Kirtikumar Deshpande currently works as a Senior Principal Consultant in the Advanced Technology Solutions group at Oracle Corporation. He has more than 28 years of experience in the Information Technology field, including more than 15 years with Oracle. He co-authored "Oracle Performance Tuning 101" and "Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Tuning & Diagnostics" published by Oracle Press. For the latter, he and his co-authors were selected "Oracle Magazine s" Editors Choice Award Author of The Year in 2005. He is a frequent speaker at various Oracle User Group conferences w...