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, technical issues you’re facing on the job, design concerns for a project or whatever else is on your mind, and have those discussions with people who’ve been there too and are experts in the field. 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 our next SQL Cruise season. Sessions will be selected at a later date.
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 a Senior Database Administrator and SQL Subject Matter Expert for SurveyMonkey with over 16 years of experience in working with SQL Server. He is also the CEO/CTO of SQLAgentMan Consultancy & SQL Cruise Events 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 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 currently serves as the Director of SQLSaturday for that organization.
Credentials
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Board of Directors, Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS)Links
Blog
Bio
LinkedIn Profile
Microsoft SQL Server MVP Profile
Klout
Flickr
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
Board of Directors, Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS)Links
Microsoft MVP Profile
LinkedIn Profile
Blog
Red Gate Software
David Klee, Heraflux Technologies
David Klee, VMware vExpert 2013, is a SQL Server performance and virtualization expert. With over sixteen years of IT experience, David spends his days handling performance and HA/DR architecture of physical and virtualized mission critical SQL Servers as the Founder and Chief Architect for Heraflux Technologies. His areas of expertise are virtualization and performance, datacenter architecture, and business process analysis. You can read his blog at davidklee.net. and reach him on Twitter at @kleegeek. David speaks at a number of national and regional technology related events, including the SQL PASS Summit, VMware Partner Exchange, numerous SQL Saturday events, SQL PASS virtual chapter webinars, and many SQL Server User Groups.
Credentials
VMware vExpert
Microsoft SQL Server MVPLinks
Jes Borland, Concurrency
Jes Borland is a Senior SQL Server Engineer with Concurrency and a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. She holds an AAS – Programmer/Analyst degree, is a Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server 2012, and has worked with SQL Server as a developer, report writer, DBA, and consultant. Her favorite topics are administration, automation, and performance. She is President of FoxPASS, founder of Tech on Tap, and a LessThanDot.com blogger. She frequently presents at user groups, SQL Saturdays, and other community events. She is also an avid runner and chef.
Credentials
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server 2012Links
Microsoft MVP Profile
LinkedIn Profile
Tech on Tap
Blog
Jason Hall, SQL Sentry
Jason Hall leads SQL Sentry’s Product Management team, which is responsible for managing product design, development, and delivery. Jason specializes in new and existing product enhancement for SQL Sentry Performance Advisor, Event Manager, and Plan Explorer. For many years Jason was the go-to support point for all things SQL Sentry!
Credentials
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (legacy)
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SQL Server 2008, 2012)
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (Enterprise Applications)
Pragmatic Marketing Certified – Level IIILinks
Amy Ford, BlueGranite / SQL Cruise
Amy Ford has over 20 years of human resources and recruiting experience as well as two years experience working with SQL Server and Business Intelligence Microsoft Partner BlueGranite. She also serves as Co-Founder and COO of SQL Cruise and provides professional development consultation and resume critiquing services aboard SQL Cruise. Amy is also our liaison to all the “Plus-Ones, Twos, and so-forth” that come on a SQL Cruise.
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!