Manas DebManas Deb (Redwood Shores, CA) is a senior director in the Fusion Middleware/SOA, BPM, Governance Suites Product Group at Oracle HQ. He currently leads outbound product management and many strategic engagement initiatives for Oracle's SOA, BPMand Governance solutions, worldwide. He is also responsible for Oracle/HQ-based SOA Methodology initiatives. Manas has worked in the software industry for over twenty years, most of which was spent in software product management/marketing and on architecting. A graduate of The Indian Institute of Technology (KGP), Manas attended post-graduate studies at University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD in an inter-disciplinary program comprising of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Engineering. Manas also has an MBA with specialization in international business. Manas is the coauthor of Getting Started with Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1: A Hands-On Tutorial (PACKT Publishing, 2009). Read More Read Less