Nigel Bayliss is a veteran product manager specializing in Oracle Database optimization, with over three decades of hands-on experience with Oracle technologies and 11 years in product leadership at Oracle. He began working with Oracle databases in 1988 and joined Oracle Corporation in 1996, progressing from developer and consultant roles through presales into his current role managing the Oracle Optimizer. Nigel combines deep technical fluency—evidenced by contributions to the widely used oracle-db-examples repo, including SQL Plan Management tooling and schema/statistics work—with product stewardship that balances customer needs and performance engineering. Based in Epsom and Ewell, UK, he pairs an engineering background in microelectronic systems from the University of Manchester with practical expertise in tuning complex database workloads. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge low-level optimizer mechanics and strategic product direction.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics, A-levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics at King Edward VI Sixth Form College, Stourbridge
Microelectronic Systems Engineering BSC, MEng, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Microelectronic Systems Engineering BSC, MEng, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Manchester - Institute of Science and Technology
Contributions:1 review, 144 commits, 27 PRs in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nigel's commits primarily involve modifications to SQL scripts within the `oracle-db-examples` repository, demonstrating a focus on Oracle database administration and optimization. The changes include filling dimension tables, fixing bugs related to copying historical data, creating a procedure for SPM (SQL Plan Management) and related scripts, and creating and adjusting tables and statistics. These modifications suggest a hands-on role in database schema design and optimization.
This is a top level repository for code examples related to Data Warehousing and Very Large Databases.
Contributions:44 commits, 104 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 3 months
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