Raul F. Chong is a Senior Program Manager based at the IBM Toronto Laboratory. Raul joined IBM in 1997 and has held numerous positions in the company. Raul has taught many DB2 workshops, has published numerous articles, and has contributed to the DB2 Certification exam tutorials. Raul is the lead author of the book Understanding DB2 - Learning Visually with Examples 2nd Edition (ISBN-10: 0131580183). Raul co-founded BDU and has started BDU meetups worldwide.