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Bridging the Gap Between Industry & University – Oracle Case Study

Sept 16-th, 2011Prepared by: Dan Garlasu, PhD (dan.garlasu@oracle.com)Sales Director

Oracle Corporation

• Scale• $35,6B FY11• #1 in 50 product or industry categories• 370,000 customers in 145 countries• 20,000 partners • 104,500 employees• 10 million developers in Oracle online communities

• Innovation and Investment• 29,000 developers and engineers• 15,500 customer support specialists, speaking 27 languages• 20,000 implementation consultants• 1,5 million students supported annually by Oracle Academy• 870 independent Oracle user groups with 355,000 members

30 Years of Continuous Innovation

1970’s

1980’s

1990’s

2000…

Total Recall SOA Suite

Audit Vault Apps Integration Arch Business Process Mgmt Self Managing Database Grid Computing Oracle Data Guard Real Application Clusters

First Comprehensive CRM Suite Flashback Query First Internet Applications Built-in Java VM Partitioning Support Full Applications Implementation Methodology Industry-Specific Business Applications Object Relational Support Multimedia Support Data Warehousing Optimizations

First Unix-Based Applications Parallel Operations Distributed SQL & Transaction Support Cluster & MPP Support Multi-version Read Consistency Client/Server Support Platform Portability Commercial SQL Implementation

About SUN

     

                              

• With the acquisition, Oracle's mission will change significantly

• Larry Ellison plans to transform Oracle into a company that is as serious about server systems—the big back-office computers used for processing corporate data—as it is about business software.

• "We are not cutting Sun to profitability," Mr. Ellison said. "We think that this business will be profitable immediately.“

• (WSJ Technology Alert, 27/01/2010)

Oracle + SunComplete, Open Integrated Systems

Oracle RomâniaShared Services Center Case Study• Established in nov. 1995• Capital increase: 5M USD• Personnel to date: ~ 2000• Forecast: “a couple thousands”• Average age: 27!!• New facilities: • From 2004 to 2011

• Oracle Tower • Floreasca Business Center• NUSCO Tower

Competences supported:• Global Product Support• Oracle Partner Network Interaction• Software Development• Presales Services

• Support Renewals• License Management Services• Contract Support Services• Global Finance Services

2005 - Skills Formation Strategy

ObjectiveProactive attitude towards preparing a pool of competent resources in Romania

Skills formation pyramid

Post graduates: tentative project

Several initiatives in progress

Higher Education: Oracle Academic Initiative - Launched in Romania since 1998

High School: Oracle Academy program - Launched in Romania since 2002. MoU 16/01/2006

Basic knowledge

Specialist

Professional

K12• Oracle Academy: 950 High Schools/ 2800 trained teachers• ThinkQuest: 980 Secondary Schools/ 3600 trained teachers

Higher Education• Master Programs: 3• Oracle Academy Contest• Internship @ Oracle• Oracle Academy Program

• 35 Faculties• 45 certified teachers• 7320 enrolled students

Post Graduation• R&D @ Oracle and PhD program (ReMediu,

eCAESAR)• PhD Student tuitions: 5• Excellence/Innovation Centers: 2 • Fresh Graduate Program• Innovate program for young entrepreneurs: Junior

Achievement

2011 - Development Spiral Towards Knowledge Economy

CVs Distribution v.s. University Profile

Business Technical Philology Others No studies

Job Distribution v.s. Demand in Oracle

Regional Spread

Bucharest Rest of Romania Europe

CV Distribution v.s. Professional Experience

0-2 years 2-5 years 5-10 years 10-15 years > 15 years

Profiles for Technical Jobs

Core Skills • Knowledge about the whole software

development cycle• Advanced Oracle Database knowledge• Advanced knowledge of Oracle

products• Programming languages: JAVA,

PL/SQL. C/C++• Operating systems: Unix/Linux,

Solaris

Soft Skills• Able to work under pressure• Results oriented• Proactivity and flexibility• Creativity• Customer focus• Abilities for analysis & planning• Adaptability to new technologies• Teamwork

Profiles for non Technical JobsCore skills • English fluency is a must• Secondary language fluency (French, Spanish, Italian, German,

Portuguese, Czech , Slovak, Serbian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Danish, Swedish, Chinese, Arab, Hungarian)

• Graduation of an university• Computer operation skills (MS Office and Oracle applications)

Soft skills• Flexibility in job program• Teamwork• Results orientation• Motivation, proactivity• Ability to run several projects in the same time• Prior experience in working with customers• Interpersonal communication skills• Intercultural sesitivity• Ability to innovate in various encounters• Adaptability

Gap Analysis – Technical Profiles

Profil tehnic

Competentele solicitate de Oracle

Competentele gasite in piata fortei de munca

Competentele care lipsesc in piata fortei de munca

Absolventi universitateAbosolventi universitate  

Certificari/Specilizari   Certificari/Specilizari

Limba engleza Limba engleza  

Limba franceza   Limba franceza

Limba italiana   Limba italiana

Limba spaniola   Limba spaniola

Limba germana   Limba germana

Gap Analysis – non technical profiles

Profil economic/socio-uman

Competentele solicitate de Oracle

Competentele gasite in piata fortei de munca

Competentele care lipsesc in piata fortei de munca

Absolventi universitateAbosolventi universitate  

Certificari/Specilizari   Certificari/Specilizari

Limba engleza Limba engleza  

Limba franceza Limba franceza  

Limba italiana Limba italiana  

Limba spaniola Limba spaniola  

Limba germana Limba germana  

Limba rusa Limba rusa  

Limba maghiara Limba maghiara  

Limbi nordice   Limbi nordice

Limba ceha   Limba ceha

Limba sarba   Limba sarba

Limba croata   Limba croata

Limba turca   Limba turca

Limba chineza   Limba chineza

Limba poloneza   Limba poloneza

Limba coreeana   Limba coreeana

Attrition Rate

FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY110.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

2.8%

6.2%

12.8%

25.3%

17.2%

6.7%

15.0%

Closing remarks

• The coverage of a large number of foreign languages and the extensions of educational structures facilitate these competencies

• Acute need of curriculae exposing the students to the job market realities giving them a chance to get exposure from the school with the job specifics related to their studies

• Workforce mobility through exposure to regional projects, transcultural, giving them a chance to interact with a multinational environment

• The structure of programs for adult reconversion

• Permanent development of the programs aiming to integrate the students to the business environment

How Can Success Be achieved – Data Modeling contest

Oracle announces the winners for Data Modeling 2010 international project contest

Date: 2010-07-02

For the 5th year in the row, Romanian Schools have received the first 2 places, while China managed to come third. The winning projects are:

o 1st Place: The National Informatics College "Tudor Vianu“, Romania / Professor: Mrs. Monica Grădinescuo 2nd Place: The National Informatics College "Tudor Vianu“, Romania / Professor: Mrs. Corina Ciobanuo 3rd Place: Shenzhen Institute for Information Technology, China / Professor: Mr. Yunfan Lu

All students from the three teams have received scholarships for $1.000 USD and $250 USD, according to the location.

Moreover, the following teams have received “summa cum laude”: o The National Informatics College "Tudor Vianu" (Mr. Dan Grigoriu), Romaniao Temasek Polytechnic Informacs and IT School (Mr. How Woan Ling), Singaporeo The National Informatics College "Tudor Vianu" (Mr. Marcel Homorodean), Romaniao Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (Mr. Daniel Moix), United Stateso Elsnaria Prep School for Girls (Mr. Solaf Ahmed Ashour), Egypto Moon Area High School (Mr. Warren Kooi), United Stateso Commercial College Vienna 10 (Dr. Ute-Maria Oberreiter), Austria

How Can Success Be achieved – ThinkQuest Competition

Students from Romania Take Top Honors in the ThinkQuest International Competition 2011

Date: 2011-06-07

More than 33,000 participants from 52 countries tested their skills on a global stage in the largest ThinkQuest International Competition to date. Winning teams were selected from among 7,603 teams. Countries represented by winners include China, Great Britain, Greece, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Moldova, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and the United States

• The teams had approximately eight months to define a problem and present a solution. An international panel of volunteer judges reviewed the entries and selected 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners within three age divisions for each event.

• The Romanian team called EcoFighters, was awarded 3rd Place in the Application Development event, 22 and under age division. The entry, a city-simulation game, addressed environment and green issues by teaching players how a community can make better environmental choices. Six local students, Alin, Andrei, Anatolie, Cosmin, Ioan and Radu from Liceul Grigore Moisil din Timisoara and Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara in Romania and Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara in Moldova.