Jim Czuprynski has 35+ years of professional experience in his career in information technology, serving diverse roles at several Fortune 1000 companies before becoming an Oracle DBA in 2001. He was awarded the status of Oracle ACE Director in March 2014 and is a sought-after public speaker on Oracle Database technology features, presenting topics at Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG COLLABORATE, ODTUG Kscope, Hotsos Symposium, Oracle Technology Network ACE Tours, and Oracle user group conferences around the world. Jim has authored over 100 articles focused on facets of Oracle Database administration since 2003 at databasejournal.com and ioug.org. He has also co-authored four books on Oracle Database technology. Jim's blog, "Generally  . . .  It Depends "(http://jimczuprynski.wordpress.com), contains his regular observations on all things Oracle.