Connor McDonald is a former Oracle ACE Director who has joined the Oracle Developer Advocates Team. He has co-authored three books, is a popular speaker at Oracle conferences around the world, and is best known as a member of the AskTOM team.

Passionate Oracle Database Developer since ~2000. Agile and Lean practitioner, infected with database testing. Focused on satisfying business requirements and delivering high quality, maintainable and performant solutions. Key author, contributor and maintainer of @utPLSQL (Oracle SQL and PL/SQL testing framework) since 2016. Experienced in building large data-warehouse solutions for Telecom and Insurance companies as well as data-marts, what-if forecasting systems and OLTP solutions for Finance industry. Speaker and presenter on SQL& PL/SQL testing within database. Blogger and open-source contributor.

Samuel Nitsche is a curiosity-driven software developer who programs, learns and collaborates in the software trade since the early 2000s. He works as Senior Software Developer and instructor at Smart Enterprise Solutions GmbH. His main interest is on modern database development, automated testing, and code quality, topics he writes regularly about on different platforms. He is an Oracle ACE, one of the main contributors and maintainers of utPLSQL (http://utplsql.org) and loves to share his experience in an entertaining way - gladly in Sith robes - at meetups and conferences.