The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) has created an advisory group of key MySQL thought leaders to help out MySQL customers; taking advantage and leveraging IOUG’s voice in the Oracle community and addressing interests and needs of MySQL users. Included in the group of thought leaders are: Sarah Novotny, Blue Gecko, Council Chairperson, Sheeri Cabral, PalominoDB, Bradley Kuszmaul, Tokutek, Giuseppe Maxia, Continuent, Rob Wultsch, GoDaddy.com, and Matt Yonkovit, Percona.