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Dominique Althuser has more than 16 years of IT experience, now specialized in cybersecurity across information systems and network security. He holds ISO/IEC 27001 Senior Lead Implementer and Senior Lead Auditor certifications. Prior to dbi services, he was a project leader and team manager at PSA Peugeot-Citroën, and since 2011 he has taught evening courses in IT project management at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) de Mulhouse. He holds an engineering degree in IT from CNAM and an advanced Master's degree in IT Security from Télécom Paris.

David Alvarez has solid knowledge of databases, particularly Oracle. He holds a CFC (Swiss federal vocational diploma) in computer science and a Bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology from the Haute école de gestion Arc in Neuchâtel.

Ryan Badaï has over three years of experience in IT infrastructure, specializing in systems administration, computer networking, and object-oriented programming. Prior to dbi services, he was an apprentice engineer in IT systems supervision at Sopra Steria in Annecy and an apprentice systems and network engineer for the city council of Annecy. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computing from IUT Annecy and a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Telecommunications and Computer Networks from the University of Savoie Mont-Blanc. His career spans IT estate management, information systems supervision, and Kubernetes cluster administration.

Arnaud Berbier leads the DevOps practice, managing a team of around 10 people. He has deep expertise in Kubernetes, CI/CD pipeline toolchains, and cloud-native platform redesign, helping organizations improve infrastructure efficiency and scalability. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems from the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (HE-Arc) in Neuchâtel. His industry experience covers the pharmaceutical and public sectors, as well as financial services, real estate, insurance, and banking.

Clemens Bleile has more than 30 years of IT experience, including 13 years in Oracle Support and 15 years in Oracle Consulting. He specializes in Oracle Database performance tuning and highly available, cost-efficient database architecture design. He holds Oracle Certified Professional (11g, 12c) and Oracle Certified Expert for Performance Management and Tuning credentials. Prior to dbi services, he managed the EMEA Database Performance team at Oracle Global Customer Support Services. Clemens holds a Master's degree in Business Information Systems from the Fachhochschule Furtwangen, Germany.

Martin Bracher has more than 25 years of experience managing Oracle infrastructures, specializing in high availability (Data Guard, Grid Infrastructure), migrations, and automation with Shell scripting, Ansible, and Saltstack. He leads the Grid Infrastructure Workshop and contributes to the development of the DMK Database Management Kit and the YaK Oracle component. Prior to dbi services, he was Principal Consultant at Trivadis AG (Accenture) and Consultant at Opitz Consulting and CSC Ploenzke. He holds a Dipl. Phil. Nat. in Informatics from the University of Bern. His industry experience covers banking, telecommunications, and public administration.

Tatiana Bron has been working with the SQL team since 2021 across consulting and Service Desk activities. She holds Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Fundamentals, and Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure certifications. She holds an ES degree in computer management from the Haute école de gestion Arc in Neuchâtel, having also studied at the École d'Informatique de Gestion in Delémont.

Joël Cattin has more than seven years of experience in database management, specializing in Oracle solutions including Data Guard, RMAN, Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Real Application Clusters (RAC), and APEX development, alongside PostgreSQL and MySQL. He is also experienced with AWS cloud solutions and Ansible-based IT automation. He holds Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional, EDB Postgres Advanced Server Certified Professional, RedHat Certified System Administrator, and ITIL V3 Foundation certifications, and leads three InSite Workshops (Oracle Basics, Linux for DBAs, and Ansible). He holds a degree from ESIG Delémont.

Emmanuel Champel has more than 15 years of IT experience specializing in SQL Server and the Microsoft BI suite, including SSIS, SSAS Tabular, and Power BI. He holds Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification and is proficient in Azure technologies including SQL DB, Data Warehouse, and Synapse. His expertise spans database administration, performance auditing, and SQL Server installation and configuration. Prior to dbi services, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Neos-SDI and Econocom-Infeeny.

With more than 30 years of experience in IT architecture, development, and implementation, Christophe Cosme specializes in Microsoft SQL Server administration and development, Business Intelligence with the Microsoft BI suite and cloud services, Power BI Azure service and Report Server, and Azure/AWS cloud architecture and engineering. His background also covers project management and business analysis in global organizations. Prior to dbi services, he was Solution Lead Business Intelligence at Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel and Senior Manager Head of Business Intelligence at Swiss International Air Lines. Christophe holds a Master's degree in Engineering, Automation and IT from ENSISA.

Nathan Courtine has more than nine years of experience in Microsoft solutions, specializing in SQL Server installation, migration, performance analysis, and automation. He holds Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate credentials. He holds a Computer Science degree from ENSISA Mulhouse. His industry experience covers the public sector, pharma, IT, and banking/financial services.

Julien Delattre, member of the Oracle Team Zurich, has more than five years of experience specializing in Oracle databases, plus expertise in MariaDB and MongoDB. Prior to dbi services, he was a Database Administrator at Atos in Angers, France, and a Data Scientist at Air France in Paris and Apurata in Lima. Julien holds a Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, and Statistics from Centrale Paris / Université Paris-Saclay.

Adrien Devaux specializes in AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud technologies, supporting clients on cloud architecture, deployment, and infrastructure optimization projects. Prior to joining dbi services, he worked as an IT engineer apprentice at Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar and as a telecom study agent apprentice at SNCF Réseau. Adrien holds an engineering degree in Information Systems from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), giving him a strong technical foundation in systems design alongside his hands-on cloud expertise.

David Diab has more than 10 years of experience deploying and administering enterprise applications. His expertise spans Elastic Stack, WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat, and Documentum, plus DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, CI/CD), scheduling solutions (Control-M, Dollar Universe), backup (NetBackup, Backup Exec), and file transfer (CFT). He holds certifications including Elastic Certified Engineer, OpenText Certified Documentum Administrator, Oracle Certified Professional WebLogic Server 12c, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, and ITIL V3 Foundation. Prior to dbi services, David worked as Integration and Operations Engineer at PSA Peugeot Citroën and at Atos. He holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from UTBM. His industry experience covers automotive, banking, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, insurance, and chemical sectors.

Jérôme Dubar has more than 25 years of IT experience, including 20 years specializing in Oracle Database technology. His expertise covers database architecture, licensing, high availability (RAC), disaster recovery (Data Guard, Dbvisit), backup (RMAN), performance tuning (AWR/Statspack), and migration and consolidation projects, particularly with Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Multitenant, OLVM, and Delphix. Prior to dbi services, he was Database Team Manager and main consultant at a Franco-Belgian IT services company for seven years, and has taught Oracle Database courses for years. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from Lille Sciences and Technologies University. His industry experience covers public sector, retail, industry, banking, health, and e-commerce.

Dirk Franz has more than 15 years of IT experience in software implementation projects and database technologies, including BI solutions such as Sisense. He holds AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, PostgreSQL 12 Associate, and ITIL 4 Foundation certifications. Prior to dbi services, Dirk was Technical Implementation Supervisor at Clarivate and Senior Implementation Consultant at CPA Global. He holds a diploma in Business Informatics from DHBW Lörrach. His industry experience covers pharma, energy, and legal sectors.

Joan Frey has more than three years of experience in the IT sector, specializing in C and C# development, with additional knowledge of Linux and SQL. Prior to dbi services, he was an Analyst Developer Intern at Euro Information Développement in Strasbourg and an IT Help Desk intern at EuroAirport. He holds a computer engineering degree specializing in information systems from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM). His industry experience includes banking and aviation.

Rémy Gaudey has more than 15 years of IT experience specializing in networking and telecommunications, IT infrastructure, and project management. He holds Prince2 Foundation, Prince2 Practitioner, and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) credentials. Prior to dbi services, he was Principal Consultant at Oracle France, a Cisco trainer, and a project manager/business analyst for ground systems supporting European space programs (Ariane 5, Ariane 6, Vega, Soyuz). Rémy holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Oxford Brookes University, specializing in networking and high-speed communications.

Xavier-Franck Godard has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology. His expertise covers database architecture, disaster recovery (Data Guard), backup and recoverability configuration (RMAN, Flashback), performance analysis and tuning (AWR/ADDM, Statspack), and migration/upgrade projects on-premises and on Oracle Database Appliance. Prior to dbi services, he was a senior DBA at DIGORA for seven years, a database consultant at A2F Services for seven years, and a DBA at Société des Autoroutes Paris-Normandie (SAPN) for eight years. He holds a Master's degree in Pure Mathematics. His industry experience covers retail, public sector, insurance, banking, health, and e-commerce.

Stéphane Haby has more than 20 years of experience in Microsoft solutions, specializing in the installation, migration, best practices, and performance analysis of Microsoft SQL Server, as well as Microsoft Business Intelligence solutions (SharePoint, Office) and .NET development for the banking sector. A former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and early adopter of Microsoft Team System in France, he has authored several technical articles. He holds Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Expert (MCSE) for SQL Server, MCTS, MCITP for SQL Server 2008, and ITIL V3 Foundation certifications. His industry experience covers chemicals and pharma, banking, and financial services.

Vincent Houriet holds a Bachelor's degree in Embedded Systems Engineering from HE-Arc Neuchâtel. His background covers low-level programming, networking, and telecommunications technologies.

Nicolas Jardot has more than 10 years of experience in Oracle database infrastructure management and optimization, with a strong recent focus on cloud and automation technologies, including four-plus years building and maintaining AWS applications with CI/CD pipelines via Terraform. He holds Oracle Certified Professional 12c, Oracle Certified Expert Performance Management and Tuning 12c, and AWS Solutions Architect Professional certifications, has spoken at Oracle OpenWorld and UKOUG, and served as an AWS Authorized Instructor for two years. He holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard. His industry experience covers pharma, public sector, health, real estate, and automotive.

Alain Klein brings more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology, including Oracle DBA roles on the 9i, 10g, and 11g versions. Today he works with current Oracle Database releases across database architecture, migration and upgrade projects on-premises, disaster recovery (Data Guard), and backup and recoverability (RMAN, Flashback). Prior to dbi services, he worked for 21 years at DIGORA, a French IT services provider, and more than two years at A2i Proxim as Support Operator for the Adonix V3/X3 (now Sage X3) ERP software. Alain holds a Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) in Industrial Management and Innovation from the University of Strasbourg.

Alain Lacour, part of the Oracle Bern & Zurich team, has more than 20 years of experience in Oracle application development. He specializes in APEX and PL/SQL development, with additional expertise in Java, Oracle WebLogic, and OpenText Documentum middleware. His background also covers business analysis, solution architecture, and service and project management. Prior to dbi services, Alain was Senior Consultant at IMS Health (IQVIA) in Basel and Software Engineer at M&H Informatics. His industry experience covers pharma (including GxP-regulated environments), healthcare, insurance, and banking.

Pascal Lerch has more than 21 years of IT experience specializing in Unix/Linux and Oracle database administration, monitoring, and integration. His expertise covers Documentum and M-Files ECM operations, plus application servers including Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, and WebLogic; he previously led a critical high-availability migration from WebSphere 6 to 8. Prior to dbi services, he was operations project manager for N-Tier J2EE application integration at PSA Peugeot-Citroën. He holds a DUT (French two-year university technology diploma) from the Belfort-Montbéliard IT college. His industry experience covers pharma and automotive.

Lucas Mancini is a full-stack developer on the OMrun team, developing and maintaining the OMrun data quality software, its client documentation, and its tutorial videos. His expertise covers C#, Java, PHP, and Git-based CI/CD pipelines, along with databases including Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL.

Hocine Mechara has more than 5 years of experience in IT and specializes in SQL Server databases. His expertise includes installing and configuring SQL Server instances (stand-alone, Always On, FCI), migrating SQL Server databases, and operating SQL Server instances and databases, as well as Azure SQL Services and more. Hocine is a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator Associate, a Certified Administrator for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15, and a HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate. He also holds a Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence as an IT Systems Engineer. Prior to joining dbi services, he worked at T-Systems Switzerland AG as a Database Engineer. His industry experience includes IT services.

Guillaume Meunier has more than 20 years of experience managing, deploying, and administering collaborative and document management applications. He specializes in ECM technologies including Alfresco, M-Files, Microsoft SharePoint, OpenText Content Server, and OpenText Documentum, plus backup (EMC NetWorker, Symantec NetBackup) and scheduling (Dollar Universe). He is Alfresco Content Services Certified Administrator (ACSCA) and a certified M-Files Solution Engineer. Prior to dbi services, he was Operations Analyst Engineer at Atos and Operations Manager at Frontier Online. He holds a Master's in IT Project Management from ITIN, Cergy. His industry experience covers cosmetics, IT, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Nicolas Meunier specializes in cloud solutions and has more than 20 years of experience in IT web technologies and development, including CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins-X, and Azure DevOps. Prior to dbi services, he developed and maintained a CI/CD pipeline at CEGID in Paris and worked as Lead Developer at KPMG. He holds a superior technical diploma in IT development. His background covers software and cloud platform architecture.

Niklas Neels has solid knowledge of databases, particularly Oracle. He holds a CFC (Swiss federal vocational diploma) in mediamatics and a Bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology from the Haute école de gestion Arc in Neuchâtel.

With more than three years of experience as a Database Administrator specializing in SQL Server and PostgreSQL, Adrien Obernesser focuses on performance tuning. He is skilled at diagnosing issues on customer servers and delivering actionable improvement plans, backed by solid leadership experience in cross-cultural environments. Prior to dbi services, he served as Operations Manager and Consultant DBA at Zen-Conseil. His industry experience spans the defense, telecommunications, and industrial sectors.

Morgan Patou has over 15 years of experience building and deploying Java/J2EE applications. He specializes in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions such as Alfresco and Documentum, covering open-source (Apache, OpenLDAP, Kerberos) and proprietary (WebLogic) technologies, with deep expertise in business requirement analysis, ECM architecture, and high-availability infrastructure for mission-critical environments. He oversees knowledge management and technology direction for the ECM practice. He holds Alfresco Content Services Certified Administrator (ACSCA) and Certified Engineer (ACSCE) credentials, plus an Engineering degree in Computer Science from ENSISA Mulhouse. His industry experience covers the public sector, IT, financial services/banking, and pharmaceutical industries.

Aurélien Py has strong knowledge of databases, particularly Oracle. He holds an engineering degree in Information Systems and supports client environments through service desk operations and database troubleshooting.

Thomas Rein has more than 35 years of experience managing Oracle projects and infrastructures, specializing in performance optimization and tuning, standardization, backup and recovery, and high availability solutions including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Data Guard, and Grid Infrastructure. His expertise also covers Oracle Engineered Systems (ODA) and the Oracle middleware stack, including WebLogic Server, Oracle Identity Management, Forms Reports Services, and SOA. Prior to dbi services, he was CTO for the Oracle stack at h+r AG Kreuzlingen and CEO of h+r GmbH Pforzheim. His industry experience spans medical technology, healthcare, automotive, logistics, pharmaceuticals, retail, telecommunications, and public administration.

Stéphane Savorgnano has more than 20 years of experience in Microsoft software development and SQL Server database solutions, specializing in SQL Server installation, performance analysis, and best practices. He holds Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Expert (MCSE) for SQL Server 2012 through 2017, MCTS, MCITP for SQL Server 2008, and ITIL V3 Foundation certifications. Prior to dbi services, he was a software engineer at Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Basel. He holds a Master's degree in Informatics from the University of Mulhouse. His industry experience covers banking and financial services, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

With more than 10 years of experience in database infrastructure management and optimization, David Schmitt specializes in Oracle technologies. His expertise includes standardization, backup and recovery, performance tuning, high availability (Oracle Data Guard), and monitoring (Grid/Cloud Control, Nagios Core). He is ITIL V3 Foundation and Nagios Certified Professional Core certified. Prior to dbi services, David was Consultant at Trivadis in Basel and Unix/Linux Administrator and Oracle DBA at Crossair/Swiss. His industry experience covers pharma, transport and logistics, banking, and energy.

Raphaël Schoeni has more than two years of experience in IT management, specializing in second-level technical support, IT project assistance, digitalization, and system migration. Prior to dbi services, he worked in technical support at Abacus in Biel and as a project assistant for the IT department in Delémont. His experience also covers telecom customer service.

With more than 30 years of experience in computer science, Oliver Schwark specializes in automated process implementation and software testing, including data migration, data quality, and test automation and management. He holds ISTQB Software Tester/Manager certification. Prior to dbi services, he was Senior Test Automation Engineer at OMIS AG, Senior Test Engineer at Man Group, and Consultant at Logica AG (now CGI) in Zurich. He holds a computer science certificate from IFA Zurich. His industry experience includes public administration, banking, insurance, transportation, and industry.

Roger Schönmann has more than 20 years of IT experience specializing in Microsoft SQL Server security and performance tuning across on-premises and Azure environments, plus extensive experience delivering SQL Server training and consulting. He holds Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) for SQL Server, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and Azure Solutions Architect Expert credentials. Prior to dbi services, he was Senior SQL Server Consultant at Trivadis (Accenture) in Zurich. He trained as an Informatiker HF at the ABB Technikerschule in Baden. His project experience spans federal agencies, financial services, print media, public administration, industry, and healthcare.

Tomek Sikorski, member of the Oracle Team Zurich, has more than 15 years of experience specializing in Oracle Platform solutions on Exadata, ExaCC, ODA, and PCA. His expertise spans full-stack Linux, network, and storage implementations, public and private cloud automation on Oracle OCI and AWS, database upgrades and migration via Oracle ZDM, high-availability Real Application Clusters, ASM storage management, and Data Guard. He also supports virtualization on PCA/OLVM/KVM and works with Ansible, bash, PL/SQL, Git, and CI/CD platforms including Jenkins. Prior to dbi services, he was Technical Architect at Accenture AG, and previously worked at Leonteq AG, UBS, IBM, and Crédit Agricole. His industry experience covers mainly banking and insurance.

Loïc Springenfeld, has solid knowledge of databases, particularly Oracle. He holds a CFC (Swiss federal vocational diploma) in computer science and a Bachelor's degree in Business Information Technology from the Haute école de gestion Arc in Neuchâtel.

Jean Stierlin has knowledge of databases and operating systems, particularly PostgreSQL and Linux. Prior to dbi services, he completed an internship at Baloise Insurance in Basel working on SAP authorization management and ABAP development, and previously interned in document automation at the French Ministry of Ecology. He holds an Engineering degree in Information Systems from Grenoble INP - Ensimag and a Master's degree in Management and Business Administration from Grenoble IAE. His industry experience includes insurance and public administration.

Louis Tochon specializes in SQL Server and Oracle database administration, with expertise in performance optimization, scripting, backup/restore, and high availability (Always-On). He is Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate. He completed a master's thesis in cybersecurity at SICPA and worked as a SQL Server and Oracle DBA for almost two years at Lombard-Odier. Louis holds a Master's degree in Information Systems from HEC Lausanne. His industry experience covers mainly the banking sector.

With over 25 years of experience in Information Technology, Andreas Trefzer is a certified ICT Specialist. He holds certifications including ITIL V3 Foundation, Prince2 Practitioner, ISO/IEC 20000:2018, VMware VCP6 – Data Center Virtualization, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, and M-Files Certified Solution Engineer. Prior to dbi services, he held senior delivery and service management roles at IBM Switzerland Ltd. and Kyndryl GmbH in Basel and Zurich, including leading the Microsoft Windows Server team for a global pharmaceutical client. His expertise mainly covers the pharmaceutical, industrial, and insurance sectors.

With more than 20 years of IT experience, including 16 years in customer services for high-availability Telecom Operator environments, Marc Wagner now specializes in Oracle Database technologies (ODA, backup and recovery, high availability), with additional experience in Windows, Solaris, Linux, Perl, SQL/PLSQL, and Shell scripting. He leads the Oracle Data Guard, ODA, and DMK workshops and the development of the dmk_dbbackup, dmk_dbduplicate, and dmk_ha plugins. Prior to dbi services, he spent 16 years at Oracle, rising to M2 Support Manager overseeing a team of 15 engineers worldwide. He holds a Master-Engineer degree in Computer Science from CNAM Mulhouse. His industry experience covers telecom.

Donovan Winter has over eight years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in DevOps tools and web/software development, including Kubernetes, Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab, and HAProxy. Prior to dbi services, he worked as an industrial IT engineer at EES-Clemessy and as a software development engineer at Aubans Technologies. He holds a degree in electrical engineering and industrial computer science from the University of Belfort-Montbéliard, complemented by studies at ESTIA. His experience spans industrial supervision, aerospace, automotive, and defense sectors.

Jérôme Witt leads the entire Oracle consulting team in Basel, having started his consulting career in 2008. He specializes in database and infrastructure management, Oracle high availability, backup and recovery, and performance tuning, alongside open-source technologies (Linux/Unix), Perl, Shell, and Windows PowerShell, with a recent focus on automation using Ansible. He holds Oracle 12c/11g Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Expert Tuning (OCE), and ITIL V3 Foundation certifications, and leads the Oracle DBA Essentials, Multitenant, and Ansible workshops. Prior to dbi services, he was a Consultant at Trivadis in Basel. His industry experience covers pharma, healthcare, banking and financial services, energy, and automotive.

Frank Zeindler has more than 25 years of experience in software testing and process automation, and is the Product Owner of OMrun, the dbi services data quality solution. His focus on testing dates back to his early career in the automotive industry and at the ABB Research Center. Combining broad IT knowledge with strong communication skills, he is committed to improving test automation and data quality for his clients, implementing improvements wherever they add value.