--- title: Windocks blog | Steve Pao description: Steve is leading the Data Science practice at Windocks. Prior to Windocks, Steve started his career at Oracle over 30 years ago as product manager for Oracle's line of decision support products and has since held executive roles in the fields of cybersecurity, data protection, telecommunications, and enterprise software. Steve was an early employee and executive through two IPOs — Latitude Communications in 1999 and Barracuda Networks in 2013. --- AUTHOR # Steve Pao Steve is leading the Data Science practice at Windocks. Prior to Windocks, Steve started his career at Oracle over 30 years ago as product manager for Oracle's line of decision support products and has since held executive roles in the fields of cybersecurity, data protection, telecommunications, and enterprise software. Steve was an early employee and executive through two IPOs — Latitude Communications in 1999 and Barracuda Networks in 2013. [Follow me on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevep) ## Stories by Steve --- Trends ### [Beyond Just Database Provisioning](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/beyond-just-database-provisioning) Advantages of database orchestration, including data governance, enhanced privacy and security, and simplified infrastructure through reduction of VM... Steve Pao Apr 6, 2023 Data Privacy ### [Making the Most of Synthetic Data](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/making-the-most-of-synthetic-data) Synthetic data can be generated and used to protect privacy during AI/ML modeling, development, and test. Steve Pao Nov 28, 2022 ### Get notified on new test data management insights Be the first to know about new insights on DevOps and automation in the test data management space.