    Oracle Corporation

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1992February 1993 (1 year 2 months)

  • Product Manager

    Oracle Corporation

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

    January 1992June 1992 (6 months)

  • Senior Technical Writer

    Oracle Corporation

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

    January 1989April 1991 (2 years 4 months)


Steve Bobrowski’s Education

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    BS , Chemistry , 19811985

    Graduated summa cum laude.


Additional Information

Steve Bobrowski’s Websites:

Steve Bobrowski’s Interests:

All flavors of cloud computing, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Database as a Service (DbaaS). Also, software application development, 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
  •    Platform-as-a-Service

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

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