Ian Abramson (Toronto, Ontario and Canada) is CTO of Data Warehousing for Data Visions Incorporated, in Toronto. He has 14 years of experience as an Oracle architect, designer, developer and DBA. As the director of educational programming for the IOUG–A, Ian has created top-notch educational programs for the Oracle user community. He is the coauthor of Oracle Database 11g: A Beginner's Guide and other books.