ODTUG celebrates Our Kscope Award Winners & Recognized Colleagues
Overall Top Speaker Award
Essbase – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about MDX … (but were Afraid to Ask)
Tim Faitsch, Applied OLAP
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Strategic EPM – Want to Become the Indiana Jones of EPM Training? Join My Oracle EPM Training Expedition in the Quest for the Holy Grail!
Caroline Stenpeck, Alithya
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Oracle APEX – APEX & ORDS for DBAs and System Admins
Richard Soule, Insum
Analytics & Machine Learning – Machine Learning in the Cloud, Without Any Panic
Heli Helskyaho, Miracle Finland Oy
Database Engineering & Development – Tutorial: Intro to Data Modelling
Michael Rosenblum, Dulcian, Inc.
Emerging Technologies – The Future of AI Rich Niemiec, Viscosity North America
Enterprise Planning – How to Extend the Financials Framework to Support Your Planning Processes
Tracy McMullen, Go EPM
EPM Foundations & Reporting – Hop on the Groovy Train – First Stop, Handling Kickouts
Dan Gagnon and Luke Nailor, Huron Consulting Group
Essbase – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about MDX … (but were Afraid to Ask)
Tim Faitsch, Applied OLAP
Extending Oracle Cloud Applications – Using Oracle Cloud Development Tools to Build New User Experiences for Oracle Applications Mia Urman, AuraPlayer, Ltd.
Financial Close – Automate This! Maximize EDM to Simplify Your FCC Dimensional Maintenance Geordan Drummond and Kevin Black, Alithya
Profitability – Advanced Modelling Capabilities to Boost Profitability and Cost Driver Decisions with EPCM
Alvaro Duque-Estrada, The Hackett Group
Strategic EPM – Want to Become the Indiana Jones of EPM Training? Join My Oracle EPM Training Expedition in the Quest for the Holy Grail!
Caroline Stenpeck, Alithya
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Kim Berg Hansen, Cegal Denmark
Joel Kallman Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Mike Durran, Oracle Corporation
We'd also like to recognize our complimentary ODTUG Kscope24 pass winners.
Ambassador Winner: Jeff Baumert, CDM Smith
Exhibitor Bingo Winner: Balaji Kandala, General Electric
Overall Top Speaker Award
Essbase: Hybrid Essbase…Solving All the World’s Problems…and Creating Brand New Ones
Brian Marshall, Olympus Consulting
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Core & Database: Oracle SQL Pattern Matching Made Easy
Oren Nakdimon, Moovit
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Oracle APEX – APEX: For Your Eyes Only Alex Nuijten, allAPEX
Analytics – NLP: Simple Letters, Powerful Analytics Abigail Giles-Haigh, Vertice
Core & Database – Oracle SQL Pattern Matching Made Easy Oren Nakdimon, Moovit
Emerging Technologies – Packing Your Bags for a Journey to the Metaverse
Adrian Png, Insum
Enterprise Planning – Groovy 101 – EPBCS Groovy for the Functional Admin
Dan Gagnon, Huron Consulting
EPM Foundations & Reporting – Immerse Yourself in Report Packages Opal Alapat, Woman in EPM
Essbase – Hybrid Essbase…Solving All the World’s Problems…and Creating Brand New Ones
Brian Marshall, Olympus Consulting
Financial Close – How to Create Custom ARCS Reports that Deliver True Insights
Matthias Heilos, FinTech Innovations
Modern App Development (PaaS) Winner – After 15+ Years Running on EBS, Ten Development Learnings from the First Year Running on Fusion Apps Gustavo Gonzalez, IT Convergence
Strategic EPM – The State of Finance Transformation
Edward Roske, ArganoInterRel
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Jake Turrell, Turrell Consulting
Joel Kallman Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Jennifer Nicholson, Oracle Corporation
We'd also like to recognize our complimentary ODTUG Kscope23 pass winners –
Ambassador Winner: Gilliam Breems, Conspect Consulting & ICT
Exhibitor Bingo Winner: Tess Kingrey, Textron
General Session Winner: Frank Wiley, University of New Mexico
Overall Top Speaker Award
Planning: ASO Development for PBCS Developers
Peter John Nitschke, EssbaseDownUnder
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Essbase: Finally, an Easy Way to Monitor Essbase Security!
Jared Brame, Anixter
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Advanced CSS and JS Techniques to Tweak Your Application UI
Maxime Tremblay, Max Consulting IT
Database – Uses of Row Pattern Matching Kim Berg Hansen, Trivadis
Emerging Technologies – The Basics of Machine Learning Heli Helskyaho, Miracle Finland Oy
Essbase – Introduction to Essbase MDX for Reporting
Tim Tow, Applied OLAPGary Crisci, General Electric
EPM Data Integration – Integrating EPBCS with the Oracle Cloud: A Candid Account of One of the Largest Oracle Cloud Transformation Projects in the UK
Guillaume Patrick Slee, Brovanture
Lydia Maksoud, Brovanture
EPM Infrastructure – Find Your Path to the Cloud
Joe Malewicki, Jr., iARCH Solutions
Financial Close – Go Big or Go Home: General Motor's Redesign of the General Ledger and the EPM Suite
Jill Marie Horstman, General Motors
Frank DeAngelo, Finit
Planning – ASO Development for PBCS Developers
Peter John Nitschke, EssbaseDownUnder
Real World EPM – Cloud Options for the Established On-Prem Oracle Customer: A Realistic and Candid Conversation and Decision Guide
Eric Helmer, Rimini Street
EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization – Smart View Fundamentals Glenn Schwartzberg, interRel Consulting
Big Data and Data Warehousing – The Changing Face of ETL—Event-Driven Architectures for Data Engineers
Robin Moffatt, Confluent
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
JB Brock and Geert Jan Wielinga, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award Becky Wagner, US-Analytics
ODTUG Presidential Award
Natalie Delemar, ODTUG President
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope19 Ambassador, Giliam Breems from Conspect ICT, who won a free pass to ODTUG Kscope20.
Overall Top Speaker Award
Financial Close: Imagine That! Explore HFM Design Concepts Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Best First-Time Speaker Award
Real World EPM: Sherwin-Williams EPM On-Prem to the Cloud Journey
Beth Archacki, Sherwin -Williams
Ramprakash Sundararajan, Sherwin-Williams
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Bringing Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) to APEX Dimitri Gielis, APEX R&D
Database – Logger: Everyone's Using It, Why Aren't You? Martin D'Souza, Insum
Essbase – Everything a PBCS or FCCS Developer Needs to Know about Essbase Calc Scripts Edward Roske, interRel
EPM Data Integration – How to Use Your ODI On-Premise to Seamlessly Integrate PBCS Ricardo Giampaoli, TeraCorp
EPM Infrastructure – Building a World Class EPM Platform as a Service
Joseph Nasal, GE Digital
Financial Close – Imagine That! Explore HFM Design Concepts Christopher Barbieri, Finit Solutions
Planning – EPBCS/PBCS/Hyperion Planning 101: The Freshman-Level Intro Class
Cindy Eichner, Finit Solutions
Real World EPM – Sherwin-Williams EPM On-Prem to the Cloud Journey
Beth Archacki, Sherwin -Williams
Ramprakash Sundararajan, Sherwin-Williams
EPM Reporting, BI Analytics, and Data Visualization – Smart View Custom Ribbon—Ingersoll Rand's Magic Carpet
Alex Znyk, Ingersoll Rand
Big Data and Data Warehousing – What We Learned Building Analytics for Google Stewart Bryson, Red Pill Analytics
ODTUG Innovation Award Stewart Bryson, Red Pill Analytics
Innovation: Checkmate
Honorable Mention: Scott Spendolini with innovation APEX-SERT
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Al Marciante, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Neviana Zhgaba, GE Digital
ODTUG Lifetime Achievement Award
Mike Riley, ODTUG Secretary
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope18 Ambassador, Richard Low from Emerson, who won a free pass to ODTUG Kscope19.
Overall Top Speaker Award
APEX: Explore the APEX APIsMartin D'Souza, Insum Solutions
Best First-Time Speaker Award
HFM to FCCS – A Customer Success Story
Doga Pamir, Perficient
Top Speaker Awards (for each track)
Application Express – Explore the APEX APIs Martin D'Souza, Insum Solutions
BI and Reporting – Mastering MDX for Analytics and Reporting
Jennifer Hanks, Key Performance Ideas
Data Visualization and Advanced Analytics – Oracle Data Visualization for the Finance Analyst Kevin McGinley, Red Pill Analytics, Co-Presenter: Tim German, Qubix
Big Data and Data Warehousing – SQL on Hadoop for the Oracle Professional Michael Rainey, Gluent, Inc.
Database – Oracle 12c for Developers Alex Nuijten, allAPEX
EPM Business Content – Unbiased Comparison: Evaluation All Deployment Options for Hyperion EPM – Saas vs. IaaS vs. On-Prem Eric Helmer, Mercury Technology Group
EPM Data Integration – Black Belt Techniques for FDMEE Admins and Developers Francisco Amores, Infratects
EPM Infrastructure – The EPM Clouds are Rolling in Fast! Is It Really Worth Upgrading My On-Prem System Now?
Joe Malewicki, iArch Solutions
Essbase – Break the Shackles of Planning with Hybrid Essbase
Peter Nitschke, m-Power Solutions, Co-presenter: Cameron Lackpour, ARC EPM
Financial Close – HFM to FCCS – A Customer Success Story
Doga Pamir, Perficient
Planning – Elevating your Workforce Planning Solution to the Cloud
Nicholas Blazosky, TopDown Consulting, Co-presenter: Juan Porter, TopDown Consulting
ODTUG Innovation Award Vincent Morneau, Insum Solutions
Innovation: APEX Nitro
Honorable Mention: Dawna Roberts, Rogers Group Inc.
Oracle Contributor of the Year Award
Matt Milella, Oracle Corporation
ODTUG Volunteer Award
Adrian Png, Insum Solutions
We'd also like to recognize ODTUG Kscope17 Ambassador, Ralph Slater of BMPC, who won a free pass to Kscope18.