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Join Me at PASS Summit 2016

It seems like it was just yesterday that we all said goodbye in Seattle at last year’s PASS Summit, but the calendar on the wall says that the next event is a mere four months away. This means that it’s that time of year again: the schedule of sessions has been published. I am happy to announce that I’ll be presenting…


Advanced SSIS Training Class This Fall

Now that the details have been finalized, I can announce that a new SSIS class coming up this fall. My Linchpin People cohort Andy Leonard and I will be delivering our Advanced SSIS training class in the Washington, DC area in December. This class is four days in length, ideally suited for experienced SSIS developers who want to take their skills…


Advanced SSIS Training Class

The Advanced SSIS training course is designed for ETL professional with at least 2 years experience using SSIS. This can be either a 3- or 4-day course, depending on whether lab exercises are included. Advanced SSIS Training Class (3- or 4-day course) If you are looking to take your SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) skills to the next level, this course…


Advanced SSIS Training in Dallas

I’m very excited to offer a new course entitled “Advanced SSIS” in the Dallas area this spring. My friend and colleague Andy Leonard and I will be delivering this new 3-day course March 9-11, 2015 at the Microsoft offices in Irving, Texas. This course is intended for those who have experience using Integration Services who are looking to take their…


SQL PASS Summit 2014 Diary – Days 3-5

The last two days have been an absolute blur.  As I first posted this week, I had planned to blog daily about my goings-on, but I’ve been running nonstop – all good things, fortunately – but it interrupted my plans to blog every day. Day 3: Tuesday 08:00am: Headed back to the MVP Summit.  Rain again. 06:00pm: Back in Seattle,…


Five people you should meet at the PASS Summit

As I write this, I’m airborne and on my way to Seattle for the summit week (the Microsoft MVP Summit, followed by the PASS Summit).  I was struck with the notion – and not for the first time – that I’m not really looking forward to these events for the technical content as much as I’m looking forward to networking…


Mile High Tech Con

There’s a brand new business intelligence conference launching next month in Denver, Colorado.  The Mile High Tech Con is a three-day event taking place July 24-26, 2014, and is aimed at business intelligence practitioners, data analysts, and information managers/CIOs. From the event website: Featuring three days of sessions and events focusing on Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Mile High Tech…


Consulting

I am a consultant specifically focused on data architecture, ETL, data warehousing, and reporting. I am available for consulting engagements on-site, remotely, or a combination of the two. Among the consulting services I offer: Data Warehouse Consulting Building a single, centralized source of truth for business decision-making requires careful attention to all of the moving parts: creating the right data model, moving and…


Training

“Teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.” While most of my clients ask me to build a solution for them, many others have their own staff who, with proper training, can build and support solutions with minimal assistance. I am passionate about helping organizations do data warehousing, ETL, and data quality the right way, and over…


Resources

Writing Series I am in the midst of incrementally publishing a guide to ETL best practices. This guide is platform-agnostic, intended to highlight recommended methodologies for ETL architectures on any platform. I am writing a series of posts on using SSIS in the cloud, as well as a series on SQL Server temporal tables. I also have a series of SSIS…