Dan Vlamis Dan Vlamis has been developing OLAP applications since 1986 when he graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He worked with Express at Information Resources Inc. (IRI) where he led the back-end team that wroteOracle Sales Analyzer in Express. In 1992 he left IRI and moved to the Kansas City area where he founded Vlamis Software Solutions Inc. which has led more than 200 OLAP implementations. Dan has been a frequent speaker at major Oracle conferences such as Oracle OpenWorld IOUG, Collaborate, and ODTUG for over a decade. As an Oracle Business Intelligence Warehousing and Analytics (BIWA) board member he chaired BIWA Summit 2008 and was the BI/EPM/DW Track Chair for Collaborate 10 and Collaborate 11. Dan was a co-author on the Oracle Press book Oracle Essbase and Oracle OLAP - The Guide to Oracle's Multidimensional Solution. Recognized by Oracle as an Oracle ACE he is often featured in Oracle Magazine. Dan is a customer advisory board member for Oracle BI and OLAP-related products and he consults with Oracle Product Management regularly. Dan covers BI and OLAP through his popular blog at www.vlamis.com/blog. Read More Read Less