Tim Bunce developed and released the first version of the DBI and DBD::Oracle modules in 1994, just as Perl 5.000 was released. Since then, he has developed the DBI into the most popular database access technology for Perl.
Tim has been ab active perl5-porter since 1994, contributing to the development of the Perl language and to many of its core modules such as DynaLoader, Make-Maker, and Exporter. He was responsible for building and releasing maintenance versions of Perl from 5.004_01 through 5.004_04. He is also the author and co-maintainer of the Perl Module List.
Tim is the technical Director of the Ingram Group, where he designs and develops large scale data processing, storage, and reporting applications in Perl. In 1998 he was recognized by British Telecom for his role in the launch of their Call Management Information service, a system implemented in Perl.