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Over the last fourteen 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, responsible for performance testing and tuning of Hyperion 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. Alexander currently serves on the board of directors of CMG, a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of performance professionals. 
Talks / Publications Performance Requirements: An Attempt at a Systematic View. Part II, Software Test & Quality Assurance, January 2012, pp.6-11. Performance Assurance for Packaged Applications, CMG Conference, Washington, DC, December 9, 2011. Performance Requirements: An Attempt of a Systematic View, CMG Conference, Washington, DC, December 7, 2011. Agile Performance Testing, Agile Testing Days, Potsdam, Germany, November 15, 2011. Performance Requirements: An Attempt at a Systematic View. Part I, Software Test & Quality Assurance, June 2011, pp.36-39. Harnessing Test Harnesses, WOPR16, Cleveland, OH, April 28-30, 2011. A Load Testing Story, CMG Conference, Orlando, FL, December 9, 2010. The Obscure World of Performance Requirements, CMG Conference, Orlando, FL, December 9, 2010. Agile Performance Testing, Agile Journal, February 2010. A Performance Engineering Story with Database Monitoring, CMG Conference, Dallas, TX, December 8, 2009. Agile Performance Testing, Software Test & Performance, November-December 2009, pp.20-26. An Experience Report with Database Monitoring, WOPR12, Indianapolis, IN, April 16-18, 2009. Agile Performance Testing, paper and presentation, CMG Conference, Las Vegas, December 11, 2008. Building Responsive and Scalable Applications panel, CMG Conference, Las Vegas, December 11, 2008. 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 for the Diverse Environment, 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. Custom Load Generation, CMG, Anaheim, CA, December 2-7, 2001. |