Keynotes & Oracle Executive Sessions

COLLABORATE 09 Opening Keynote Speaker

Charles E. Phillips, Jr.
President, Oracle Corporation
Charles Phillips is President of Oracle Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors. He joined Oracle in 2003 and is responsible for global field operations, including consulting, marketing, sales, alliances and channels and customer programs. Prior to joining Oracle, Phillips was with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a global investment bank, and served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.

Oracle Executive Speaker

Mark Townsend
Vice President, Product Management, Oracle Corporation
In his current position, Townsend reports to the head of Database Development and is responsible for the ongoing R&D planning of future releases and the co-ordination of the product release process for the database across Oracle. He also manages a global database evangelist program with a team of database experts who are available for customer presentations, technical insights and proof-of-concepts and benchmarks. He regularly talks to partners, customers and analysts to better understand new technology and how it can be successfully applied to existing and emerging data processing requirements.

Oracle Executive Speaker

John Kopcke
Senior Vice President, Business Intelligence and Performance Management Global Business Unit, Oracle Corporation|
John Kopcke has more than 30 years of experience with decision support and business intelligence solutions. Previously CTO at Hyperion, Kopcke is the driving force and thought leader behind Oracle's vision for business intelligence and performance management. In this role, he oversees product marketing, BI and performance management domain experts and the Crystal Ball (predictive modeling and simulation) global business unit.

Oracle Executive Speaker

Jim Patrice
Senior Vice President, Global Customer Support, Oracle Corporation
Jim Patrice is responsible for Oracle's worldwide customer support services operation. A thought leader in service delivery excellence, Patrice leads a world-class service delivery organization of 6,000 support professionals. Organizations under his leadership include the Global Support Centers, Customer Advocacy, Supportability Engineering, Center of Excellence and Support Business Operations.