Community

I'm incredibly proud to be a member of the data platform community, and love being able to give back by volunteering and presenting at events and user group meetings. Here's a list of all my community involvement, including events I plan to attend in the future.

If you would like me to come speak at your user group or event, please contact me!

2024

Date Activity
2024-05-16 DataGrillen 2024
2024-03-19 SQLBits 2024
2024-02-20 Chicago Suburban SQL User Group
2024-02-08 Chicago Data Professionals User Group
2024-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2023

Date Activity
2023-12-13 Redmond SQL User Group
2023-11-03 SQLBits 2024 (Abstract Review Team)
2023-10-27 New Stars of Data, October 2023 (Mentor)
2023-10-14 SQL Saturday #1046: Boston 2023
2023-07-19 Microsoft Data Professionals Charlotte
2023-07-01 Microsoft MVP: Data Platform
2023-05-24 EIGHTKB 2023 (Moderator)
2023-05-12 New Stars of Data, May 2023 (Moderator)
2023-05-08 PASS Data Community Summit 2023 Program Committee (Abstract Review)
2023-03-08 New England SQL Server User Group
2023-01-11 Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group [Video]
2023-01-01 2023 Friends of Redgate
2023-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2022

Date Activity
2022-12-03 SQL Saturday #1028: Minnesota 2022
2022-11-16 PASS Data Community Summit 2022: Seattle, Washington
2022-10-01 Data Saturday #28: Atlanta 2022
2022-09-28 Future Data Driven Summit 2022
2022-08-03 EIGHTKB 2022 (Moderator)
2022-07-01 Microsoft MVP: Data Platform
2022-06-03 DataGrillen 2022
2022-03-15 PASS Data Community Summit 2022 Program Committee (Abstract Review)
2022-02-23 Database Professionals Virtual Meetup Group
2022-01-01 2022 Friends of Redgate
2022-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2021

Date Activity
2021-12-16 Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group [Video]
2021-11-24 Calgary Data User Group [Video]
2021-11-10 PASS Data Community Summit 2021
2021-09-14 Triangle SQL Server User Group [Video]
2021-09-14 Data Platform Geeks Summit 2021 [Video]
2021-07-01 Microsoft MVP: Data Platform
2021-05-28 Data Céilí 2021
2021-05-15 Data Saturday #8: Southwest US 2021
2021-04-12 Atlanta Azure Data User Group
2021-02-27 Data Saturday #1: Pordenone, Italy
2021-01-27 EIGHTKB 2021 [Video]
2021-01-13 Redmond SQL User Group
2021-01-01 2021 Friends of Redgate
2021-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2020

Date Activity
2020-12-15 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group
2020-12-03 Guest on "Geeks on Screens with Coffee"
2020-12-02 Data Platform Geeks Summit 2020
2020-11-11 PASS Virtual Summit 2020
2020-11-06 Azure SQL Championship Judge
2020-10-08 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2020-08-29 SQL Saturday #997: Salt Lake City, Utah 2020
2020-08-15 SQL Saturday #945: Chicago, Illinois 2020 [Cancelled] (Organizer)
2020-07-01 Microsoft MVP: Data Platform
2020-05-30 SQL Saturday #986: Brisbane, Australia 2020
2020-05-02 Data Community Weekender Europe
2020-05-01 PASS Summit 2020 Official Blogger
2020-04-29 Data Platform Discovery Day US
2020-03-30 Michiana PASS
2020-02-12 New England SQL Server User Group
2020-01-14 Wisconsin SQL Server User Group
2020-01-01 2020 Friends of Redgate
2020-01-01 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group (Co-Group Leader)
2020-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2019

Date Activity
2019-12-15 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group
2019-12-05 PASS Cloud Virtual Group
2019-11-07 PASS Summit 2019: Seattle, Washington
2019-11-01 Microsoft MVP: Data Platform
2019-10-10 GroupBy Conference, October 2019
2019-09-13 Albuquerque SQL Server User Group
2019-09-13 24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview 2019
2019-09-13 SQL Saturday #886: Indianapolis, Indiana 2019
2019-05-06 PASS Summit 2020 Official Blogger
2019-03-23 SQL Saturday #825: Chicago, Illinois 2019 (Organizer)
2019-03-15 PASS Summit 2019 Program Committee
2019-03-02 SQLBits 2019 (Volunteer)
2019-03-02 SQLBits 2019 (Presenter)
2019-03-02 SQLBits 2019 (Pre-Conference Speaker)
2019-02-07 PASS Data Experts Series Webinar
2019-01-15 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group
2019-01-01 2019 Friends of Redgate
2019-01-01 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group (Co-Group Leader)
2019-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2018

Date Activity
2018-12-12 New England SQL User Group
2018-11-06 PASS Summit 2018: Seattle, Washington
2018-11-03 SQL Saturday #808: Portland, Oregon 2018
2018-11-03 SQL in the City Summit Chicago
2018-09-22 SQL Saturday #797: Boston, Massachusetts 2018
2018-09-18 Chicago Suburban SQL Server User Group
2018-09-01 SQL Saturday #746: Oslo, Norway 2018
2018-08-09 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2018-07-12 PASSDC User Group Meeting
2018-06-27 SSWUG Spring 2018 Virtual Conference
2018-05-09 PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
2018-04-17 Chicago Suburban SQL Server User Group
2018-04-07 SQL Saturday #724: Madison, Wisconsin 2018
2018-03-21 Meltdown and Spectre: What's the Impact on your SQL Server Performance?
2018-03-17 SQL Saturday #719: Chicago, Illinois 2018 (Organizer)
2018-03-08 PASS Summit 2018 Program Committee (Speaker & Abstract Review)
2018-02-23 SQLBits 2018 (Volunteer)
2018-02-23 SQLBits 2018 (Presenter)
2018-02-23 SQL Saturday #698: Nashville, Tennessee 2018
2018-01-01 2018 Friends of Redgate
2018-01-01 PASS HA/DR Virtual Group (Co-Group Leader)
2018-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2017

Date Activity
2017-11-01 PASS Summit 2017: Seattle, Washington
2017-10-31 PASS Summit 2017: Seattle, Washington (Pre-Conference Session)
2017-10-28 SQL Saturday #686: Portland, Oregon 2017
2017-08-10 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2017-06-09 SQL Saturday #634: Iowa City, Iowa 2017 (Pre-Conference Session)
2017-05-03 24 Hours of PASS: Data Security and Quality
2017-05-03 SQL Saturday #604: Madison, Wisconsin 2017
2017-03-11 SQL Saturday #600: Chicago, Illinois 2017 (Organizer)
2017-01-01 2017 Friends of Redgate
2017-01-01 Chicago SQL Server User Group (Chapter Co-President)
2017-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2016

Date Activity
2016-12-13 PASS DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter
2016-11-17 PASS Security Virtual Chapter
2016-10-26 PASS Summit 2016: Seattle, Washington
2016-10-22 SQL Saturday #572: Portland, Oregon 2016
2016-10-13 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2016-06-04 SQL Saturday #518: Portland, Maine 2016
2016-04-09 SQL Saturday #499: Madison, Wisconsin 2016
2016-03-05 SQL Saturday #484: Chicago, Illinois 2016 (Organizer)
2016-02-12 PASS Summit 2016 Program Committee
2016-01-01 2016 Friends of Redgate
2016-01-01 Chicago SQL Server User Group (Chapter Co-President)
2016-01-01 Chicago SQL Association (President)

2015

Date Activity
2015-10-27 PASS Summit 2015: Seattle, Washington
2015-10-24 SQL Saturday #446: Portland, Oregon 2015
2015-10-08 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2015-09-19 SQL Saturday #441: Denver, Colorado 2015
2015-09-15 Chicago Suburban SQL Server User Group
2015-08-15 SQL Saturday #397: Omaha, Nebraska 2015
2015-08-08 SQL Saturday #402: Indianapolis, Indiana 2015
2015-07-22 2015 PASS Nomination Committee (1-year term)
2015-06-24 24 Hours of PASS (Moderator)
2015-04-11 SQL Saturday #387: Madison, Wisconsin 2015
2015-02-26 PASS Summit 2015 Program Committee
2015-02-12 Chicago SQL Server User Group (Moderator)
2015-01-01 2015 Friends of Redgate
2015-01-01 Chicago SQL Server User Group (Chapter Co-President)

2014

Date Activity
2014-12-11 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2014-11-05 PASS Summit 2014: Seattle, Washington
2014-11-03 Redgate SQL in the City Seattle 2014
2014-11-01 SQL Saturday #337: Portland, Oregon 2014
2014-09-20 SQL Saturday #331: Denver, Colorado 2014
2014-04-26 SQL Saturday #291: Chicago, Illinois 2014 (Organizer)
2014-03-29 SQL Saturday #262: Boston, Massachusetts 2014
2014-03-11 Chicago Suburban SQL Server User Group
2014-03-06 PASS Summit 2014 Program Committee
2014-01-01 2014 Friends of Redgate
2014-01-01 Chicago SQL Server User Group (Chapter Co-President)

2013

Date Activity
2013-12-12 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2013-11-26 Northeast Wisconsin SQL Server User Group
2013-10-18 PASS Summit 2013: Charlotte, North Carolina
2013-09-23 Tribal SQL (Co-Author)
2013-05-21 Madison SQL Server User Group
2013-04-13 SQL Saturday #211: Chicago, Illinois 2013 (Organizer)
2013-04-06 SQL Saturday #206: Madison, Wisconsin 2013
2013-03-22 PASS Summit 2013 Program Committee

2012

Date Activity
2012-11-07 PASS Summit 2012: Seattle, Washington
2012-11-03 SQL Saturday #172: Portland, Oregon 2012
2012-05-19 SQL Saturday #119: Chicago, Illinois 2012
2012-04-27 PASS Summit 2012 Program Committee
2012-04-21 SQL Saturday #118: Madison, Wisconsin 2012
2012-02-22 Madison SQL Server User Group

2011

Date Activity
2011-10-27 SQL Saturday #101: Kansas City, Missouri 2011
2011-03-26 SQL Saturday #67: Chicago, Illinois 2011

2010

Date Activity
2010-09-18 SQL Saturday #50: Iowa City, Iowa 2010
2010-08-24 PASS Summit 2010 Program Committee
2010-08-03 Chicago SQL Server User Group
2010-03-30 PASS Community Advisory Board