Oracle Digital Day 2017 Cyprus

Nicolas Spengos
Director Digital Programs Oracle EMEA
Oracle Keynote: Oracle Cloud – Strategy and Vision for the Journey to Cloud

Nicolas A. Spengos is a member of the Oracle EMEA Digital Business Team - a team of digital specialists and digital architects working with Oracle Sales Teams, our Customers and Partners. This is a cross-Line of Business organisation at the cutting edge of Oracle Sales, covering and supporting all Oracle product lines and services, bringing to our customers the full power of the Oracle Digital Platform. The EMEA Digital Business Team was created in 2014 as a key component of Oracle’s own Digital Transformation - bringing together architects, strategy and business development experts. We use innovative design and creation tools, design thinking and cooperative creation, as well as the full breadth of Oracle skills - from development to marketing, to consulting (business and technical) to sales. Our area of coverage is Europe, Middle East and Africa across all Industries and roles. Nicolas joined Oracle in 2008 after many years at BEA Systems, TMN Tools, ATOS and Marben, where he held positions in product development, technical pre-sales, technical direction, sales enablement. A native of Greece, Nicolas is fluent in Greek, English and French.

Alan Dixon
Business Development Director, EMEA System
Oracle Infrastructure: Creating YOUR Cloud Strategy for Enterprise Applications

Alan Dixon is Business Director for EMEA Systems with special focus on the Server Products and Cloud. He has over 35 years experience in IT in a variety of Consulting, Sales and Business Development roles across Europe and the Middle East. Since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle in 2010 he has been primarily involved in the business development and sales of Oracle Hardware. This includes definition of strategy, sales execution and the development of field sales skills for the Oracle Hardware Sales Teams. Prior to joining Oracle Alan was with Sun and Cap Gemini. Based in the UK, Alan spend much of his time with Customers, Partners and Oracle Sales teams across the EMEA Region.

Thomas Petrou
Business Development Manager, NewCytech Business Solutions Ltd
Presentation: Oracle’s cloud: The “journey” in Cyprus

Thomas Petrou is the Business Development Manager for NewCytech Business Solutions Ltd, a Cyprus-based company specializing in Solution and Infrastructure System Integration projects. Widely considered to be one of the biggest, most trusted, and financially stable IT companies on the island, NewCytech offers best of breed technologies and solutions from multiple vendors. The company has 30+ years of successful history in the Cyprus market, and since 1996, it has been wholly owned by Logicom Public Ltd, an international group of companies and one of the largest technology giants in Southern Europe and the Middle East.

NewCytech Business Solutions is a Gold Level Oracle Partner, and, as a result of its expertise and the high quality of its Oracle offerings, it is also the only Oracle Partner in Cyprus to have achieved the Oracle Database 12c Specialization, Oracle Solaris 11 Specialization and Field Delivery Partner (FDP). NewCytech employs Oracle Certified Professionals (OCPs), thus ensuring that its customers will always receive the highest level of service possible from consultants with an in-depth understanding of their solutions. Using a field-proven methodology, OCPs are guaranteed to achieve consistently reliable results.

NewCytech specializes in the implementation and support of Oracle Big Data, Oracle Databases, Database Availability solutions using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle RAC One Node, Business Continuity Solutions using Oracle Data Guard and Golden Gate, and Database Security solutions using Oracle Database Vault, Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Advanced Security.

Thomas joined the NewCytech family in 2016, following many years of experience at NCR, Axiom Consulting and PwC Consulting (UK). He brought with him a wealth of experience in Professional Services, Management, Software Development, presales, support, Data warehousing, Project Management CRM, SW architecture and general IT consulting.

John Orsaris
Master Principal Sales Consultant Core Tech, Oracle Central & Eastern Europe
Presentation: Unified Management on-premise and in the Cloud

Abstract
Oracle Management Cloud is now providing the industry’s most complete cloud –based application and systems management solutions. It enables all DevOps stakeholders – whether in IT Operations, Development, Support or the line-of-business to play an active part in understanding and optimizing customer experience and operational efficiency for their heterogeneous application environments. In this session we will discuss the benefits of a unified IT Operations big data platform as well as the latest additions to our family of cloud services including infrastructure monitoring, orchestration, compliance monitoring, and security monitoring and analytics

John Orsaris is a Master Principal Sales Consultant, responsible for Greece, Cyprus, Malta, FYROM and Albania.
John has been with Oracle for 12 years, and has a total experience of more than 16 years in IT.
At Oracle, he supports the sales organization, and advises partners and customers by translating their business needs into Oracle solutions, while he is specialized in Oracle Database and Database Options.

Prior to joining Oracle, he was an Oracle Database Administrator. He holds a BSc in Computer Information Systems from Deere College of the American College of Greece.

Filippos Boufis
Principal Sales Consultant, Systems CEE, OEA, EEE
Presentation: Cloud@Customer: Oracle Cloud Machines

Abstract
You love the idea of using public cloud services, but business and technical reasons may require you to keep your applications and data on-premises. But what if you could gain the benefits of Oracle Cloud right in your own data center? This session introduces Oracle Cloud Machines, for applications, for databases and for open analytics. These replicate the same Oracle public cloud services - IaaS, Exadata, and BDA Cloud services now available on Oracle Cloud, but in your own data center, behind your firewall. This provides benefits of data sovereignty, control and latency, single point of accountability and cloud subscription model for consumption plus enables portability between Oracle Cloud and Oracle Cloud Machines on your premises.

Filippos Boufis is a Systems Principal Sales Consultant in Oracle CEE region. In his role, he is responsible for driving Oracle's Systems & Engineered Systems through technical excellence resulting in customer business value. He is a certified Oracle Enterprise Architect with 17 years of experience in the IT industry and a member of the Oracle Elite Engineering Exchange, a cross-functional global organization consisting of Elite Sales Consultants and Systems Product Engineering. He joined Oracle in 2010 through the acquisition of Sun Microsystems where he held a Solution Architect role for the GRBA region (Greece, Cyprus, Balkans & Adriatic) since 2006. Prior to that, he held various positions in presales, professional services & support at Ideal Systems S.A. & General Electric Capital ITS. He holds a BSc degree in Information Technology.

Frank Zervos

Sales Consulting Director, CE Core tech Competence Center Manager
Presentation: The Oracle Digital Platform

Abstract:
The future belongs to those able to experiment with new business models, innovate at scale and at speed and capitalize on great ideas across their organization. Success depends on the ability to bring together people, places, businesses and things in the name of exceptional customer experience. Oracle Digital strategy and platform makes this real.

Frank Zervos is Sales Consulting Director managing the Core Tech sales consulting team for Central Europe. He has over 20 years experience in Oracle Technology and holds a BSc in Mathematics with specialization in Applied Mathematics and Information Technology. He has managed several sales consulting teams in Greece and South Eastern Europe over the last decade with the aim to propose technology solutions and architectures to customers across all industries that meet their business needs and generate business value.

Filios Papastylianou

HCM Sales Development & Strategy Leader, CEE
Presentation: The New Rules of Engagement

Filios Papastylianou is responsible for HCM Applications in Central Eastern Europe, overseeing HCM Applications including both Cloud and On Premise solutions Filios has been at Oracle since 2006. Prior to his current role he was supporting South Eastern Europe for Oracle E-Business Suite applications Filios holds a MS in MIS from the California State University, USA

Michael Vited

Sales Consulting Senior Manager, CEE Region
Optimizing Your Application Infrastructure

Michal Vitek is Senior Sales Consulting Manager managing presales Systems team in Central and Eastern Europe region. He joined Oracle in 2010 through the acquisition of Sun Microsystems where he held various presales and consultancy roles for Czech Republic and Central Europe since 2001. Prior to that, he held various positions in presales, professional services & software development at Ideal Unisys and Czech Railways. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mechanics from Czech technical University.

Katerina Tzouvara
Database Expert, Oracle Central & Eastern Europe
Presentation: Oracle IaaS: Move any and all workloads

Abstract
Oracle Public Cloud is a complete Database Optimized Cloud offering complete to address all our Enterprise Customer needs. Overview of all Oracle Data Management Solutions and the new features of Oracle Database 12c R2

Katerina Tzouvara is a Principal Sales Consultant at Oracle Hellas. She has been working for Oracle for almost 3 years specializing in Oracle Public Cloud solutions. Previous employment: Database Administrator in the Banking Sector (Hellenic Postbank, Eurobank) in Athens, Greece, Senior Technical Officer in the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge, UK and, Software Engineer in the Biosciences IT Services in BBSRC (Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council) in Harpenden, UK. She holds an MSc in Biophysical Chemistry and Bioinformatics and a BSc in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Essex, UK.