Ljiljana Perica has graduated Telecommunications and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, and acquired Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. She began her career in the INA (Croatian leading oil company) as a system analyst and application designer / programmer, and more than 20 years ago joined Oracle Corporation as a Presales Consultant for Business Intelligence and development tools and technologies. She is currently working as a Principal Solutions Specialist Engineer, and a specialist for the Business Analytics and Big Data solutions.