Elke Phelps is an Oracle Certified Professional with over 12 years' experience administering Oracle products. She is the Founder and presiding President of the Oracle Applications User Group's Middleware SIG&emdash;formerly the ATS SIG&emdash;and is responsible for conducting meetings at the annual OAUG and Oracle Open World conferences. This yields a unique medium for access to the Oracle Applications users and provides name recognition in the user community. Elke is the author of several whitepapers and is a technical presenter at many international conferences.