R.M. Menon has worked with Oracle database for over nine yearsb"six of which have been at Oracle Corp. Menon works in the core technology division of Oracle, and his numerous contacts there have helped shaped this book. He maintains his own, internal website at Oracle, and posts an article each week about a performance-related topic. For the past five years, Menon has also worked in Java/J2EE. He has used JDBC in his career as well, and his current work involves great usage of JDBC with Oracle. Menon is now working towards J2EE-related certifications.