Michelle Malcher is a senior manager for database product management at Oracle. Her deep technical expertise, from database to security, as well as her senior level contributions as a speaker, author, Oracle ACE director, and customer advisory board participant have aided many corporations in areas such as architecture and risk assessment, purchasing and installation, and ongoing systems oversight. She was a founding board member for FUEL, the Palo Alto Networks User community, as well as a past president and long time volunteer for the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG). She has built out teams for database security and data services, and enjoys sharing knowledge about data intelligence and providing secure and standardized database environments.

Darl Kuhn is an Oracle DBA consultant at RMCI. He handles all facets of database administration from design and development to production support. He also teaches advanced database courses at University of Denver. He does volunteer DBA work for the Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group. He has a graduate degree from Colorado State University and lives near Spanish Peaks, Colorado, with his wife, Heidi, and daughters, Brandi and Lisa.