About the Reviewer
Hans Forbrich has been around computers for 40 years. Indeed, while studying for
his BSc EE in the 1970s he worked as a contract programmer to help pay for school.
Hans has been working with Oracle products since 1984. In the eld service group
at Nortel he was introduced to Oracle Database version 4. He joined Oracle Canada
to work in the Communications vertical from 1996 to 2002. In 2003 Hans started
Forbrich Computer Consulting Ltd., which has become a successful international
Oracle consultancy and Oracle training partner based in St. Albert, near Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada.
As an Oracle ACE Director and OCP, Hans frequently responds in various
Oracle Forums, teaches for Oracle University, consults with Oracle customers
on maximizing value from Oracle licenses, and speaks at Oracle User Group
conferences around the world. He holds a strong belief that Oracle products provide
signicant value and the key to extracting that value—and reducing the effective cost
of the product—is in understanding the product and using the right tool for the job.
I thank my wife of 27 years for her patience, especially while
I experiment in the lab. And also, I thank my two sons for their
patience, their assistance at computer setups, and help with those
same experiments. (I am proud to note that Son #1, aka Employee
#2, aka Chief Network & Systems Administrator, has achieved his
MSc EE this past year!) Finally I thank Edmonton Opera and my
colleagues there for allowing me to break away from computers
and unwind on stage with the Edmonton Opera Chorus.
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