[JOB OFFER] contractor wanted for PHP project!

Hi, we are looking for a PHP contractor (possibly not just one) to help us with a current project. We have a large oracle database, and we are using OCI8 to connect from PHPv4.0.0, and our database is dying due to the sheer number of connections. The current OCI module does not have connection pooling, so each of our apache servers is making 300 persistant connections to Oracle. The site in question does over 50 million pageviews a day, and connections are proving to be a MAJOR bottleneck in our growth. Basically, we need people who have experience in this area to help us create a OCI8/apache connection pooling module. If anybody is interested please get in touch. We are located in Glendale, LA, and will pay for travel/accomodation expenses plus generous compensation. Thanks a lot, Adam Powell, Neopets.Com