Norka Lucena is a highly experienced software engineer currently serving as a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Oracle since November 2018. Prior to this role, Norka was a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft from March 2014 to November 2018, and worked as a Software Engineer at CollabWorx, Inc. from 2009 to February 2014. Norka also gained valuable experience as a Teaching Assistant at Syracuse University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2004 to 2008, and as a Research Assistant at the Systems Assurance Institute at Syracuse University from 2001 to 2003. Norka holds a Ph.D. and an MS in Computer Science from Syracuse University.