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

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Education
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
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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 2009 — Present (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 1993 — Present (16 years 10 months)

  • Technical Marketing Consultant

    Salesforce.com

    (Public Company; CRM; Computer Software industry)

    July 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  • Cloud/SaaS/PaaS Freelance Consultant

    4SKWare Technologies, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    2008 — August 2009 (1 year )

  • Oracle Database Security Consultant

    Reliant Energy

    (Public Company; NRG; Oil & Energy industry)

    August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

  • 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)

    · 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 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, Amherst

    BS , Chemistry , 1981 — 1985

    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
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