Iggy Who?

Iggy FernandezMy name is Ignatius. Everyone calls me Iggy. My name means “fiery” (the Latin word for fire is ignis and the Sanskrit word for fire is agni). I grew up in the same town as British rock star Freddie Mercury; that’s your clue. I now live in Northern California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I have worked with Oracle Database in many capacities and am always interested in exploring new opportunities; here is a resume. I’m a very big fan of the ODA concept because RAC raises the bar higher than most IT organizations can handle.

I am the editor of the NoCOUG Journal and the author of Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration(Apress, 2009).  I have a lot of opinions but am willing to change them when confronted with fresh facts. As the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said in 1841 in his essay on self-reliance: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. … speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.”

Feel free to correct me when I say something wrong. You can reach me at iggy_fernandez@hotmail.com or you can leave a note for me below.

  1. Ketan Bhatt
    January 3, 2010 at 8:35 am | #1

    Congratulations for new book and best wishes for next.
    - Ketan Bhatt

  2. Prerak Mehta
    March 28, 2010 at 6:04 pm | #2

    Iggy,

    It is absolutely fantastic to see you become Oracle ACE & big congrats on your book(s).

    -Prerak

  3. tylerv
    April 13, 2010 at 6:13 am | #3

    Hope to catch your presentations at IOUG – and really enjoyed the quote about being flexible when presented with new facts, very true.

  4. July 6, 2010 at 6:18 am | #4

    Very nice to see your profile and interested to share with oracle experince.

  5. asdf
    March 3, 2011 at 5:48 pm | #5

    nice unique name ikky and great database quotes and article too!. hey i see htat book in barnes and noble.

  6. Tanvir
    May 28, 2011 at 7:25 pm | #6

    Hi, I want to become a DBA. I have got my BS degree and I have some knowledge on Databases. What can you recommend for new learners like me and how can i get a job as a DBA? Please advise.

  7. Iggy Fernandez
    May 28, 2011 at 11:44 pm | #7

    Tanvir :

    Hi, I want to become a DBA. I have got my BS degree and I have some knowledge on Databases. What can you recommend for new learners like me and how can i get a job as a DBA? Please advise.

    Hello, Tanvir,

    I replied at http://iggyfernandez.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/i-want-to-become-a-dba/.

    Kindest regards,

    Iggy

  1. May 14, 2010 at 8:05 am | #1

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