VLAD Group, Inc. was founded in March 2001 by Sandra Vucinic. Sandra has over sixteen years of experience with Oracle database administration specifically supporting Oracle E-Business Suite environments including installation, implementations, administration, maintenance, upgrades and remote support.

Her focus is in areas of infrastructure planning, architecture design, review and support with emphasis in areas of Oracle E-Business Suite implementations and upgrades.

For years Sandra has been a presenter and panel member at OAUG, NCOAUG, CSOAUG, OVOAUG, SROAUG, Oracle Apps World and Oracle Open World Conferences (70+ sessions). Sandra continues to be active in the OAUG organization. 

Sandra will present her “Get Ready for Oracle E-Business Suite 12! Tasks to Complete Now to Ease the R12 Upgrade Process” paper, and participate on the “Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1: Technical and Functional Panel” at the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco CA in October 2009.

For a seventh year Sandra continues to serve on the Board of Directors for OAUG Database Special Interest Group and OAUG SysAdmin Special Interest Group. In 2004, Sandra joined the SROAUG Board as the Secretary Director and currently servers on the Board as Communications Director. In 2005, Sandra has accepted a position on the OAUG E-Business Applications Technology Special Interest Group (formally known as Middleware SIG) Board of Directors and currently serves as the Membership Director. In 2007, Sandra joined OAUG GEO/SIG Committee.

For her outstanding achievements and contributions to the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG), Sandra has been awarded the OAUG Member of the Year Award for 2008 at the Collaborate 2008 Conference in April 2008 in Denver CO.

In December 2008 Sandra received Oracle ACE Award by Oracle Corporation for her significant contributions and activity in the Oracle technical community as she has demonstrated a proficiency in Oracle technology as well as a willingness to share her knowledge and experiences with the Oracle community.

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the North Central Oracle Applications User Group (NCOAUG), Sandra was awarded the NCOAUG Distinguished Service Award at the NCOAUG conference in August 2007 in Chicago IL.

Sandra was honored to contribute as a Technical Reviewer to a success of “Oracle Applications DBA Field Guide” book by Elke Phelps and Paul Jackson described as an “Essential reading for new Oracle Applications DBAs, and very useful reading even for experienced DBAs.” by Steven Chan from Oracle.