Steve Lemme is a Director of Product Management at CA focused on Database Management product technology and solutions. Mr. Lemme joined CA upon its acquisition of Platinum Technology International, Inc. where he was responsible for product management and marketing. Previously, he held positions in product management, marketing, research and development, IT data center operations and support while at Allied Signal, Apple Computer, GTE and Motorola. Mr. Lemme is author of the book "Implementing and Managing Oracle Databases " and is an accomplished systems architect and Oracle Master DBA, with more than 16 years experience in distributed database architecture and internet computing. He served 6 years as a Director on the International Oracle Users Group board, Vice President of the Arizona Oracle Users Group. Steve is a regular speaker at IT industry conferences worldwide and contributed as a featured monthly columnist for Database Trends and Applications Magazine . Steve’s background includes: Service Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Infrastructure Management of Databases. CobiT controls for databases and IT risk mitigation for Regulatory Compliance. Six Sigma, ISO and SEI project expertise. System Infrastructure Architecture Design for mission critical 24x7 availability. Expertise with multi-tiered Application Performance Management. Best Practices for RDBMS consolidation and multi-database management. Off shoring and Outsourcing. Data Center Management. Disaster Preparedness