2025 St. Louis Oracle Cloud User Conference
You are invited to join members of the technology and business communities from St. Louis and surrounding areas for insights, innovation and collaboration at the 2025 Oracle Cloud User Conference.
The focus of the conference is centered around Oracle's Cloud solutions. Members of Oracle and Aspire Consulting will demonstrate Oracle Cloud capabilities and present topics related to applications, infrastructure and database solutions.
There is no cost to attendees. Free garage parking is included. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Missouri Athletic Club, 405 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102
Thursday, April 24, 2025
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lisa Kovac | (314) 607-0811 | lisa.kovac@aspire-consulting.com
You are invited to join members of the technology and business communities from St. Louis and surrounding areas for insights, innovation and collaboration at the 2025 Oracle Cloud User Conference.
The focus of the conference is centered around Oracle's Cloud solutions. Members of Oracle and Aspire Consulting will demonstrate Oracle Cloud capabilities and present topics related to applications, infrastructure and database solutions.
There is no cost to attendees. Free garage parking is included. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Missouri Athletic Club, 405 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102 Thursday, April 24, 2025 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lisa Kovac | (314) 607-0811 | lisa.kovac@aspire-consulting.com Agenda
Topic: Reporting in the Cloud
Speaker: Randy Stone, Manager, Aspire Consulting
Summary: A discussion on all things reporting in Oracle Cloud. Starting with a high level overview of the reporting capabilities of Oracle Cloud covering HCM, ERP, and EPM. Topics will include OTBI, BI Publisher, Financial Reporting and Narrative Reporting. Then we’ll dive into more detail with best practices on how your organization can get the most out of your Cloud reporting, whether you’re new to Cloud or have been live for years.
Speaker: Randy Stone, Manager, Aspire Consulting
Summary: A discussion on all things reporting in Oracle Cloud. Starting with a high level overview of the reporting capabilities of Oracle Cloud covering HCM, ERP, and EPM. Topics will include OTBI, BI Publisher, Financial Reporting and Narrative Reporting. Then we’ll dive into more detail with best practices on how your organization can get the most out of your Cloud reporting, whether you’re new to Cloud or have been live for years.
Topic: Oracle Fusion HCM Position Budgeting
Speaker: Charlie Stegeman, Partner, Aspire Consulting
Summary: We will explore how the position budgeting tool introduced very early last year can help an organization enforce their budget in HCM Fusion when a new position is requested to be added, updated for cost, FTE, or headcount. The live demo of the tool will walk through how to turn on the feature, load and maintain the budget, and showcase the feature in action when a position is added/updated.
Speaker: Charlie Stegeman, Partner, Aspire Consulting
Summary: We will explore how the position budgeting tool introduced very early last year can help an organization enforce their budget in HCM Fusion when a new position is requested to be added, updated for cost, FTE, or headcount. The live demo of the tool will walk through how to turn on the feature, load and maintain the budget, and showcase the feature in action when a position is added/updated.
Topic: Oracle Innovations Accelerating Business Transformation
Speaker: Brent Juelich, Sr. Director Business Value Services, Oracle
Summary: Oracle is revolutionizing enterprise technology with innovations in Autonomous Database, AI-driven analytics, high-performance computing, and zero-trust security. This session will explore how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure enables businesses to scale effortlessly, optimize workloads, and drive real-time insights while ensuring multi-cloud flexibility and quantum-safe security. With cutting-edge advancements powering organizations like Red Bull Racing, Oracle is setting new standards in AI automation, edge computing, and next-generation data management. Join us to discover how Oracle is accelerating digital transformation, enhancing agility, and redefining the future of enterprise IT.
Speaker: Brent Juelich, Sr. Director Business Value Services, Oracle
Summary: Oracle is revolutionizing enterprise technology with innovations in Autonomous Database, AI-driven analytics, high-performance computing, and zero-trust security. This session will explore how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure enables businesses to scale effortlessly, optimize workloads, and drive real-time insights while ensuring multi-cloud flexibility and quantum-safe security. With cutting-edge advancements powering organizations like Red Bull Racing, Oracle is setting new standards in AI automation, edge computing, and next-generation data management. Join us to discover how Oracle is accelerating digital transformation, enhancing agility, and redefining the future of enterprise IT.
Topic: Oracle Conversational GenAI | Analytics Digital Agent (ADA)
Speaker: AJ Gulamhusein, Senior Sales Specialist – Data and Analytics, Oracle
Summary: Exploring Oracle’s Conversational GenAI Analytics Digital Agent (ADA), an AI-powered assistant that automates insights and natural language-driven data analysis in Oracle Cloud. This session will demonstrate how generative AI optimizes datasets, retrieves business insights, and automates processes. Financial reporting, forecasting, and enterprise knowledge retrieval are some of the key use cases that will be emphasized. Integration with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), and financial systems will also be covered.
Speaker: AJ Gulamhusein, Senior Sales Specialist – Data and Analytics, Oracle
Summary: Exploring Oracle’s Conversational GenAI Analytics Digital Agent (ADA), an AI-powered assistant that automates insights and natural language-driven data analysis in Oracle Cloud. This session will demonstrate how generative AI optimizes datasets, retrieves business insights, and automates processes. Financial reporting, forecasting, and enterprise knowledge retrieval are some of the key use cases that will be emphasized. Integration with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), and financial systems will also be covered.
Topic: Simplify Generative AI and Data Analytics with HeatWave
Speaker: Shane Atherholt, Vice President NACI HeatWave, Oracle
Summary: Generative AI is creating new opportunities, but in order to fully capitalize on them, businesses need fast, efficient data analysis. MySQL HeatWave combines AI, machine learning, and high-speed analytics to handle enterprise and unstructured data, giving powerful insights at unrivaled price-performance.
In this session, we will look at how HeatWave’s automation, security, and unmatched query acceleration make it easier to query hundreds of terabytes of data in object storage, allowing enterprises to fully realize the benefits of generative AI.
Speaker: Shane Atherholt, Vice President NACI HeatWave, Oracle
Summary: Generative AI is creating new opportunities, but in order to fully capitalize on them, businesses need fast, efficient data analysis. MySQL HeatWave combines AI, machine learning, and high-speed analytics to handle enterprise and unstructured data, giving powerful insights at unrivaled price-performance.
In this session, we will look at how HeatWave’s automation, security, and unmatched query acceleration make it easier to query hundreds of terabytes of data in object storage, allowing enterprises to fully realize the benefits of generative AI.
Topic: Don’t Forget about Voice – a Primer on Migrating Voice to the Cloud
Speaker: Patrick Graves, Director Channel Sales, Oracle
Summary: In today’s environment, organizations are looking to benefit by migrating critical applications to the cloud. Many of these are data-centric, supporting end user and back-office functions. But cloud migrations involve more than just data – Voice is a real-time workload that touches virtually every knowledge worker. While often overlooked, there are significant benefits to deploying Voice applications in the cloud. In this session, find out how Oracle’s Communications business unit (CGIU) enables such migrations and can leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a piece of the puzzle.
Speaker: Patrick Graves, Director Channel Sales, Oracle
Summary: In today’s environment, organizations are looking to benefit by migrating critical applications to the cloud. Many of these are data-centric, supporting end user and back-office functions. But cloud migrations involve more than just data – Voice is a real-time workload that touches virtually every knowledge worker. While often overlooked, there are significant benefits to deploying Voice applications in the cloud. In this session, find out how Oracle’s Communications business unit (CGIU) enables such migrations and can leverage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a piece of the puzzle.
Topic: Building the Future: Cloud, Integration, and AI for Asset-Intensive Industries
Speaker: Dave Bullard, Customer & Industry Value Engagement Director, Oracle
Summary: In asset-intensive industries like construction, energy, manufacturing, and transportation, staying connected across stakeholders is critical, but fragmented systems and isolated data frequently obstruct this process. The session will examine how enterprises utilize Oracle Cloud to integrate enterprise applications, maintain team alignment, and enhance their technology ecosystems. Discover how partner solutions and AI-driven insights can help businesses move from making decisions based on what happened to making decisions based on what should happen next. This can lead to new efficiencies and competitive advantages.
Speaker: Dave Bullard, Customer & Industry Value Engagement Director, Oracle
Summary: In asset-intensive industries like construction, energy, manufacturing, and transportation, staying connected across stakeholders is critical, but fragmented systems and isolated data frequently obstruct this process. The session will examine how enterprises utilize Oracle Cloud to integrate enterprise applications, maintain team alignment, and enhance their technology ecosystems. Discover how partner solutions and AI-driven insights can help businesses move from making decisions based on what happened to making decisions based on what should happen next. This can lead to new efficiencies and competitive advantages.
Topic: Customer Experience: BJC HealthCare – Implementing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Speaker: Ted Lewis, Senior Solutions Architect, BJC Healthcare
Summary: BJC HealthCare will share their experience with implementing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a hosting solution for their PeopleSoft applications.
Speaker: Ted Lewis, Senior Solutions Architect, BJC Healthcare
Summary: BJC HealthCare will share their experience with implementing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a hosting solution for their PeopleSoft applications.