Andy Leonard

Andy Leonard is a SQL Server database developer, MCSD, and engineer who resides in central Virginia. He is one of the authors of the book Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Wrox, 2006). He founded and manages VSTeamSystemCentral.com. An engineer - by training and at heart - he began working with Business Intelligence in 1995 when he developed one of the first web-based Manufacturing Execution Systems: Plant-Wide Webs.

   Andy's experience includes SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) development and architecture, data warehouse architecture and development, and web and mobile application architecture and development. An experienced project manager, he enjoys translating between business and developer groups – applying Visual Studio Team System's capabilities in the business ecosystem.

andy@andyleonard.net                                   www.andyleonard.net 

Steve Write

Steve is a member of the sqlSentry team and holds MCSD and MCDBA certifications. For two and a half years, Steve was a Regional Education Manager for the SQL Server and VB curriculum at Techskills IT Training Centers. Prior to joining the sqlSentry team Steve spent a year and a half as a Learning Specialist on Wachovia’s Technology Training Team.

William "Bill" Vaughn

William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor and subject-matter expert on Visual Studio, SQL Server and data access interfaces. He’s been in the computer industry for over thirty years—working with mainframe, minicomputer and personal computer systems as a developer, manager, trainer, marketer, support specialist, writer and publisher. In 2000 after 14 years at Microsoft, Bill stepped away to work on his new books, mentoring and independent training seminars. He primarily specializes on data access and especially Visual Basic and SQL Server and more recently SQL Server Reporting Services. He’s written six editions of the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server” (and working on the 7th edition that covers Visual Studio and SQL Server 2005) and two editions of “ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for Visual Basic (and C#) Programmers”. He and Peter Blackburn also wrote the best-selling and critically acclaimed “Hitchhiker’s Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services”. Bill is a top-rated speaker and frequents conferences all over the world including VSLive, Developer/SQL/VSLive Connections, DevTeach and VBug. He’s also written a wealth of articles for magazines such as SQL Server Magazine, Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal, .NET Magazine and many others. He writes a bi-weekly editorial on developer issues for Processor magazine. Bill spends considerable time answering questions on the data-centric public newsgroups and speaking at user groups. He’s available for consulting, mentoring or custom training. See www.betav.com.

Paul Litwin, Deep Training

Paul Litwin is a developer specializing in ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, C#, SQL Server, and related technologies. Paul is a programming manager with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He is also the owner of Deep Training, a developer owned training company specializing in .NET developer training (www.deeptraining.com). Paul has authored a number of books including ASP.NET for Developers (SAMS) and Access 2002 Enterprise Developer’s Handbook (SYBEX) and has written articles in a variety of magazines, including MSDN Magazine and PC World. Paul is the conference chair of Microsoft ASP.NET Connections, a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the INETA Speakers Bureau.

Dr. Omri Bahat, SQL Farms, Inc.

Dr. Omri Bahat is the CEO of SQL Farms, Inc., a software company that develops scalable database management tools for mid-size to very large SQL server environments. Before SQL Farms, Dr. Bahat served as the lead database architect at one of the largest software companies in the world, responsible for database development and change management in large SQL server environments. Dr. Bahat is a regular speaker in software conferences and SQL user groups, and in his spare time also runs the SQL Education Center (http://education.sqlfarms.com).