Over the last ten years Alexander Podelko supported major performance initiatives for Oracle, Hyperion, Aetna, and Intel in different roles including performance tester, performance analyst, performance architect, and performance engineer. Currently he is Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Oracle, a part of Performance Engineering for the Hyperion line of products. Before specializing in performance, Alexander led software development for Rodnik Software. Having more than twenty years of overall experience in the software industry, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from Gubkin University and an MBA from Bellevue University.

Talks / Publications

"Gauging Performance", Software Test & Performance, January 2008, pp.18-24.

"Multiple Dimensions of Performance Requirements", CMG Conference, San Diego, December 7, 2007.

"Load Testing: Points to Ponder", CMG Conference, Reno, December 5, 2006.

"Workload Generation: Does One Approach Fit All?", CMG Conference, Orlando, December 7, 2005.

"Effective Load Testing", Software Test & Performance Conference, NYC, November 3, 2005.

"Load Generation in Complex Environments", Software Test & Performance Conference, NYC, November 2, 2005.

"Load Testing in Complex Environments", Software Test & Performance, October 2005, pp.22-30.

"Load Testing: Points to Ponder", Journal of Computer Resource Management, Issue 115, Summer 2005, pp.20-28.

"Effective Load Testing", Software Test & Performance, March 2005, pp.33-39.

"Load Testing as a Part of the Software Development Cycle", PHILACMG, November 19, 2004.

"Using LoadRunner for Unsupported or Difficult to Parameterize Protocols", Mercury World, Orlando, FL, November 7-10, 2004.

"What is Specific in Load Testing?", WOPR2, Palo Alto, CA, April 15-17, 2004.

"Does One Approach Fit All?", WOPR1, New York, NY, October 2-4, 2003.

"Custom Load Generation with Rational Test", The Rational User Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, August 18 - 22, 2002.

"Using Custom Clients in LoadRunner", Mercury CT LUG, 2002.

"Custom Load Generation", CMG, Anaheim, CA, December 2-7, 2001.

"Custom Load Generation", CT CMG, October 26, 2001.