Connor McDonald is a former Oracle Ace Director who has joined the Oracle Developer Advocates team. Over the past 25 years he has worked with systems in Australia, the UK, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, and the United States. He has coauthored three books and been a popular speaker at Oracle conferences around the world, specializing in topics regarding the database engine and PL/SQL. He won the Inspirational Speaker award from the UK Oracle User Group in 2009 and 2011.