Steve Bobrowski

Directory of Technology, SaaS Solutions at BEA Systems

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Past
  • 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
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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

  • Technical Marketing Consultant

    Salesforce.com

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

    July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)

    - Researched and wrote technical white paper to explain the Force.com multi-tenant, Internet application platform architecture and database as a service (to be released at DreamForce08).
    - Built conference presentation related to the before mentioned white paper (DreamForce08).

  • Oracle Database Security Consultant

    Reliant Energy

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RRI; Oil & Energy industry)

    August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

    - Designed, implemented, and tested the encryption of sensitive data using Oracle Database 10g's Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) feature.
    - Helped Reliant Energy achieve PCI compliance.
    - Educated corporate staff and consultants on TDE features and processes.
    - Documented implementation and related security policies.
    - Tuned mission-critical application suffering from I/O and parsing bottlenecks.

  • 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).

  • 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.

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Steve Bobrowski’s Interests:

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

Steve Bobrowski’s Honors:

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

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