At Oracle, Dash saw the rapid growth of the company from $1B to over $10B during his first eight years. He focused on the planning and rollout of Oracle's core server software products. He spent two years as the VP, Advanced Technology for Oracle's consulting group mapping Oracle products to solution themes. Prior to Oracle, Dash worked for IBM for 16 years and was a key member of the original team developing DB2 for the mainframe in California and DB2 for Unix, NT in Austin, TX. Before leaving IBM, Dash was head of IBM's database architecture, strategy, and technology group at the Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose. He is a well-known author and speaks at conferences worldwide. Dash holds a BS in Engineering and an MS in Systems Design from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. |