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Join NetSuite experts Chris Hering, Director of Global Channels, Suite Life, and Aaron Rosenberg, CEO, NetSuite Partner Oasis Solutions, for a fireside chat moderated by Oracle Academy North America Senior Director Denise Hobbs. In this chat, Denise talks with Chris and Aaron about some of the technology trends that are impacting ERP systems today and what students should learn of those key aspects as they prepare for professional career roles. In addition, they discuss best practice tactics on how Oracle NetSuite Partners can leverage their expertise and knowledge and get involved in helping the next generation learn the latest technology.
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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders. Of the Future. Let's get started. Welcome to Oracle Academy Tech Chat, where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare our next generation's workforce.
 
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I'm your host, Tyra Crockett Peirce  In the first part of our special two part episode, Oracle Academy, North America senior director Denise Hobbs speaks with Chris Herring, director of Global Channel's SuiteLife, and Aaron Rosenberg, CEO of NetSuite partner Oasis Solutions. Denise talks with Chris and Aaron about some of the technology trends that are impacting ERP systems today and what students should learn of those key aspects as they prepare for their professional careers.
 
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I am with Oracle next week, director of Channel Suite Life Chris Herring and NetSuite partner Oasis Solutions CEO Aaron Rosenberg. I'm Denise Hobbs, your host, Oracle Academy senior director for North America. Chris, Aaron and I are going to focus our discussion on three major themes. First, we're going to discuss the technology trends that are impacting ERP systems today.
 
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Second, we're going to discuss what should students learn of those key impacts as they prepare for professional career roles. And then third, what are the best strategies on how NetSuite partners like Oasis Solutions can leverage their expertise and knowledge to help the next generation prepare to step into talent pipeline? And with that, I'd like to offer a very warm welcome to Chris and Aaron.
 
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Thanks for joining me, guys. Thanks Chris, Thanks Aaron. To start off, I want each of you to give me a brief synopsis of your background and your current business position. Now, Chris, I want I'd like for you to start on this one of questions. So, first of all, really happy to be here today. I looked after our global partner SuiteLife ecosystem.
 
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So what that means is I am responsible for NetSuite, education and engagement with our partners. So everything from how we onboard partners, how we train them and how they experience that suite as a partner previous to working in this role. I was also in that NetSuite, but in a go to market and a sales management role. So that was looking after new, larger companies that were joining that NetSuite on the enterprise side.
 
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And I really started my career on the professional services consulting side. So working in coffee rooms and in boardrooms, deploying software in the early knots. So really happy to join us today and share my experiences with the audience. Great. Thanks, Chris. Now, Aaron, before you start, I'm going to add a little bit more on to you. So in addition to your background and your current business position, I'd like for you to also provide a very high-level explanation of a NetSuite corporate partner.
 
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Sure. I'll be happy to. Let me start with a little bit

In this episode host Tyra Crockett Peirce speaks with Richard Oram from the Oracle Hospitality team on the wide and varying career options available hospitality.

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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders of the future. Let's get started.
 
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Welcome to Oracle Academy Tech Chat, where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare our next generation's workforce. I'm your host, Tara Crockett Pierce. Today I am joined by Richard Oram from the Oracle Hospitality Team. Richard studied tourism management at Birmingham University and worked in hotel operations and management for IAG and Forte before starting with MICROS in 1999, which was acquired by Oracle in 2014.
 
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He worked his way up from a trainer to a product manager to a regional director and now in strategy. Welcome, Richard. So to start off, can you give me a bit about your background in your role at Oracle?
 
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Yeah, So I really started in hospitality by mistake. I was at university and just wanted some extra cash to pay for going out and other bits and pieces. So I took a job at a Holiday Inn in Birmingham City Center, setting up conference rooms in the evenings to easy money. But I ended up then starting work on the bar, and then I started.
 
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Then I thought, this is quite fun. I'm still at university studying for a degree. And then I started working on in the night staff, doing light auditing on research, on reception, finished my degree. So I just found a job then near my parents house until I got a proper job and end up working this hotel for four years.
 
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And during that four years I would be in a new computer system and the guys from Microsoft were really great and I showed some interest and they said, Why don't you come and work for us? And that happened in 1999. What we are trained to for I'm still here.
 
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I get it. I actually started Oracle in 2002, and I'm still here as well. And it's been a really wonderful, a great place to work for. So what different roles exist within hospitality and is there a clear career path?
 
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Yes, definitely. There's so many different roles in hospitality, and some of them people would never even think of. So you've got your traditional roles of a receptionist, reception manager, reservation staff who work in the back office. You've got the groups, teams, sales teams, and so on, the housekeeping, food and beverage at work in the restaurant and bars and all the conference and banqueting staff.
 
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But there's also all these people that work in the background that you never see. Like there's engineers that deal with all the maintenance. There's decorators that deal with all the paint work. There's people that buy all the leisure, at least so spas, spa and leisure centers at the properties. So there's a whole variety of different areas right through to sort of head office functions like financing and h.r.
 
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So it's not all about the person sitting at the reception desk checking people in. There's a whole group of people doing different roles which exist in many different industries. But they all sort of focus on hospitality here. So dealing with the guest is the main criteria for hospitality and for career planning. Well, yeah, you can start as like I did working as a conference and banqueting porter.
 
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You can work your way up to a manager and so on. And most traditional route is people who start, say, working a

In this episode, I’m joined by Cathye Pendley an Oracle Ace and Business Intelligence expert. Cathye and I talk about all things Business Intelligence or BI. We talk about what BI is, and the skills students need to pursue a career in BI.
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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders. Of the Future. Let's get started. Welcome to Oracle Academy Tech Chat, where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare our next generation's workforce. 
  
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I'm your host here appears in this episode. I'm joined by Kathy Pendley, an Oracle AI's director and business intelligence expert. Kathy and I talk about all things business, intelligence or buy. We talk about what the AI is and the skills students need to prove and see. You'll see where I get messed up and I start over. So in this episode, I'm joined by Kathy Penley, an oracle AI's director and business intelligence expert. 
  
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Kathy and I talk about all things business, intelligence, RBI. We talk about what be AI is and the skills students need to pursue a career in by. A little bit about my guest. Kathy is a business intelligence program director at Roseann and has 30 years of experience working with Business Intelligence analytics technologies. She brings strong project management skills and a clear methodology focus to each project. 
  
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Kathy has rounded experience in all areas of business, intelligence and analytics, including product project management. Sara backed up their project management of analytics projects to valuations and selection for business intelligence tools, analysis, design, development and implementation of analytics solutions. And she has developed both large and small analytic application patterns and systems. Welcome, Kathy. So to start off, can you please tell me a bit about your background and your job role? 
  
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I am a 1992 graduate of the University of North Texas. I have a B.A. in business computer systems, and it's very similar to what most colleges would call a BBA and management information systems. I currently am a business intelligence program manager at ROSENSCHEIN, and I've been there for about a year and a half. I focused at and is to understand the nature of our business and the latest technology and then determine how the technology can best assist our businesses and make informed decisions. 
  
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My professional career has been focused on business intelligence. Some call it decision support back 30 years ago are you might call it also analytics today. So it has many different names, but it has been in the business intelligence area. I work for Rosatom, which is an electrical contracting company. The majority of my career it's been in consulting, focused on analytics and beer across many industries. 
  
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So I have experience in many industries. I would say all but about four years of my professional career has been in consulting. That is quite background. You are an expert in business intelligence. So to start off, can you give me a high level overview of business intelligence or buy business intelligence and B, I can be thought of as a superpower of turning data into actionable insights that drive better business decisions. 
  
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It's not just about collecting and storing information, but analyzing it in a meaningful way to understand your business performance, identify trends and make informed choices. The steps to do that. The first step in be AI is to understand your business needs. Y

Oracle Academy is Oracle’s philanthropic education program. In this episode we chat with Alice Goodchild, Head of Oracle Women’s Leadership for Europe, Middle East and Africa.  She shares her views on how to inspire girls and women to follow STEM studies and careers, why we need more women in tech, how diverse talent is important to the economy and IT and how Oracle is investing in developing, engaging and empowering current and future generations of women leaders at Oracle.
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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders. Of the Future. Let's get started.
 
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Welcome to Oracle Academy, pictured where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare a next generation workforce. I'm your host to Oracle Academy Program manager for Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Albania. Crushed by North Macedonia cluster in just a few days. We are celebrating International Women's Day, but numbers don't lie. And that is definitely true when it comes to the number of women in tech.
 
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Globally, we see a low percentage of women selecting STEM studies and the percentage drops when it comes to the actual number of women graduating, women entering the market, climbing the hierarchy ladder and becoming tech leaders. How can a company like our approach help women develop their leadership and skills? My guest today is Alice Goodchild, head of Oracle Women's Program for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
 
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Alice joined Oracle seven years ago with more than 15 years work and experience as a senior aides or business partner in companies of the IP and investment banking sectors and is currently based in UK but has a long living and working experience in countries like Japan, France, Spain and Australia. Alice, welcome.
 
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Hi. Thank you so much for inviting me to join you today.
 
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Thank you. Please give our audience a bit of out of your background, then your role at Oracle.
 
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Absolutely. Thank you. So I am the head of Oracle Women's Leadership for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, a hugely diverse region with over 50 countries represented at Oracle and Oracle women's leadership. Well, it started as a grassroots initiative in 2006 and has now grown organically into a global strategic program dedicated to the leadership and professional development of Oracle women across the world.
 
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And we started off with a few communities in certain countries, and now we have over 120 Oracle women's leadership communities across the globe, which is quite incredible. And in AMEA, the region I represent and we have 40 communities across 35 countries. And in terms of our team structure, we are a global team of eight. And we also have an executive steering committee for Oracle Women's Leadership.
 
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So we have very strong support from our senior leaders. And I remember when I saw this role advertised, I was working as a business partner in a telco organization and I saw the role and I was like, I can't believe they've got a program dedicated to Oracle or to women's leadership. And I honestly think that I've got the best job at Oracle.
 
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So that's a bit of my background for you.
 
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I have to say that Oracle is one of the leading IP companies that they invest a lot in, in diversity and inclusion and of course in the women's development program. But if we want to go a bit back, how would we attract more women and girls to to study STEM subjects and to pursue careers

In this episode of the Oracle Academy Tech Chat Podcast, Host Tyra Crockett Peirce speaks with Bill Mc Michael, Senior Director of Software Development from the Oracle Infrastructure group. Bill and Tyra discuss the construction engineering industry, what it is, and the tools students pursuing a construction engineering career need to know when they step into the workforce.
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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders of the future. Let's get started.
 
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Welcome to Oracle Academy Tech Chat, where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare our next generation's workforce. I'm your host, Tyra. Today, I'm joined by Bill McMichael, senior director of software development in the Construction and Engineering Industries Group at Oracle. Bill directs product teams responsible for application development and product documentation for portfolio management software applications, including Premiere Therapeutics.
 
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Bill has held various development and management positions at Converse Systems prior to its acquisition by Oracle in 2009. He's a B.S. MBA from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bill is a certified project management professional. Welcome, Bill. So a little bit to start off, and you give me a bit about your background and your role at Oracle.
 
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Yeah. Thank you, Tyra. I have a diverse background that encompasses project management and technical ability. My journey with Oracle began through the acquisition of Primavera Systems, a company that specialized in project and portfolio project management software. And currently, I serve as the senior director of software development for Primavera P6, a well-known project management solution in the construction industry.
 
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So I've been helping construction companies solve their project and resource planning needs for 35 years. As you mentioned, I hold a PMP certification reflecting my commitment to project management. So my role at Oracle is a unique combination of my construction management and technology expertise. It's a role that's both rewarding and dynamic given the ever changing nature of technology and project management.
 
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So my next question what exactly is construction engineering?
 
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Well, construction engineering is a specialized field within civil engineering that focuses on the planning, design and execution of construction projects. So a distinction from the broader civil engineering discipline is that construction engineering is a subdiscipline primarily dealing with the on site execution and management of the project. It involves the application of engineering principles to ensure the successful completion of construction projects such as buildings, infrastructure, bridges and much more.
 
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Construction engineers play a pivotal role in coordinating various aspects of a project, including cost estimation, project scheduling, quality control and the management of resources and labor. One of the key distinctions of construction engineering is its emphasis on the practical aspects of construction. Construction engineers translate architectural designs and engineering plants in reality. They're responsible that the project is executed safely and within budget.
 
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So they're managing issues that arise throughout the project. They're managing the risks. And at the same time, ensuring the quality and integrity of the structures that are being built. In essence, construction engineering is all

Artificial intelligence or AI is everywhere from movies to healthcare. In this episode, Tyra Crockett Peirce speaks with Oracle database expert Ace Director, Jim Czuprynski, about how AI is changing the jobs of database administrators and the skills that students need to learn if they want to pursue a career as a DBA. 
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Welcome to the Oracle Academy Tech Chat. This podcast provides educators and students in-depth discussions with thought leaders around computer science, cloud technologies and software design to help students on their journey to becoming industry ready technology leaders of the future. Let's get started.
 
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Welcome to Oracle Academy Tech Chat, where we discuss how Oracle Academy helps prepare our next generation's workforce. I'm your host, Tyra Crockett. Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., is everywhere, from the movies to health care. In this episode, I speak with Oracle database expert and ace director Jim Czuprynski about how it is changing the jobs of database administrators and the skills that students need to learn if they want to pursue a career as a DBA.
 
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Jim Czuprynski has been an Oracle DBA for 20 plus years. During that time, he's taught 2000 plus students in the finer points of Oracle database administration. As an Oracle University instructor coauthored four books on Oracle technology and has spoken dozens of times at user group conferences around the world. During that time, he's seen plenty of dramatic changes to the DBA role, especially after autonomous database was introduced.
 
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Welcome, Jim.
 
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Thank you, Tyra. It's great to be here.
 
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To go ahead and get started off, can you give me a little bit about your background and your current job role?
 
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Absolutely. These days, I'm more of a technology advocate, but to be honest, I'm still at heart an Oracle DBA, as I have been for over 20 years. I go back all the weight. Oracle 81723. So as you might imagine, I've seen quite a few changes in the Oracle database and the hardware that it runs on over that time.
 
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These days I'm actually kind of back into some of the really neat features that are built into just about every Oracle database. Especially Oracle 23. See our latest release that's almost ready for general availability. And most platforms. And I really enjoy delving into things like graph and spatial and machine learning and analytics.
 
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So my next question is kind of a little bit along those lines. The Oracle Autonomous Database was launched a few years ago. How does it differ from previous versions?
 
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Wow. The autonomous database, or most of us call it ADB for short. It has features that are already present in the most stable release of the Oracle database. That's typically on premises right inside an organization's local data center or maybe even an on premises data center. But the big difference about autonomous database, first off, is that it runs inside ORCL cloud infrastructure.
 
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And best of all, it runs on, in my opinion, the best hardware ever built for Oracle database workloads. Oracle Exadata, which is an extremely robust environment. It eliminates a lot of performance bottlenecks that are inherent in traditional on premises database hardware and I speak from experience. I built servers back in the day to run Oracle 8 and 9 even 10.
 
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It's not trivial to build a robust database working environment.
 
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So let's kind of go on to AI a little bit. So how is a I used in an autonomous database or ADB?
 
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That's a great question. EDB uses A.I. in many d