Ric Van Dyke
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Sr. Principal Software Engineer |
| Location | Wixom, Michigan, United States |
| Introduction | NOTE: This is my personal blog and should in no way be interpreted as anything official or approved by Oracle Corporation. All my posts are based on my personal experience. -- Ric Van Dyke is an Oracle Ace Alumni with over 35 years of experience in the IT industry. Coming from a 3GL programing back ground he started working with Oracle Version 6 as a developer with Forms 2.3 and became a DBA at Ford Motor Credit. He then worked at a variety of companies as an independent consultant. Ric worked for Oracle Corporation for 10 years, starting as a core database instructor where he taught and developed several courses. He became the Education Manager of the North Central Region. Ric then served in the Advanced Technologies Services consulting group as a Technical Manager where he worked with several clients doing RAC installs and performance engagements. Ric worked at Hotsos for over 13 years where he was the Education Director among other roles. Then with Zione Solutions for 3 years as Sr. DBA doing consulting, mostly SQL Optimization. He is now a Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Oracle. Ric frequently speaks at user group meetings. |
| Interests | My four great kids, Oracle Databases, Board War Gaming, Walking, Reading, World War II, Cooking, SQL, Relational Database |
| Favorite movies | 300, Independence Day, CPT America, Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, Star Trek, Avengers |
| Favorite music | Classical, RUSH, Boston, Yes, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Toto, pretty much any Rock band from the 70-90s period. |