Method R, LLC is Cary Millsap’s independent Oracle® performance consulting practice. Cary helps teams solve problems, reduce risk, and make better decisions.
“Cary Millsap has a gift. Yes, he’s brilliant at making things run faster, but his true genius is translating complex problems into simple, powerful ideas.”
—Liz Wiseman
New York Times bestselling author of
Multipliers and Impact Players
Ambitious standards
Imagine these standards being your standards:
- No blind spots — Your troubleshooting method accounts for everything that matters.
- Decisive evidence — Your apps produce evidence that settles the question.
- Realistic testing — You measure and test what the users will actually feel.
- Earlier risk detection — You identify problems when they’re less expensive to fix.
- More knowing, less guessing — Your predictions grow more accurate over time.
When your projects meet these standards, quality of life improves substantially for developers, operators, and users alike.
“I can’t believe I was in my forties the first time I saw how to optimize a system the way Cary and his team do it. Now it doesn’t even make sense to me that anyone would try it any other way.”
—Richard Russell
Former 7-Eleven Enterprise Architect
About Cary
Since 1989, Cary Millsap has helped organizations improve the performance of their Oracle systems. His publications, tools, and courses have influenced generations of performance engineers, database professionals, and technology leaders.
“Looking at challenges from the perspective of end users is what makes How to Make Things Faster so insightful. Cary reminds us that in order to solve real performance challenges, we need to work on what’s most important to the people who interact with the systems we design, build, and operate.”
—Dominic Delmolino
Former VP at Amazon Web Services
Former CTO at Accenture Federal Services
How can I help?
Planning an important Oracle project? Facing a difficult performance problem? Concerned that your team may be overlooking a dangerous risk? Book a call with Cary to decide whether Method R can help.

