Columnist Biographies

Data Architect

Terry Moriarty
Terry Moriarty is a principal consultant at Spectrum Technology Group Inc. specializing in data architecture and metadata management. You can reach her at 71310.2172@compuserve.com.
 

VLDB Vision

Richard Winter
Richard Winter is a specialist in large database technology and implementation and president of Boston-based Winter Corp. You can reach him via email at Richard.Winter@wintercorp.com or by fax at (617) 338-4499.
 

Working Warehouse

Alan Simon
Alan Simon is vice president of worldwide data warehousing solutions at Cambridge Technology Partners. He is the author of 22 books, including Data Warehousing for Dummies (IDG Books, 1997) and 90 Days to the Data Mart (John E. Wiley & Sons, 1998), and a new expanded edition of How to be a Successful Computer Consultant (McGraw-Hill, 1998). He can be reached at asimon@ctp.com.
 

According to Date

C. J. Date
C. J. Date is an independent author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant, specializing in relational database systems. His most recent books, all published by Addison-Wesley, are An Introduction to Database Systems (6th edition, 1995); Relational Database Writings 1991-1994 (1995); and (with Hugh Darwen) A Guide to the SQL Standard (4th edition, 1997). Correspondence may be sent to him in care of Database Programming & Design, 411 Borel Ave., Ste. 100, San Mateo, CA 94402.
 

E-Database

Pratik Patel
Pratik R. Patel is a researcher in the UNC-Chapel Hill Medical Informatics research program and is developing Web-based systems for healthcare. He is also coauthor of Visual Developer Java Database Programming with JDBC (The Coriolis Group, 1997). You can reach him via email at prpatel@sunsite.unc.edu.
 

Decision Support

Erik Thomsen
Erik Thomsen is an author, lecturer, researcher, and consultant focusing on OLAP and decision-support applications. He is cofounder of the Cambridge, Mass. based consultancy Dimensional Systems. You can reach him via email at erik@dimsys.com.
 

SQL3 Update

Jim Melton
Jim Melton is senior architect of standards for Sybase and editor of the ANSI, ISO SQL-92, and emerging SQL3 standards. He is the author of the recently published Understanding SQL Stored Procedures: A Complete Guide to SQL/PSM (Morgan Kaufmann, 1998). You can reach him via email at jim.melton@sybase.com.
 

ODMG Update

Doug Barry
Douglas Barry has worked in database technology for over twenty years, with an exclusive focus on the application of database technology for objects since 1987. He is the author of The Object Database Handbook (John Wiley & Sons, 1996) and the ODBMS Implementation Stories ( Barry & Associates, 1996). Barry also serves as the executive director of the ODMG. His Web site is www.odbmsfacts.com, and you can reached him at dkbarry@odbmsfacts.com.
 

Data-Driven World

Ian Shoales
Ian Shoales is...Ian Shoales. He can be reached via email at mkessler@ix.netcom.com.