Gerald Venzl

Biography
Gerald Venzl is the Lead Product Manager of Developer Initiatives, Oracle Database technologies. During his career, Gerald has worked as a Developer, DBA, Performance Engineer, Software Architect, Consultant, Enterprise Architect and Distinguished Product Manager before his current role. He is still active as a developer in his free time and on open-source projects. This allowed Gerald to live several different lives in the IT sector, providing him with a solid understanding of the concerns in these respective areas while gaining a holistic view overall. Gerald focuses on advocating how to build systems that offer flexibility yet still meet the users' needs. He is also a member of the ISO SQL Standard committee.