Dave Stokes he is the MySQL Community Manager for North America and has been using MySQL for 15 years. Originally he started his computer career on various DEC computers before switching to UNIX/Linux. He was the MySQL Certification manager before the SUN and Oracle take overs and has been working as a community manager for Oracle since 2010. He has spoken to many groups from the American Heart Association to the Xerox and coordinates the North Texas MySQL Users Group.