About the Authors
Manpreet Kaur currently works as a business intelligence solution developer at an IT-based
MNC in Chandigarh. She has over 7 years of work experience in the field of developing
successful analytical solutions in data warehousing, analytics and reporting, and portal and
dashboard development in the PostgreSQL and Oracle databases. She has worked on
business intelligence tools such as Noetix, SSRS, Tableau, and OBIEE. She has a good
understanding of ETL tools such as Informatica and Oracle Data Integrator (ODI).
Currently, she works on analytical solutions using Hadoop and OBIEE 12c.
Additionally, she is very creative and enjoys oil painting. She also has a youtube channel,
Oh so homemade, where she posts easy ways to make recycled crafts.
Baji Shaik is a database administrator and developer. He is currently working as a database
consultant at OpenSCG. He has an engineering degree in telecommunications, and he
started his career as a C# and Java developer. He started working with databases in 2011
and, over the years, he has worked with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Greenplum. His
background spans a wide depth and breadth of expertise and experience in SQL/NoSQL
database technologies. He has architectured and designed many successful database
solutions addressing challenging business requirements. He has provided solutions using
PostgreSQL for reporting, business intelligence, data warehousing, applications, and
development support. He has a good knowledge of automation, orchestration, and DevOps
in a cloud environment.
He comes from a small village named Vutukutu in Andhra Pradesh and currently lives in
Hyderabad. He likes to watch movies, read books, and write technical blogs. He loves to
spend time with family. He has tech-reviewed Troubleshooting PostgreSQL by Packt
Publishing. He is a certified PostgreSQL professional.
Thanks to my loving parents. Thanks to Packt Publishing for giving me this opportunity.
Special thanks to Izzat Contractor for choosing me, and Anish Sukumaran, Nitin Dasan,
and Sunith Shetty for working with me. Thanks to Dinesh Kumar for helping me write.
