30th September - 2nd October 2010

University of York

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Speakers

Speakers who have submitted a session for SQLBits - The 7 Wonders of SQL.

Allan Mitchell

http://www.sqlis.com
www.konesans.com
Allan is the joint owner of Konesans Ltd, a small UK based consultancy specializing in SQL Server, and most importantly SQL Server Integration Services. Having been working with SQL Server from 6.5 onwards he has extensive experience in many aspects of SQL Server, but now focuses ... [more - bio & sessions]

Ami Levin

I live in Jerusalem, Israel, and I’ve been a SQL Server MVP since 2006. In addition to managing the Israeli SQL Server user group, I lead the Hebrew MSSQL newsgroup and regularly speak at MS and other events in Israel and worldwide. I worked as a freelance SQL Server consultant ... [more - bio & sessions]

Andre Kamman

http://andrekamman.com rss feed
I'm a contractor based in the Netherlands. Working with SQL Server since version 6.5 I sometimes think that I have memorized Books Online by now and can do my work on autopilot. But usually even before my first cup of coffee something strange happens and I find myself searching for ... [more - bio & sessions]

Andrew Baker

http://www.guestbaker.co.uk/
Guest & Baker
I am a BI consultant with over 25 years experience of using a variety of software, such as, SQL Server. [more - bio & sessions]

Andrew Couch

ASC associates
Andrew has been developing with Access and SQL Server for over 14 years and specialises in Client-Server design applied in the manufacturing and banking sectors. Andrew is a director and one of the founding members of the Access User Group (www.ukaug.co.uk) and technical director ... [more - bio & sessions]

Anthony Brown

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/antxxxx/Default.aspx rss feed
John Lewis
Anthony has been a sql server DBA since 1998 and have worked with allversions of SQL server since 6.5. Since 2001 he has workedat John Lewis on their website designing a highly scalable andresilient architecture for it. He has experience in many areas of sqlserver including service broker, ... [more - bio & sessions]

Ashwani Roy

http://ashwaniroy.spaces.live.com
Information Management Group
Ashwani Roy is SQL Server MVP and Senior Consultant with Information Management Group (IMGROUP), winners of the Microsoft Global Business Intelligence Partner of the Year award for the past four years. Ashwani has worked with SQL Server BI stack since 2003 and is Microsoft Certified ... [more - bio & sessions]

Brad McGehee

http://www.bradmcgehee.com rss feed
Red Gate Software
Brad M. McGehee is a MCSE+I, MCSD, and MCT (former) with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, Brad is an accomplished Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 15 years SQL Server experience, ... [more - bio & sessions]

Brent Ozar

http://www.brentozar.com/ rss feed
SQLskills
Brent Ozar is a Microsoft Certified Master of SQL Server and an MVP.  He's a consultant and trainer for SQLskills, a leading database consulting company founded by Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp. He has over a decade of broad IT experience, performing systems administration and ... [more - bio & sessions]

Buck Woody

Microsoft
Buck Woody has been working with Information Technology since 1981. He has worked for the U.S. Air Force, at an IBM reseller as technical support, and for NASA as well as U.S. Space Command as an IT contractor. He has worked in most all IT positions from computer repair technician ... [more - bio & sessions]

Chirag Roy

http://sqlking.wordpress.com
Coeo Ltd
Chirag is a Senior SQL DBA at Coeo Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner providing SQL Server consulting and Remote DBA services to customers who outsource management and 24x7 operations of their SQL Server platform.  Chirag works delivering and maintaining SQL Server solutions for customers ... [more - bio & sessions]

Chris Testa-O'Neill

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/testas/
EMC Consulting
Chris Testa-O'Neill is a Practise Consultant at EMC Consulting. He specialises in SQL Server Business Intelligence Solutions  in the SQL 2005 and 2008 product range. Chris is also a technical author is currently working on E-Learning courses for SQL Server 2008 with Microsoft Learning. ... [more - bio & sessions]

Chris Webb

http://cwebbbi.spaces.live.com
Crossjoin Consulting
Chris Webb is an independent consultant specialising in Analysis Services and the MDX query language. He is a co-author of "Expert Cube Development with SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services", and the second edition of "MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 and ... [more - bio & sessions]

Christian Bolton

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/christian
Coeo Ltd
Christian Bolton is the Technical Director for Coeo Ltd, a leading provider of SQL Server Managed Support and Consulting to organisations in the UK and Europe. Prior to this, Christian worked for 5 years as a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft UK working with some of Microsoft’s ... [more - bio & sessions]

Darren Green

http://www.konesans.com rss feed
Konesans Ltd
Darren is the joint owner of Konesans Ltd, a small UK based consultancy specializing in data solutions with SQL Server. Having been working with SQL Server from 6.5 onwards he has extensive experience in many aspects of SQL Server, but now focuses on solving problems with BI and SSIS. ... [more - bio & sessions]

Dave Ballantyne

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/sqlandthelike/ rss feed
Lotus Group
Dave has been working with SQLServer since the early days of 6.5. He currently works within the travel industry as a Database Designer / T-SQL Developer. He is very active on SqlServer central and MSDN forums and having fun solving and optimizing TSQL problems. He now also run the ... [more - bio & sessions]

Gary Short

http://www.garyshort.org rss feed
Short
Gary Short works for Developer Express as the Technical Evangelist on the frameworks team. He has a deep interest in technical architecture, especially in the areas of technical debt and refactoring. Gary is a C# MVP and gives presentations at user groups and conferences throughout the UK. [more - bio & sessions]

Gavin Payne

http://blog.gavinpayneuk.com
Technology consultant with 3 years experience as a Solution Architect built on 10 years previous experience as a Database Administrator using SQL Server 6.5, 7, 2000 and 2005, and Oracle 10g. Currently working with mid-enterprise clients to meet their business requirements with application, ... [more - bio & sessions]

James Boother

Live Software Solutions
James Boother is the co-founder of Live Software Solutions a Microsoft Certified Partner focused on custom development solutions on the Microsoft platform. James is a passionate .net developer and development manager, James has been involved with the creation of Product Life Cycle ... [more - bio & sessions]

Jamie Thomson

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson
Blink Tank Consulting
Jamie has been a SQL Server MVP since January 2006 due largely to his contributions to the SSIS user community. [more - bio & sessions]

Jennifer Stirrup

http://www.jenstirrup.com
Copper Blue Business Intelligence Consultancy Ltd
Jen is a MCP-Certified Business Intelligence specialist who is passionate about all things data! Jen has been using SQL since version 7.0 and thinks that it just keeps getting better and better! After having implemented  solutions all over Europe and the US, she is now settled in ... [more - bio & sessions]

Jeremy Kashel

http://blogs.adatis.co.uk/blogs/jeremykashel/default.aspx
Adatis
I am a Principal Consultant with Adatis, a Microsoft Gold Certified Parter, specialising in the Microsoft BI Stack. My day to day consulting role involves extensive use of Analysis Services, Integration Services and the SQL Server database engine in order to implement Planning and ... [more - bio & sessions]

Joe Chang

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/joe_chang/default.aspx
QDPMA
Joe is a freelance consultant specializing in SQL Server scalability. The common approach to database performance tuning seems to be a laundry list of techniques with no unifying theme. Try random items until something works. Over time, one might develop a feel for what is likely ... [more - bio & sessions]

Jonathan Kehayias

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias
Tampa General Hospital
Jonathan Kehayias is a SQL Server MVP and Sr. Database Administrator for Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida. [more - bio & sessions]

Justin Langford

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/justinl
Coeo Ltd
Justin is a Principal Consultant for Coeo Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner providing SQL Server consulting services for upgrade, performance tuning, scalability and availability solutions for all versions of SQL Server.  Coeo also offer Remote DBA services to customers who outsource ... [more - bio & sessions]

Kevin Kline

http://KevinEKline.com rss feed
Quest Software
Kevin Kline is the Technical Strategy Manager for SQL Server Solutions at Quest Software. A Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2004, Kevin is a founding board member and past president of the international Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). He has written or co-written several ... [more - bio & sessions]

Klaus Aschenbrenner

http://www.csharp.at
Klaus Aschenbrenner works as a Software Architect for in Vienna - Austria. Klaus has worked with the .NET Framework and especially with SQL Server 2008 from the very beginning. In the years 2004 - 2005 Klaus was honored with MVP awards from Microsoft for his tremendous support of ... [more - bio & sessions]

Maciej Pilecki

Maciej Pilecki is a SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer and Consultant with Project Botticelli. He has many years of international experience in Microsoft SQL Server database development, optimization and troubleshooting. He spends most of ... [more - bio & sessions]

Mark Broadbent

http://tenbulls.co.uk
University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate
Professional Experience Mark Broadbent is currently a DBA for the University of Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate. He has been using SQL Server for over 13 years starting with SQL 6.5 and every release since in numerous highly available configurations. He has worked with many ... [more - bio & sessions]

Martin Schmidt

http://www.performanceduo.com rss feed
Miracle A/S
Martin has a dream, that one day he will wake up and the whole world will speak in the same language. That language is T-SQL. Martin has extensive experience in regular DBA tasks but making systems run and doing day to day maintanance is just to trivial for a SQL Server rockstar like ... [more - bio & sessions]

Matt Whitfield

http://www.atlantis-interactive.co.uk/blog/ rss feed
Atlantis Interactive UK Ltd
Matt is the director of Atlantis Interactive, a provider of SQL Server Tools, and a leading contributor to the Ask SQL Server Central website. He has over 13 years experience of working with SQL Server from versions 6.5 upwards, and has implemented several database projects both large ... [more - bio & sessions]

Neil Hambly

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/NeilHambly
MDSL
Neil Hambly an experienced Architect/DBA/Developer who has been using the SQL Server Product family since version 6.5 over the last 12 years. A regular attendee and now presenter @ UK SQL Server user groups events as well as recent Twitter & Powershell fan, when not roaming outside ... [more - bio & sessions]

Neil Robbins

Semeosis
I'm a software developer/architect working from London. My background is primarily within the Microsoft based ecosystem, but I have also worked with technologies from outside of this, such as Oracle, IBM, and Java. I am a founder and organiser of the London chapter of 'A NoSQL Summer'. ... [more - bio & sessions]

R Meyyappan

http://www.sqlworkshops.com
www.sqlworkshops.com
R Meyyappan is a SQL Server specialist with expertise in Performance Tuning. Ramesh worked at Microsoft Corporation from 1994 to 2004. Nearly half of that time he worked in Redmond in the development teams - specifically as Program Manager in the SQL Server Development Team responsible ... [more - bio & sessions]

Raoul Illyés

http://guide-line.com/blog/blog
guide-line.com
Raoul Illyés is an internationally acclaimed SQL Server expert and has 16 years' experience in the IT industry. Raoul is an internationally recognized lecturer and teacher, known for his passion and dedication to detail.  Many customers have had good reason to value his high energy ... [more - bio & sessions]

Rob Farley

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/rob_farley rss feed
LobsterPot Solutions
Rob Farley runs LobsterPot Solutions, a Gold Partner SQL & BI consultancy in Adelaide, Australia. He presents regularly at PASS chapters and conferences such as TechEd Australia and SQLBits (UK), heads up the Adelaide SQL Server User Group, sits on the South Australian committee ... [more - bio & sessions]

Robert Edgson

B. I. Edge
I Started in the IT industry working as a land surveyor with Unix ( Sun OS)  back in  late eightes ,   Then moved on to support Microsoft products first supporting Windows NT4 & Windows 95 ; on to qualify as a Microsoft Trainer;  Microsoft Certified system engineer  and Red Hat ... [more - bio & sessions]

Robert Hogg

http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/boss/default.aspx rss feed
Black Marble
Robert Hogg is the Managing Director of Black Marble Ltd, a Microsoft Gold Partner based in the North of England, specialising in Microsoft BizTalk and SharePoint based business automation and collaboration solutions, as well as Application Lifecycle Management. Robert is in his ... [more - bio & sessions]

Sascha Lorenz

http://saschalorenz.blogspot.com rss feed
PSG Projekt Service GmbH - The SQL Server Company
Sascha is co-founder of PSG GmbH and works as a Solution Architect und Senior Consultant focusing on the Microsoft platform and tools (SQL, SharePoint and BizTalk). He has been involved since 1996 in many Business Intelligence-related projects, workshops and presentations. He represents ... [more - bio & sessions]

Satya Jayanty

http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/Bloggers.aspx rss feed
D Bi A Solutions Limited
Knowledge is the power and you will gain by sharing it; Subject Matter Expert, Consulting & technical expertise for Databases, Business Intelligence & Architecture solutions. Working as Solutions Architect & Consultant for database solutions with over 18+ years of experience ... [more - bio & sessions]

Simon Munro

http://simonmunro.com
EMC Consulting
Simon Munro is a Senior Practice Consultant with EMC Consulting.  Currently doing solution architecture on the Microsoft stack, Simon has spent more than fifteen years straddling the line between application and database development.  Over the years he has worked on a wide range of ... [more - bio & sessions]

Simon Sabin

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons rss feed
Onarc Consulting Limited
Simon is an independent Database consultant specialising in the world of search, distributed architectures, business intelligence and application development. He has worked with SQL Server since 1998 and has always focused on high performance reliable systems. He was awarded as an ... [more - bio & sessions]

Thomas Kejser

http://sqlcat.com
Microsoft
Thomas has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and performance tuned cubes since OLAP Server 7.0. He has worked on some of the largest cubes in the world. Performing fast loading of warehousing and removing every bottleneck is one of Thomas specialties. He holds a master ... [more - bio & sessions]

Tim Kent

http://blogs.adatis.co.uk/blogs rss feed
Adatis
Tim is the joint owner of Adatis, a specialist Microsoft Business Intelligence Consultancy based in the UK.  He has been working with SQL Server and in particular the BI stack for more than 10 years.  He specialises in Analytics, Reporting and data visualisation techniques and campaigns ... [more - bio & sessions]

Tony Rogerson

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/tonyrogerson
Torver Computer Consultants
In the 24 years of his IT career Tony has had experience in a number of languages, first on the IBM mainframe with Application System, PL/1, CICS, DB2 and System W. In 1995 he moved to the Client/Server platform adding Visual Basic, C++ and Oracle to his experience; over the past ... [more - bio & sessions]