Maybe the most valuable thing about SQL Cruise isn’t the scheduled training itself. This is your chance to have open, honest, personal discussions about your career goals, your resume, your boss, or whatever else is on your mind, and have those discussions with people who’ve been there too. Break past the usual conference barriers, relax, and build friendships with people who really care about the community. The teaching doesn’t end when the sessions do. That is what sets a SQL Cruise apart from other training opportunities.
Listed below are our currently-announced Technical Leads for 2014. Please visit our Training page for details on their sessions.
Do you want to get more SQL Server training with a side of fun, networking, and rejuvenation? Then join us on a SQL Cruise!
Tim Ford, B-Side Consulting & SQL Cruise Events
Tim Ford is the Lead Database Administrator and SQL Subject Matter Expert for Spectrum Health with over 13 years of experience in working with SQL Server. He is also the CEO and CTO of B-Side Consulting and enjoys taking vacation from one job so he can work on another that helps to foster the strength of the next generation of technology professionals.
Tim is also an author of articles for MSSQLTips.com, SQLServerCentral, and Simple-Talk.com. His first book, co-authored with Louis Davidson, Performance Tuning with Dynamic Management Views is widely available. He speaks routinely at SQL Saturdays across the United States and produced one of the most successful SQL Saturdays in Kalamazoo, MI.
He has been a volunteer leader within the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) since 2002 and presents their annual Quizbowl event in addition to serving on their Programming Committee and Editorial Committee. He has served proudly as the leader of the West Michigan SQL Server Users Group.
Credentials
MCSD, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, MCP
Links
Blog, Bio, LinkedIn Profile, Microsoft MVP Profile, Klout, Twitter, Flickr
Andrew Kelly, Solid Quality Mentors
Andrew J. Kelly is a Mentor with SolidQ (www.solidq.com) and lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He has over 20 years experience with relational databases and application development on both UNIX and Windows platforms but his main focus now is SQL Server. In addition to general SQL Server training and Mentoring he specializes in Performance, Scalability and Maintainability of large scale SQL Servers. He is a regular speaker each year at many conferences and user groups and has been a SQL Server MVP since 2001.
Credentials
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Links
Grant Fritchey, Red Gate Software
Grant Fritchey works for Red Gate Software as a Product Evangelist. Grant has 20 years experience in the industry as a DBA and developer. Grant volunteers for the Professional Association of SQL Server Users (PASS). He’s one of the founding officers of the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group (SNESSUG). Grant is an active participant in the SQL Server Central and AskSQLServerCentral discussion forums. He writes articles for SQL Server Central and Simple-Talk. Grant is the author of the books “SQL Server 2012 Performance Tuning Distilled” and “SQL Server Execution Plans.” He is co-author on the books “SQL Server Team-Based Development,” “SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2,” and “Beginning SQL Server 2012 Administration.” Grant’s nickname is “The Scary DBA.”
Credentials
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Links
Kevin Kline, SQL Sentry
Kevin Kline is a renowned database expert and software industry veteran currently serving is the Director of Engineering Services at SQL Sentry, a leading vendor of database and business intelligence tools. A Microsoft SQL Server MVP since 2004, Kevin was a founding board member and former president of PASS. He has written or co-written eleven books including the best-selling SQL in a Nutshell. Kevin contributes monthly columns to SQL Server Pro and DBTA magazines. Kevin is a noted trainer and thought leader on IT leadership skills, database management technology and practices, and SQL Server performance tuning and optimization. Kevin is a top-rated speaker at conferences worldwide such as Microsoft TechEd, the PASS Summit, DevTeach, Oracle OpenWorld, and SQL Connections. He tweets at #kekline and blogs at KevinEKline.com.
Credentials
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Links
Stacia Misner, Data Inspirations
Stacia Misner has over 25 years of experience with improving business practices through technology and has been providing consulting and education services for Microsoft’s business intelligence technologies since 2000. She founded Data Inspirations in 2006. Stacia is a SQL Server MVP, MCITP, MCTS, and a frequent speaker at technical conferences, including Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) and SQL Server Magazine’s Connections. She has over 12 years of experience in business intelligence architecture and implementation, data warehousing, OLAP, ETL, and reporting and analysis. During that time, Stacia has authored or co-authored multiple books about Microsoft business intelligence technologies.
Credentials
MCITP, MCTS, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Links
Blog, Microsoft SQL Server MVP Profile, Linked-In Bio, Microsoft SSAS Maestro Profile
Richard Douglas, Dell Software
Richard Douglas has a combined role of Systems Consultant/Technical Evangelist for Dell Software (formerly Quest Software) where he specializes in SQL Server providing solutions and system health checks to organizations across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Richard has recently taken on the responsibility of being Editor in Chief of the SQL Server section of Toad World which provides articles on SQL Server and a blog syndication service. Other duties see him regularly presenting webinars to both US and EMEA audiences. Richard is also a valuable member of the SQL Server community, he founded and runs a PASS-affiliated chapter in the UK (www.SQLStudy.org) and is on the organizing committee for a national event called SQLRelay. Richard has spoken at numerous user group, SQL Saturday and SQL Relay events as well as the PASS Summit and European SQL Rallies.
Credentials
MCTS, MCDBA
Links
Do you want to get more SQL Server training with a side of fun, networking, and rejuvenation? Then join us on a SQL Cruise!
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