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ASF 015: Kalen Delaney interview

Kalen Delaney has been working with SQL Server since 1987 when she joined the Sybase Corporation in Berkeley, California. Kalen has an independent international trainer and consultant since 1992. She has been a SQL Server MVP since 1993 and has been writing about SQL Server almost as long. Kalen has spoken at dozens of technical conferences, including every PASS conference in the US and multiple TechEd events in both the US and Europe. Kalen is the author or co-author of many books on SQL Server, including the series about SQL Server Internals.This talk has taken place during SQLDay conference in Wroclaw (Poland), on 16th May 2018 (Wednesday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski & Damian Widera.Why we have the #SQLFamily so great?How long did take Kalen to update the book about SQL Server 7.0? What is Kalen's advice about starting in IT market?Who did thanks to Kalen more times in the last three weeks than in the last few years? What kind of things Kalen loves to repair?Do you know the story about @sqlqueen twitter handle? You'll find all answers out over here.

ASF 014: Itzik Ben-Gan interview

Itzik Ben-Gan is a Mentor and Co-Founder of SolidQ. A Microsoft Data Platform MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 1999, Itzik has delivered numerous training events around the world focused on T-SQL Querying, Query Tuning and Programming. Itzik is the author of several books including Microsoft SQL Server High-Performance T-SQL Using Window Functions, T-SQL Fundamentals and T-SQL Querying. He has written articles for SQL Server Pro, SolidQ Journal and MSDN. Itzik's speaking activities include SQLPASS, SQLBits, SQLTeach and various user groups around the world. Itzik is the author of SolidQ's Advanced T-SQL Querying, Programming and Tuning and T-SQL Fundamentals courses along with being a primary resource within the company for their T-SQL related activities.This talk has taken place during SQLDay conference in Wroclaw (Poland), on 16th May 2018 (Wednesday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski & Damian Widera.Do you know what Itzik does like doing the most? What kind of thing is important when writing a book? Why worth to be at conferences and also when he has started working with Microsoft SQL Server databases? Find out more in this talk.

ASF 013: James Rowland Jones interview

James Rowland-Jones is a Principal Program Manager for Microsoft. He is passionate about delivering highly scalable solutions that are creative, simple and elegant in their design. James specializes in big data warehouse solutions such as Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS), Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Hadoop ecosystems.James is a keen advocate for the SQL Server community; both internationally and in the UK. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for PASS and helped organise SQLBits. James was awarded Microsoft’s MVP accreditation from 2008 - 2015 for his services to the community.This talk has taken place during SQL Bits conference in London, on 23rd February 2018 (Friday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowinski & Damian Widera (remotely).Do you want to know why James has moved to Seattle and started working for Microsoft?How he started his career in IT and what is important in your work? Which big conference is his baby and how much his community involvement has affected his professional life?You will find out all the answers in the following talk.

ASF 012: Rob Sewell interview

Rob is a SQL Server DBA with a passion for Powershell, Azure, Automation & SQL. He is an MVP & an officer for the PASS PowerShell VG & has spoken at, organised & volunteered at many events. He is a member of the committee that organises SQL Saturday Exeter, PSDayUK & also the European PowerShell Conference. He is a proud supporter of the SQL & PowerShell communities.He relishes sharing & learning & can be found doing both via Twitter & his blog. He spends most of his time looking at a screen & loves to solve problems. He knows that looking at a screen so much is bad for him because his wife tells him so. Thus, you can find him on the cricket field in the summer or flying a drone in the winter.He has a fabulous beard!This talk has taken place during SQL Bits conference in London, on 22nd February 2018 (Thursday).Interviewers: Kamil Nowiński & Hubert KobierzewskiWhat is his recipe for having a good speech? Where is a passion in his life? Check out which kind of toys Rob doesn't take to abroad and why. Check that and also, why we had a lot of background noises during this chat.

ASF 011: Grant Fritchey interview

Grant Fritchey is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 20 years of experience in IT, including time spent in support and development. He has worked with SQL Server since 6.0, back in 1995. He has developed in Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, C# and Java. He is the author of the books SQL Server Execution Plans (Simple-Talk), SQL Server Query Performance Tuning (Apress) and co-Author “Expert Performance Indexing”, “SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2”, “Beginning SQL Server 2012 Administration” and “Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices”.Since 2009 he has been awarded as a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. In 2014 I was awarded as a Dunn & Bradstreet MVP. In 2011 I received the Tech10 Award in Rhode Island and joined Red Gate Software as a Product Evangelist in January.Grant volunteers at PASS, currently serving on the PASS Board of Directors as the President.This talk has taken place during PASS Summit in Seattle, WA, on 3rd November 2017 (Friday).Do you wanna know why Grant is so-called Scary DBA? How is he sharing his working time between Redgate and PASS and who has given him 6-weeks sabbatical? What is his approach to teaching, speaking and working? What does mean work-life balance for him?Check this out right now.