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About the Authors
John Watson (Oxford, UK) works for BPLC Management Consultants, teaching
and consulting throughout Europe and Africa. He was with Oracle University for
several years in South Africa, and before that worked for a number of companies,
government departments, and NGOs in England and Europe. He is OCP
qualified in both database and application server administration. John is the
author of several books and numerous articles on technology and has 25 years
of experience in IT.
Roopesh Ramklass (South Africa), OCP, is an Oracle specialist who has
worked in a range of contexts. He was part of Oracle’s Support team and taught
at Oracle University in South Africa for many years. As an independent consultant
and manager of his own consulting business, he designed and developed software
and training courses based on a wide spectrum of Oracle technologies., including
the database, application server, and business intelligence products. Roopesh is a
co-author of the OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide (Oracle
Press, 2008) and has more than 12 years of experience in the IT industry.
About the Technical Editors
Gavin Powell (Cartersville, GA) is a consultant and technical writer with 20 years
of experience in the IT industry. He has worked as a programmer, developer,
analyst, data modeler, and database administrator in numerous industries.
Bruce Swart (South Africa) works for 2Cana Solutions and has over 14 years
of experience in IT. While maintaining a keen interest for teaching others, he has
performed several roles, including developer, analyst, team leader, administrator,
project manager, consultant, and lecturer. He is OCP qualified in both database
and developer roles. He has taught at Oracle University in South Africa for several
years and has also spoken at numerous local Oracle User Group conferences. His
passion is helping others achieve greatness.
April Wells (Austin, TX) is an experienced Oracle DBA who holds multiple
DBA OCP certifications. She currently manages Oracle databases and Oracle data
warehouses at NetSpend corporation in Austin, Texas. Previously, April has worked
for Oracle Corporation in Austin, Texas, as on-site support at Dell, at Corporate
Systems in Amarillo, Texas, and at U.S. Steel in Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
OCA /OCP
Oracle Database 11g
All-in-One
Exam Guide
(Exam 1Z0-051, 1Z0-052, and 1Z0-053)
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Roopesh Ramklass
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