Charles Hooper

Member of the OakTable Network (http://www.oaktable.net/main.jsp) and co-author of "Expert Oracle Practices: Oracle Database Administration from the Oak Table" (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430226684). Provided the only Oracle related presentation at Infor's Inforum 2008 User's Conference (on the topic of general Oracle database administration and performance tuning). My current job extends well beyond Oracle database administration responsibilities, providing opportunities for database performance tuning, network administration, programming, hardware/software troubleshooting, mentoring fellow IT staff, and end-user training for the Infor Visual Enterprise ERP system as well as other custom developed applications. Formerly a computer/technology instructor and Novell Netware administrator. Started using computers in 1981 when computers with 5KB of memory were popular.