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Leadership Team
James Haderer is the President of PTC. James has more than 25 years of business operations and technical management experience with leading technology companies like IBM, Motorola and Dell Computer. Having established and managed business units on a worldwide level, James brings considerable experience to the team on both business and technical levels. His technical experience in system tuning, application workload analysis and SAN deployment has been invaluable in scoping complex engagements. James graduated from the State University of New York College at Buffalo with a BS in Industrial Engineering and also holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Edward Whalen is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Performance Tuning Corporation. Prior to founding Performance Tuning Corporation, Ed worked for Compaq Computer Corporation as an OS Developer and Database Performance Engineer. His experience and ongoing role includes consulting on complex projects, developing and instructing training courses, writing books and technical papers on various Oracle and Microsoft technologies, and speaking at technical events. He has published 10 books covering Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle technologies, with his most recent work "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator’s Companion," and "Oracle Database 10g Linux Administration". Ed is recognized as a leader in database system design and performance optimization, providing critical advice and support to companies worldwide. Ed is a US citizen and currently holds an active Top Secret (TS/SSBI) and ATF clearance. Click here to view Ed's resume.
Marci Garcia is the Director of Consulting Operations and manages PTC's consulting and training logistics and operations. She has worked in the field of database performance tuning for over 13 years. Prior to Performance Tuning Corporation, Marci was a Database Performance Engineer for Compaq Computer Corporation, specializing in database technologies and high-performance server and storage systems. She has extensive experience with system architecture, performance analysis, and database tuning. Marci specializes in troubleshooting and tuning Windows/MS SQL Server database systems, application tuning, storage area networks, database benchmarks, and technical writing. She has co-authored five technical books on Microsoft SQL Server, available from Microsoft Press.
Gary Parker is one of PTC's lead Oracle Consultants. A Sr. consultant, with over twenty-two years experience, Gary is Oracle certified and has extensive experience in consulting, database administration and system administration. His experience includes tuning and administering Oracle databases and implementing Oracle RAC, Grid Control, Data Guard and Oracle applications running on UNIX, Linux and Windows operating systems. Gary has experience administrating and supporting large complex environments in production, development, test and support environments. In addition, he is skilled in developing and executing system migration strategies and enterprise level backup and disaster recovery (DR) plans. Gary is a US citizen and currently holds an active Top Secret (TS/SSBI) and ATF clearance. Click here to view Gary's resume.
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