Himanshu Yadava is a software developer and provides software design and development consultancy through his company BitSeer Inc. His areas of interest include embedded databases, fault tolerance and monitoring/management frameworks. Previously he has worked in various technical roles at Orcale, Kineto Wireless, ProactiveNet (now a part of BMC software) and Infosys Technologies. He maintains a Berkeley DB information page on his company's website (http: //www.bitseer.com).