About Me Cloud & Database Consultant | Oracle ACE Alum I'm Ahmad (Riaz Ahmad Ansari), a Cloud & Database Consultant and Oracle ACE Alum with 18+ years of professional experience in database administration across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. I've been mentoring and sharing technical knowledge since 1997 — starting with C and Java, then moving into Oracle Database technologies from Oracle 9i onward. That mix of hands-on production experience and long-term teaching shapes how I work: practical, real-world guidance over theory. I Specialize In 🔹 Databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB 🔹 Oracle Technologies: RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN, GoldenGate, Exadata, Multitenant, OEM 🔹 Cloud Platforms: OCI, Azure, AWS 🔹 Focus Areas: High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Backup & Recovery, Performance Tuning, Migrations, Upgrades & Patching, Production Troubleshooting What I Can Help You With 🔹 1:1 DBA Mentoring & Career Guidance 🔹 Oracle Database Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning 🔹 Oracle RAC, Data Guard, RMAN & GoldenGate 🔹 Oracle & PostgreSQL Administration 🔹 Cloud Database & OCI Guidance 🔹 Database Migration & Upgrade Planning 🔹 DBA Interview Preparation 🔹 Hands-on Technical Training & Workshops 🔹 Database Architecture & Best-Practice Consulting Beyond my day-to-day DBA work, I'm a KSAOUG Board Member and run AhmadTech and Ahmad Academy, where I share hands-on Oracle and Cloud learning resources to help database professionals grow their skills and careers. Whether you're preparing for a DBA interview, troubleshooting a production issue, planning a database migration, learning Oracle or Cloud technologies, or looking for career guidance — I'm here to help. Book a session with me and let's work through your challenge together.