I was born at St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia in 1969. These days I am taller (a little over two meters tall) and 40 years older. I went to school at Inaburra High School and I have a Bachelor of Information Technology in Computer Science from Charles Sturt University.

I have 20 years of IT experience. I am a Performance Architect and UNIX, Linux and Oracle Performance and Capacity Analyst, working for IBM in Sydney, mostly from my home office. I also teach a class called "Architecting for Performance".

I live in Wattle Grove, Sydney. I am happily married to Tracey and we have a beautiful daughter, Ellen. We are regulars at Narwee Baptist Church.

Personal

Favourite Holiday: Skiiing at Mt Selwyn

Favourite Book: The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)

Favourite Movie: The Fifth Element

Favourite TV Show: Burn Notice, Mythbusters, Top Gear

Favourite Quote:  Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened (Sir Winston Churchill)

Professional

Occupation: Performance and Capacity Analyst at IBM Australia

IT Industry: 20 years - UNIX and Linux Performance and Capacity, Oracle DBA, UNIX System Admin, Application Support, Mainframe and UNIX Operations, Technical and Team Leadership.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Information Technology (Computer Science) from Charles Sturt University. Oracle8 Oracle Certified Professional.

Industries: Telecommunications, Transport, Investment and Finance

Memberships: IBM World Wide Performance and Capacity Community of Practice Core Team, IBM A/NZ Technical Experts Council

Favourite Links

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Geekbrief

Remembering Cecil Oakley