April Wells (Amarillo, TX) has a BS degree from University of Pittsburgh's School of Information Sciences and an MBA from West Texas A&M. She is a database administrator with over seven years IT experience to her credit. April's current and projected publications include "Oracle 11i E-Business Suite From the Front Lines" (CRC Press), "Grid Database Design" (CRC Press), and "Oracle9i OCP Fundamentals I Exam Cram 2" (Que).

William E. Thater (North Syracuse, NY) is a Senior Oracle DBA and has been an Oracle developer and DBA for the past 19 years, starting his career with version 5.3. William has presented his white papers at RMOUG and has been a significant contributor to both "Oracle 9i DBA 101" (Oracle Press) and "Oracle Security Handbook" (Oracle Press).