SQLSaturday #150 - Baton Rouge 2012

Event Date: 08/04/2012 00:00:00

Event Location:

Louisiana State University - Business Education Complex
Nicholson Drive Ext
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Sessions

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Title: MicroORMs:Data Access That Won’t Make Your DBA Cry

Abstract: Modern ORMs like NHibernate and Entity Framework are powerful, flexible tools that are the right choice for many projects. But they feel like overkill for that little internal app with three tables and one screen. And even after a ton of tuning, the SQL they produce for that massive screen in your mission-critical enterprise app can be abysmal. It turns out that both of these problems might have the same answer: a Micro ORM. These lightweight tools leverage the power of dynamic typing and other advanced .NET framework features to give you a simple way to get your data that’s also easy to optimize. Brian will give an overview of the various tools available, and dive deep into PetaPoco to show you how powerful these little frameworks can be.

Speaker(s):

Brian Sullivan

Track and Room: .net 2 - N/A

Title: T-SQL Brush-up:The Best Things You Forgot You Knew

Abstract: You’re a good SQL professional – you attend conferences and webinars, you read articles and books, and you know your way around SQL Server. But sometimes – just SOMEtimes – some piece of T-SQL slips by you unnoticed, or falls out of memory. Most of us are working with at least two or three out of the last five versions of SQL Server, so who can blame us for missing a feature or two? Come and revisit old favorites, and brush up on new T-SQL features and enhancements. In this session you will see SELECT turned inside-out. You’ll get really, really excited about OVER and PARTITION BY. You’ll learn that Common Table Expressions are, in fact, very cool. This session is chock full of code examples, including before-and-after demos and how-tos.

Speaker(s):

Jennifer McCown

Track and Room: SQL Dev - N/A

Title: Adventures in Project Management

Abstract: Projects that run long, run over budget, or flat out fail always get management’s attention, and not good attention. This session will cover the project management process and demonstrate how it can help deliver higher quality results on time and on budget.

Case studies and real world examples will arm managers and team leads with tools including communication management plans, requirements documentation, stakeholder management plans, and change management. These tools will help mitigate and manage common project pitfalls like status update meetings, gold plating, and scope creep.

At the end of the session attendees will be armed with the knowledge necessary to streamline projects and how to deliver a top quality work product.

Speaker(s):

Jonathan Gardner

Track and Room: Career - N/A

Title: Data Visualizations: From Zero to Hero

Abstract: I will discuss one of the easiest ways to make our bosses happy: using data to answer their most difficult questions. Our challenge is to take massive amounts of data and transform it into meaningful visualizations for the business teams that that IT department services. The most difficult problem often lies at the intersection of millions of lines of data and the team’s ability to sort through pages upon pages of Excel or printed reports. I will discuss simple methods of transforming that data from Excel, SQL Server, Oracle, and even flat text files into visualizations which answer some of the biggest questions in a matter of seconds; SSRS or BI development experience is not required.

Speaker(s):

Kate Treadwell

Track and Room: SQL BI 2 - N/A

Title: Beginning Powershell for DBAs 1.0

Abstract: The time has come where DBAs can no longer afford to ignore powershell. Not only has it become an integral part of SQL Server, but we’re being asked to do things on a much grander scale than ever before; things that can only be done with powershell. This session will take you from nothing and explain what powershell is all about. I’m going to show you how the more things change the more they stay the same and if you master the basics of powershell in this session, you’ll be able to work with powershell not only in SQL Server, but also at the file system level, in Exchange, IIS, Windows, and anything else. So in this session I’m going to show you the basics you need to get your powershell career started.

Speaker(s):

Sean McCown

Track and Room: SQL DBA 2 - N/A

Title: ASP.NET Web API

Abstract: In recent years, the WCF team at Microsoft has released multiple REST services, while the ASP.NET team has helped developers build basic APIs by allowing JSON to be returned from MVC controllers. ASP.NET Web API is a joint effort by both teams to provide a single RESTful API framework. This session will cover the basics of how to use ASP.NET Web API to build simple HTTP services. We will start with a new MVC 4 project and build a functional API that can be consumed by numerous clients in order to query and manipulate data from the host.

Speaker(s):

Brandon Cornett

Track and Room: Windows Phone Dev Track - N/A

Title: Unit Testing - Solving some Tough Issues

Abstract: Unit Tests are common place in our tools for creating quality code. However, we still run into several road blocks that often prevent us from writing a thorough suite of tests. This session will suggest ways of solving 2 specific problems that I have personally experienced when trying to write suites of unit tests. Specifically, I’ll attempt to address:

how to write test for older code libraries that do not currently have unit tests so that the code can be changed with confidence (a look at the new Fakes framework in VS 2012).
how to write tests for logic/data access code that uses Entity Framework without hiding the flexiblilty of Entity Framework (note, I actually don’t prefer the repository pattern).

Speaker(s):

Steve Schaneville

Track and Room: .net 1 - N/A

Title: WP7 - Simple texting app using MPNS and Azure

Abstract: Demo: Build a simple texting application for Windows Phone 7 using Microsoft Push Notification Services and Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone.

Speaker(s):

Billy Chism

Track and Room: Windows Phone Dev Track - N/A

Title: Why Data Warehousing?

Abstract: This presentation will serve as an introduction into the world of Data Warehousing. We will start by covering the key characteristics and concepts of a Data Warehouse as well as go over the differences between a Warehouse and transactional Database Management System. We will then go into the internal design and processes involved in building an efficient Data Warehouse. We will end by discussing why Data Warehouses are useful to a business and how a business can leverage the key information stored to drive future business decisions.

Speaker(s):

Kristen Reeves

Track and Room: SQL BI 2 - N/A

Title: The Backup Tune-up

Abstract: Have you ever gotten tired of your 1TB database taking 4+ hrs to backup? Are you sick of having your users breathe down your neck for 2hrs because it’s taking too long to restore a DB? Well now you don’t have to worry about that anymore. I’m going to show you some little known tricks, methods, and trace flags you can use to tune your backups just like you would a query. Backups actually have kind of an execution plan that you can access if you know how, and knowing how to get the individual portions of your backup process down will allow you to knock 80% and even more off of your backup and restore time. I’m not holding anything back in this session. This is a method I’ve used for 15yrs to tune my backups and I’ve had great success.

Speaker(s):

Sean McCown

Track and Room: SQL DBA 1 - N/A

Title: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Overview

Abstract: Attendees will be able to gain general knowledge of ConfigMgr 2012 and its functionality

Speaker(s):

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Track and Room: IT Pro - N/A

Title: Benchmarking, Baselines and Monitoring Storage

Abstract: Benchmarking, Baselines and Monitoring Storage There are several steps in the life cycle of your storage systems. We have several tools to help us understand our storage systems from initial deployment through its useful life. We will cover: SQLIO, a specific SQL Server benchmarking tool. Iometer, a general IO benchmarking tool and simulator. SQLIOSim a specific SQL Server base lining tool and simulator. TPC style testing focused on TPC-C, TPC-E and TPC-H. Monitoring your system using WMI and virtual file stats. Finally, what it all really means, how to read these results and compare them with each other. With these tools you can plan, deploy and manage your storage for years to come!

Speaker(s):

Wesley Brown

Track and Room: SQL DBA 1 - N/A

Title: Pro Tips: Performance Tuning SSIS

Abstract: Tuning the data flow is all about choices. In this session we’ll explore some of the choices that can give you the biggest performance boosts in your ssis data flow. Together we’ll walk through creating a performance baseline, tuning the data source, the destination and all the ‘stuff’ in the middle. This is a demo-driven session.

Speaker(s):

Tim Costello

Track and Room: SQL BI 2 - N/A

Title: Moving to a data warehouse

Abstract: This presentation will walk through the key concepts and decisions necessary for moving from a transactional system to an analytical system based on a data warehouse. Concepts and demonstrations will be based on the process implemented at the LSU Highway Safety Research Group as the case study. The discussion will be based on a more business approach while also presenting technical details.

Speaker(s):

Mark Verret

Track and Room: SQL BI 1 - N/A

Title: What you don’t know underscore.js yet?

Abstract: Nearly everyone working with javascript knows jQuery but there are lot’s of useful javascript libraries! Come learn about the incredibly popular underscore.js - a utility jackknife that is the “bow tie to jQuery’s tux”. This session will cover the basics of what you can do with underscore and why you should include it in your javascript projects. Always.

Speaker(s):

George Mauer

Track and Room: .net 2 - N/A

Title: Toastmasters. Where Leaders Are Made

Abstract: A demonstration of the tools, techniques, and benefits of Toastmasters International program. We will present a Toastmaster meeting that will allow the participants to see, hear, and experience the effects of communication and leadership development.

Speaker(s):

Kimberly Boyd, DTM

Track and Room: Career - N/A

Title: Dimensional Design primer: What you need to know

Abstract: Everybody wants a data warehouse. What IS a data warehouse? How is it different from a data mart? What is a star Schema? What are snowflakes? Why is the dimensional bus important? In this session we’ll cover all the key concepts you need to know to better understand what a data warehouse is and how to start building one.

Speaker(s):

Tim Costello

Track and Room: SQL BI 1 - N/A

Title: SAS and SQL – Introduction

Abstract: In this session we will introduce accessing data and writing queries in SAS. If time permits, we will cover statistical modeling techniques on datasets to depict its implementation in business intelligence projects. No prior knowledge of SAS is assumed. However, knowledge of basic SQL techniques is assumed.

Speaker(s):

Cassius Dsouza

Track and Room: SQL Dev - N/A

Title: Windows Azure and Smooth Streaming

Abstract: Learn how to leverage Windows Azure and the Content Delivery Network to host HD quality video, and Visual Studio to build and deploy a Smooth Streaming Media player to play the video.

Speaker(s):

Trey Cook

Track and Room: .net 1 - N/A

Title: ASP.Net MVC and Workflow Foundation

Abstract: Workflow Foundation is a very powerful part of the .Net Framework that has been mostly ignored by the .Net development community. The main reason developers don’t learn it is because they just have no idea how to apply it to their current architectures.

This presentation focuses on using Workflow Foundation inside of an ASP.Net MVC application with a n-tiered architecture. We will step through creating a workflow with Workflow Services and then we will see how to use the workflow from an ASP.Net MVC application.

Speaker(s):

Jeremy Beckham

Track and Room: .net 2 - N/A

Title: ConfigMgr 2012: Plan, Deploy, and Migrate from 2k7

Abstract: Building on the Deployment and Infrastructure Design session, this technical session walks you through planning and deploying a Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager hierarchy, including migration from an existing Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy. Learn about the various migration scenarios, tools such as Package Conversion Manager (PCM) and Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), and share best practice guidance as your customers go to Configuration Manager 2012

Speaker(s):

Santos Martinez

Track and Room: IT Pro - N/A

Title: Introduction to Data Quality Services

Abstract: Having clean data is a critical component in data warehousing and business intelligence systems. With the release of SQL Server 2012 Microsoft has provided a powerful tool to help organizations in tackling their data quality issues. We will look at this new Data Quality Services tool and how it can help clean the data that will eventually end up in your warehouse.

Speaker(s):

Mark Verret

Track and Room: SQL BI 2 - N/A

Title: Windows Server 2012 Demo and QA

Abstract: A review of the new Windows Server 2012 operating system and QA with Microsoft PFE Santos Martinez.

Speaker(s):

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Track and Room: IT Pro - N/A

Title: AlwaysOn - Finally, A usable ‘mirror’!

Abstract: In the past, High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) had many limitations. Clustering and Mirroring are great, but the mirror/secondary database is not very usable since it is not online. Finally, AlwaysOn solves this limitation by merging both multi-node Clustering and mirroring. AlwaysOn also allows the secondary database to remain ONLINE, so we can use it for reporting purposes without resorting to a Snapshot! Come see this lively session with extensive demos of setting up, configuring and testing AlwaysOn. We’ll also test automatic fail-over using a real web app to see how well this feature works.

Speaker(s):

Jim Murphy

Track and Room: SQL DBA 1 - N/A

Abstract: This is a walk through of how to create a Metro Sytle Navigation to a SharePoint Site, potentially including exposing high level Core Metrics in tiles to bubble that key information to users.

Speaker(s):

Bill Watters

Track and Room: SharePoint - N/A

Title: Design Windows Phone Apps with Expression Blend

Abstract: In this session we will take a design approach to building a Windows Phone app with Expression Blend.

Speaker(s):

Paul Johnson

Track and Room: Windows Phone Dev Track - N/A

Title: Code First with Entity Framework

Abstract: Most developers are probably more familiar with the database first and model first design methods in Entity Framework, simply because these areas reached maturity earlier in the product life cycle. However, beginning with Entity Framework 4.1, the code first method has also become fully developed. This session will introduce you to the main concepts and core objects, methods, properties, etc. used to build your data access layer with code first methodology in Entity Framework.

Speaker(s):

Ryan Richard

Track and Room: .net 2 - N/A

Title: SQL Server 2012 Database Engine – Why Upgrade?

Abstract: There seems to be lots of buzz about AlwaysOn (new high availability \ disaster recovery feature) and new BI features in SQL Server 2012. But, what else do you need to be aware of specifically for the database engine to make your case for upgrading? This session will provide an overview of changes to the installation process, enhancements for manageability (PowerShell updates, new DMVs and T-SQL functions), updates to security features and more! You’ll leave this session with a list of SQL Server 2012 features to help you develop your upgrade justification.

Speaker(s):

Nancy Hidy Wilson

Track and Room: SQL DBA 2 - N/A

Title: Beginning T-SQL

Abstract: If you’d like to become a database professional - or if you already work with SQL Server at all - you need to know Transact-SQL, the SQL Server programming language. During this session, we’ll design and create our own table to demonstrate key concepts, query syntax, and more. If you’ve been meaning to learn T-SQL, here’s your chance!

Speaker(s):

Jennifer McCown

Track and Room: SQL Dev - N/A

Title: How to Ace The Technical Interview

Abstract: You will learn hoiw to initially prepare for the interview. Provide the company with the best information highlighting your talents. Provide you with insights and information to get you in front of the right people looking for talent..

Speaker(s):

David Reid

Track and Room: Career - N/A

Title: Mapping Mashups with SharePoint Designer

Abstract: Mapping Mashups with SharePoint Designer including an Overview of Current Map Service Providers, an Introduction to Customizing the Data View Web Part, and a Demonstration of Dynamic Mapping from List Data

Speaker(s):

Tom Resing

Track and Room: SharePoint - N/A

Title: SSIS for ETL in the Enterprise Environment

Abstract: Design walkthrough of an ETL solution developed using the Microsoft SSIS system for an enterprise level Data Warehouse. Managing the ETL process migration from a single data warehousing SQL Server to a multi-server environment can often be a complex task. This session will walk you through the design of a ETL system that has been created for such a scenario. The design takes into consideration several of the shortcomings inherent in the SSIS system and provides a structure for coordinated loading and processing of data from extraction to presentation.

Speaker(s):

Paul Kennedy

Track and Room: SQL BI 1 - N/A

Title: Windows 8 Demo and QA

Abstract: A review of the new Windows 8 operating system and QA with Microsoft PFE Santos Martinez.

Speaker(s):

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Track and Room: IT Pro - N/A

Title: 10 Things I Wish Developers Learned In College

Abstract: I’ve interviewed a lot of potential software developers and DBAs in the last 3 years. My managers look to myself and my peers to decide who can do the job. As a lead I’m pretty in tune to what you need to know to get the job done. Here are some things that’ll help young and old IT pros get a job especially if I’m the interviewer you’ve got to convince.

Speaker(s):

Wayne Odom

Track and Room: Career - N/A

Title: Managing SQL Server in the Enterprise with TLAs

Abstract: Technologists are overwhelmed with TLAs (Three-Letter Acronyms) in their everyday life. This session will introduce several SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 features designed to make a DBA’s life easier. If you aren’t using CMS, PBM, EPM, MDW, UCP or DAC – come learn what they are and the potential benefits for managing your environment.

Speaker(s):

Nancy Hidy Wilson

Track and Room: SQL DBA 2 - N/A

Title: How Active Directory affects SQL Server

Abstract: There are many things that can go wrong with SQL server, and a lot of times they come from outside influencers. Active Directory is one of the largest influencers that can have many interesting and unexpected issues that are not apparent. We’ll discuss how the location of your server in AD is important, how security can be compromised, and even AD DNS configuration. By the end of the session you’ll have a check list of things to discuss with your domain administrator when you return to work. This includes the biggest perpetrator, Group Policies Objects.

Speaker(s):

Ryan Adams

Track and Room: SQL DBA 1 - N/A

Title: Windows Phone 7 Development – Code Garage

Abstract: Ready to get started on your Windows Phone application? Bring your laptop with the pre-installed SDK to this session to get started with your app ideas. There will be a developer or two familiar with the platform to help you get started.

Speaker(s):

James Sampson

Track and Room: Windows Phone Dev Track - N/A

Title: Nuts and Bolts of Table Compression

Abstract: Objective of session is to show with examples when and what and how and if to implement table compression. Session will review table compression as implemented for SQL Server and then dive into many examples including benchmarking. Come to the session to see the results – they were surprising to me!

Speaker(s):

Mike Byrd

Track and Room: SQL DBA 1 - N/A

Title: Interviewing Tips for Managers

Abstract: If you are a Manager needing some interviewing education - this is your course! This session focuses on basic interviewing guidelines, including: preliminary interviews, types of testing, secondary or follow-up interviews, while keeping in mind EEO guidelines and best practices. Learn tips and tricks of the trade from an HR guru who is “in the trenches.”

Speaker(s):

Christine Assaf

Track and Room: Career - N/A

Title: The .Net Ninja’s Toolbelt

Abstract: As developers, we all have our favorite utilities, some used occasionally and then there are others that we refuse to work without. We might not use all of them everyday, but a good developer should know his options when the need arises. In this session, we’ll go through the tools, utilities and hacks that can make you much more productive as a .Net developer.

Speaker(s):

Latish Sehgal

Track and Room: .net 1 - N/A

Title: SharePoint Development for ASP.NET Developers

Abstract: Getting started in the world of SharePoint development? Have ASP.NET development experience? In this session, you will learn how SharePoint 2010 is built off the ASP.NET platform. We will also bridge the gap between both platforms by covering the basics of the SharePoint platform and set you on the path to developing your own SharePoint solutions.

Speaker(s):

Eric Trivette

Track and Room: SharePoint - N/A

Title: Integrate with Business Connectivity Services

Abstract: Business Connectivity Services with Microsoft SQL Server including an Overview of the Business Connectivity Services, an Introduction to Configuring BCS, and Demonstrations of using External Lists and External Data Columns.

Speaker(s):

Tom Resing

Track and Room: SharePoint - N/A

Title: Automated Deployment with TFS 2010 and MSDeploy

Abstract: Automating deployment of web solutions using Team Foundation Server 2010, Team Build and MSDeploy.

Speaker(s):

Mike Carter

Track and Room: .net 2 - N/A

Title: SQL Server Best Practices for SharePoint 2010

Abstract: Are you a SharePoint administrator and now have to maintain all your SharePoint databases? This session will provide you with the information you need to maintain your SharePoint databases including:

Backup/Recovery of databases
Determining your recovery model -Building maintenance plans
SQL Aliases

Speaker(s):

Cody Gros

Track and Room: SharePoint - N/A

Title: Windows Phone Development - Visual Studio Approach

Abstract: In this session, you will learn to develop a new Windows Phone 7.5 application using Visual Studio from the ground up. Feel free to bring your laptop to join in. After going through getting started and developing a small application, I will try to help anyone with their own development projects for Windows Phone as well.

Speaker(s):

James Sampson

Track and Room: Windows Phone Dev Track - N/A

Title: Building Writeback Applications in SSAS

Abstract: Write-back is a powerful feature of Analysis Services that provides the ability to input data directly into complex models. In this session, you will learn the basic techniques for Analysis Services write-back and how these techniques may be applied to address various business needs.

Speaker(s):

Bryan Smith

Track and Room: SQL BI 2 - N/A

Title: Lap Around SQL Azure

Abstract: SQL Azure is part of the Windows Azure platform: a suite of services providing hosted computing, infrastructure, Web services, Reporting services and data services. The SQL Azure component provides the relational database functionality of SQL Server, but it also provides functionality as a cloud-computing service, hosted in Microsoft datacenters around the globe. We will go over how it works and what it has to offer, as well as some of the differences and limitations.

***It is assumed that you have familiarity with SQL Server.

Speaker(s):

Ryan Duclos

Track and Room: SQL DBA 2 - N/A

Title: Introducing StreamInsight 2.1

Abstract: StreamInsight provides real-time analytics on large volumes of data with a response time measured in milliseconds, bringing a new level of capabilities to the Sql Server platform. This session will provide an overview of StreamInsight, its capabilities and use cases. It will also provide details on StreamInsight 2.1, what’s been added and how it makes your real-time applications easier and more robust.

Speaker(s):

J Sawyer

Track and Room: SQL Dev - N/A

Title: The New T-SQL Analytic Functions

Abstract: In this session, we will explore the new T-SQL analytic functions introduced with Microsoft SQL Server 2012, looking not only at what challenges they help us solve but also how they simplify T-SQL development and improve query performance.

Speaker(s):

Bryan Smith

Track and Room: SQL Dev - N/A

Title: Developer vs DBA: Can They Coexist?

Abstract: The developer vs DBA rivalry is as classic as pirate vs ninja. Find out why the rivalry exists, why they must learn to work together, and get some tips on coexisting with your nemesis, whether you’re a developer or a DBA.

Speaker(s):

Mark Holmes

Track and Room: SQL DBA 2 - N/A

Title: Using SSIS 2012 for ETL in a Data Warehouse

Abstract: This session will go through some old and new features of Integration Service 2012 to help with loading data into a Data Warehouse/Mart. The GUI has been improved visually during design and execution. The storage of packages has been update with Integration Service Catalogs. The Change Data Capture task helps with incremental updates. Logging has been improved for debugging. A demostration of creating your own Slowly Changing Dimension with current Tasks will be shown with some design hints.

Speaker(s):

Thomas LeBlanc

Track and Room: SQL BI 1 - N/A

Title: The Power of SharePoint Search

Abstract:

SharePoint 2010 brings to the table an enterprise level search solution that allows you to search content inside and outside of your organization. This session will dive into the various features that are included in SharePoint search. This session will cover the following topics:

Searching content inside your organization
Searching people/expertise inside the enterprise
Searching external LOB data using BCS
Using search to build a Corporate Directory Search

Speaker(s):

Cody Gros

Track and Room: IT Pro - N/A

Title: SQL Azure Reporting

Abstract: SQL Azure Reporting is a CTP offering and part of the SQL Azure and Windows Azure Platform. The SQL Azure Reporting component is based on SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). It is a cloud-based service offerring a subset of SSRS technology. In this session we will go over the basic of getting SQL Azure Reporting setup and wired up.

***It is assumed that you have familiarity with designing/managing SSRS reports.

Speaker(s):

Ryan Duclos

Track and Room: SQL BI 1 - N/A

Title: The Legend of Lambda

Abstract: Lambda expressions are a powerful feature of C#, one that can be wielded for good or evil. Attend this session for an adventure through the evolution of the C# language, from the depths of the delegate keyword to the expressiveness of the lambda expression. I will show you how anyone can easily learn to wield and empower code with lambda expressions. It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this: =gt;

Speaker(s):

Chris Eargle

Track and Room: .net 1 - N/A

Title: Tools, Tips and Nuget for ASP.NET Developers

Abstract: A high level discussion of the tools used in a large enterprise by a professional .NET team. On a budget? No worries, most of these tools are free courtesy of the open source .NET developer community that you need to know about. Discussion to include awesome debugging skills, catching performance issues before they go live (we learned the hard way), how to have a professional error logging system set up in minutes, working with other developers and productivity tools. We’ll also spend some on some critical design tips to keep your applications running faster and avoiding the “clean slate syndrome.”

Speaker(s):

Forest Marie

Track and Room: .net 1 - N/A

Speakers

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Thomas LeBlanc

Twitter: - TheSmilingDBA

LinkedIn: Thomas LeBlanc

Contact: http://Thomas-LeBlanc.com

Thomas LeBlanc (Microsoft Data Platform MVP) is a Data Warehouse Architect in Baton Rouge, and uses his 30+ years in IT to develop OLTP systems with normalized databases for high-performing T-SQL and dimensional data marts. Development is done in SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI, and Excel. As a PASS volunteer, he is past chair of Excel BI and Data Arch VCs and is active in the Baton Rouge Analytics and SQL Server User groups, as well as SQLSaturday in Baton Rouge. You can find his blog at TheSmilingDBA.BlogSpot.com and website at Thomas-LeBlanc.com

James Sampson

Contact: http://tostringtheory.com

James Sampson works for Sparkhound as a developer on their Application Support team. He spends his free time developing non-sensical applications for Windows Phone and Windows Azure.

Jennifer McCown

Twitter: - https://twitter.com/MidnightDBA

Contact: http://www.MidnightDBA.com/Jen

Jen McCown is CEO of MinionWare, LLC; a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server; and an independent consultant. She is Senior Editor at MidnightDBA.com, where she creates training videos, the DBAs at Midnight webshow, blogs, reviews, and podcasts. Jen is a member, volunteer, and speaker in PASS, and the PASS Women in Technology Virtual Group.

Cody Gros

Twitter: - @codygros

LinkedIn: Cody Gros

Contact: http://www.gorogueit.com

Cody Gros has been working with SharePoint for the past 10 years. He has been involved in many SharePoint implementations including Intranet Sites, Enterprise Content Management, Extranet Sites, as well as building custom applications on the SharePoint platform. Heavily involved in the SharePoint community, he’s a leader of the Baton Rouge SharePoint User Group (BRSPUG) and speaks at various user groups and SharePoint Saturdays around the region.

Bill Watters

Contact: http://www.gcrincorporated.com/technologies/sharepoint-development/

I am an IT professional with over 15 years of experience in both the private and public sector. I have been working with SharePoint for over 10 years. I currently work as a SharePoint Developer at GCR Incorporated. We provide, among other things, SharePoint, SQL, and Web Applications for a variety of public and private sector entities.

Sean McCown

Twitter: - @KenpoDBA

Contact: http://www.midnightdba.com/dbarant

Sean McCown is a Certified Master with 23 years of experience in databases. He is also founder and co-owner of the MidnightDBA.com website, where he records free SQL Server training videos. He also writes the popular Minion Maintenance suite, the most configurable maintenance solution on the planet.

Nancy Hidy Wilson

Twitter: - @NancyHidyWilson

LinkedIn: Nancy Hidy Wilson

Contact: http://nancyhidywilson.wordpress.com

Nancy Hidy Wilson has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since 1994. She originally volunteered for PASS at the first Community Summit held in Chicago in 1999 and has served on various PASS Committees since that time. Nancy was a PASS Community Summit speaker from 2000-2007. Nancy led the Houston Area SQL Server User Group (HASSUG) from 2001-15 and presents there and at SQLSaturday events. She also currently volunteers as an editor for the SQL Server Benchmarks with CIS.

Cody Gros

Twitter: - @codygros

Contact: http://www.sparkhound.com/Pages/Blogs.aspx

Cody Gros joined Sparkhound in 2011 as a SharePoint Solutions Architect. He has been involved in many SharePoint implementations including Intranet Sites, Enterprise Content Management, Extranet Sites, as well as building custom applications on the SharePoint platform. Heavily involved in the SharePoint community, he’s a leader of the Baton Rouge SharePoint User Group (BRSPUG) and speaks at various user groups and SharePoint Saturdays around the region.

Paul Kennedy

Contact: http://www.poolcorp.com

Paul Kennedy is the Data Warehouse Manager for Pool Corporation out of Covington Louisiana. Developing aspects of BI solution at Pool Corporation for the past seven years and with additional companies for an additional three years, Paul has developed and maintains the current ETL, Data Warehouse, and BI systems for the company. Experienced with working the intergration of Microsoft SQL products such as SSIS, SSDE, SSRS, and SSAS with various transactional systems and E-Commerce Websites.

David Reid

LinkedIn: David Reid

Biography of: Dave Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM, SSGB Management Instructor at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, HR Professional, Distinguished Toastmaster Former District Leader. Expertise - Zenger-Miller leadership development modules, and Six Sigma Green Belt . Education - Bachelor and Master degrees from The University of Maryland and Indiana Wesleyan University respectively, majoring in Management Science. Prior to his HR career in Corporate America, he was a professional soldier leading globally in the U.S. Army, and Gulf War. His awards include: Toastmasters Area Governor of The Year and Excellence in Training and Education and as Outstanding Professional - Indiana Wesleyan University.

Tom Resing

Contact: http://tomresing.com

Tom is a Microsoft Certified Master in SharePoint. He is passionate about online collaboration technologies and loves being active in the SharePoint Community. Tom has been blogging about SharePoint for the last 5 years after certifying on the 2007 platform. Tom has enjoyed 15 years in the internet industry developing products and web site functionality in Perl, C++, Java, VB.Net and C#. With SharePoint, Tom prefers an Out of the Box approach to deployment.

Nancy Hidy Wilson

Twitter: - @NancyHidyWilson

LinkedIn: Nancy Hidy Wilson

Contact: http://nancyhidywilson.wordpress.com

Jennifer McCown

Twitter: - https://twitter.com/MidnightDBA

Contact: http://www.MidnightDBA.com/Jen

Steve Schaneville

Maintenance Engineer at the Paper Mill a didn’t make my (or any other) list of most satisifying jobs, so I left that life and moved to Germany, where I discovered programming. After 2 1/2 years writing code to control robots (well kinda), I moved back to Baton Rouge and, surrounded by some incredibly smart people, learned something or other about writing enterprise software. I now serve as the Senior Applications Architect at Amedisys, Inc., and learn new things daily from my genius coworkers.

Wesley Brown

Twitter: - @sqlserverio

LinkedIn: Wesley Brown

Contact: http://www.sqlserverio.com

Wesley Brown is a former SQL Server MVP and PASS Chapter Leader who loves to teach others about SQL Server.He maintains his technical blog at http://www.sqlserverio.com. Wes specializes in high availability, disaster recovery, and large-scale database performance tuning.

Tim Costello

Twitter: - timcost

LinkedIn: Tim Costello

Contact: http://www.timcost.com

Tim Costello is an MCITP, MCTS specializing in etl and data analytics for Interworks Inc. Tim is an international speaker that is always looking for opportunities to share his passion for SQL Server, Tableau and data visualization. Tim is active in the SQL community and leads a data visualization focused user group in the Dallas area.

Chris Eargle

Contact: http://www.kodefuguru.com

Chris Eargle is a Telerik Developer Evangelist, INETA Director, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – C# from Columbia, SC, USA. He has over a decade of experience designing and developing enterprise applications, and he runs the local .NET User Group: the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild. He is a frequent guest of conferences and community events promoting best practices and new technologies. His blog, kodefuguru.com, features content to guide you in becoming a .NET Ninja!

Mark Holmes

Twitter: - SQLJuJu

LinkedIn: Mark Holmes

Contact: http://www.sqljuju.com

After working as a software developer for over 20 years, Mark Holmes is now a Senior DBA working remotely from Brookhaven, MS for TuneIn Radio in San Francisco, CA. He was the chapter leader of the Gulf Coast SQL Server Users Group (branched from Pensacola SQL Server Users Group). Mark led the organization of SQLSaturday #132 in Pensacola 2012 and SQLSaturday #342 in Mobile, AL 2014.

Santos Martinez

Contact: http://aka.ms/ConfigNinja

Santos have over 11 years of experience in the IT Industry, He have work on major implementations and support of ConfigMgr and SMS Migrations for Financial Institutions on the US and PR. Santos was Sr ConfigMgr Engineer for Fortune 500 Financial Institution and IT Consultant before joining Microsoft. Santos Is the Co-Author of Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Jeremy Beckham

Twitter: - jbeckh2

LinkedIn: Jeremy Beckham

I am an IT leader that started as in operations, moved into development, then architecture, and finally management. I received my Executive MBA from Southeastern Louisiana University to help me make the jump from individual contributor into management. I’ve led multiple teams of developers utilizing technologies ranging from C# to BizTalk to Informatica. Today, I lead the teams at BCBSLA that are responsible for Reporting, EDI, and Integrations.

Christine Assaf

Contact: http://www.hrtact.com

Christine Assaf is the founder and writer for HRTact.com. HR Tact is a professional blog that posts content found from research in the HR field as well as HR “from the trenches.” She has a BS in Business Management and received her HR certification at LSU. She is currently employed as the HR Business Support Manager for a local retail/wholesale business.

Sean McCown

Twitter: - @KenpoDBA

Contact: http://www.midnightdba.com/dbarant

Wayne Odom

Contact: http://www.jerryodom.com/

Wayne is a Software Development Project Lead for Turner Industries Group, a large heavy industrial construction company based out of Baton Rouge. He’s been developing software for a variety of businesses since graduating from LSU in 2002. He’s interviewed more developers and dbas than he can remember.

Kate Treadwell

I am a professional problem solver. My main work focuses around IT operations and logistics where I develop solutions to problems which my coworkers bring to me for help, and which I seek from user feedback. I have worked as our company’s DBA, developer, and BI director for the last three years. I was recently promoted to Chief Technology Officer because I have a knack for finding patterns, forecasting, and listening to what people really want from data.

Tom Resing

Contact: http://tomresing.com

Jonathan Gardner

Contact: http://jonathanagardner.com

Jonathan is a Technical Manager, PMP, and MCITP working with Insource Technology in Houston, TX. He has over 10 years of experience with a wide range of IT solutions including Database Administration, Virtualization, SAN Administration, and Windows Server environments.

Ryan Duclos

Contact: http://about.me/rduclos

Ryan Duclos is a Lead Technical Consultant for Perficient, Inc. (PRFT), where he is passionate about Microsoft development utilizing the .Net Framework, SQL Server, and Windows Azure technologies. He lives and works in LA (Lower Alabama!) and loves spending time with his family, as well as being a community influencer for Microsoft. Ryan recently became a Microsoft Azure MVP.

Kristen Reeves

After graduating from Southeastern Louisiana University with a B.S in Computer Science and an MBA (Information Systems), I started my career in the Data Warehousing field. For 5 yrs I worked for Revenue Solutions, Inc. providing data warehousing solutions to revenue agencies. In this time I provided consulting to the MA Dept. of Revenue located in Boston as well as the GA Dept. of Revenue located in Atlanta. I recently became employed by Geocent, where I’m providing DB development skills

Kimberly Boyd, DTM

Will send to Stacy Vicknair.

Tim Costello

Twitter: - timcost

LinkedIn: Tim Costello

Contact: http://www.timcost.com

Paul Johnson

Paul is a C# developer for Sparkhound, Inc. He has been sighted in and around the greater Baton Rouge area for years.

Mike Byrd

Twitter: - ByrdNest_TX

LinkedIn: Mike Byrd

Contact: http://logicalread.solarwinds.com/?s=byrd, www.TSQLMentoring.com and SQLServerCentral.com

Former rocket scientist and USAF Fighter Pilot – now a SQL Server geek (24 years)! Past opportunities include free-lance technical writer for PC Magazine, Senior Software Manager for government sponsored munitions effectiveness committee, and insurance company CTO. Currently senior database engineer consultant for several Austin companies.

Presenter at many SQLSaturdays over last 6 years in United States, Europe, and Australia.

Specialize in SQL Server performance tuning; database (OLTP OLAP) architecture; trouble-shooting; teaching TSQL (Basic through Advanced).

Video presentations (for local SQL Server user groups or SQLSaturdays) can be found at http://usergroup.tv/videos/category/speaker/mike-byrd

George Mauer

Twitter: - @togakangaroo

Contact: https://github.com/togakangaroo/Blog

George Mauer is a software developer, speaker, teacher, writer, and comedian with an interest in the various techniques that can make software simple, extensible, and communicative. He is the owner of Humble Pi Software and currently a senior developer with Surge Consulting. He speaks regularly on Javascript, C#, Agile and other subjects, at usergroups, and to his cat.

Cassius Dsouza

Cassius holds BS and MS degrees, and is currently pursuing a second MS degree in Information Systems Decision Sciences at LSU. Further, he is currently working as student worker for the LSU Highway Safety Research Group.

Ryan Duclos

Contact: http://about.me/rduclos

Eric Trivette

Eric Trivette, MCPD, has been working with Microsoft ASP.NET since December 2006. Eric began SharePoint development with SharePoint 2010 and works with Antares Technology Solutions as a consultant where he designs and implements custom solutions in SharePoint 2010 and all versions of ASP.NET.

Ryan Richard

Ryan Richard is a development consultant with Sparkhound in Baton Rouge. Ryan has worked in the IT industry since 2000, primarily as a SQL Server dba, and as a .Net developer.

Billy Chism

Senior Software Architect at Sparkhound with over 17 years of experience in software design, development and project management.

Mark Verret

Mark Verret is the IT Manager for the LSU Highway Safety Research Group. He has over 20 years experience in the IT field. He has worked with SQL Server for the past 12 years implementing Business Intelligence and data warehousing related projects.

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Contact: http://aka.ms/ConfigNinja

Santos is the Author of Mastering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, and Microsoft Premier Field Engineer. Before joining Microsoft Santos was a Awarded 2 times with MVP for System Center and 5 times as SQL Server MVP.

Bryan Smith

LinkedIn: Bryan Smith

Bryan is a Data Solution Specialist with Microsoft Las Colinas, focused on data-driven solutions in the Azure cloud. He also teaches analytics technologies within the MBA amp; MSBA programs at SMU Cox School of Business.

Forest Marie

Forest Marie is a lead software developer working for Turner Industries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Microsoft Certified Professional. He’s been developing a variety of software since graduating from Southeastern in 2003. As an advocate of the S.O.L.I.D. principles, Forest is passionate about writing applications that was easy to work on, easy to maintain and easy to extend.

J Sawyer

Contact: http://www.devbiker.net

J is a Senior Architect for Hitachi Consulting based in Houston, TX who absolutely loves to write code and build cool, innovative solutions to hard problems. He#39;s also the President of the Houston .NET User#39;s Group

Brandon Cornett

Twitter: - @brandon_dev

LinkedIn: Brandon Cornett

Brandon is a lead software developer at Turner Industries. He brings years of experience in the consulting field to the enterprise, working on internal projects to help support employees of the business. His stack of choice is .NET, and he’s more recently taken an interest in React for web and mobile applications. Brandon assists with classes at Southeastern Louisiana University, has attended Xamarin conferences, is an active speaker at local .NET user groups, and has spoken at many SQLSaturday conferences in the past.

Latish Sehgal

Twitter: - latish

Contact: http://www.dotnetsurfers.com

Latish is a .NET Principal Consultant with Improving Enterprises and very passionate about software development and solving customer problems. He also created SqlSmash, a productivity plugin for SSMS. He can be reached via his blog at http://www.dotnetsurfers.com/ or twitter (http://twitter.com/latish).

Jim Murphy

Twitter: - http://www.twitter.com/sqlmurph

LinkedIn: Jim Murphy

Contact: http://sqlwatchmen.com/blogs/jim/

Jim Murphy has been using Microsoft SQL Server since version 6.0 back in the 90#39;s. He is the CEO of SQLWatchmen, LLC., a managed DBA service provider. He runs the Austin SQL Server User Group: CACTUSS Central. He has been a professional DBA and developer for over 25 years and has run a consulting company full time since 2001.

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Contact: http://aka.ms/ConfigNinja

Trey Cook

I am currently a Technology Strategist for Microsoft for the Enterprise Partner Group customers in South Louisiana. Prior to joining Microsoft, I spent eight years with The Shaw Group as an IT Manager / Senior Systems Engineer for messaging and collaboration as well as an IT Security Manager. Prior to joining The Shaw Group Inc., I spent nearly five years as a PC/Network Technician, Help Desk Manager, Systems Administrator and DBA for Turner Industries, Ltd.

Mike Carter

Sr. Development Consultant and App Dev Evangelist at Sparkhound with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of software development lifecycle, including technical leadership, project management, team management, system architecture, performance tuning, and sales support. Specializing in Microsoft technologies including the .NET Framework, IIS, Team Foundation Server, and SQL Server.

Ryan Adams

Twitter: - @ryanjadams

LinkedIn: Ryan Adams

Contact: http://www.ryanjadams.com

Ryan Adams is a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. He works directly with customers to help them realize their business potential and accelerate their digital transformation on premises and in the cloud.

Previously, Ryan was a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and spent 19 years working for a fortune 100 company. His passion is the SQL Server Engine, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery. He also served on the Board of Directors for the North Texas SQL Server User Group, was President of the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter, was a PASS Regional Mentor, and served as a Director for the PASS organization.

James Sampson

Contact: http://tostringtheory.com

James Sampson works for Sparkhound as a developer on their Application Support team. He spends his free time developing non-sensical applications for Windows Phone and Windows Azure.

Brian Sullivan

Contact: http://www.sullivansoftdev.com

Brian Sullivan is a developer analyst for Falcon Applications, LLC in Shreveport, LA. He has been working with Microsoft technologies for about 7 years, and is interested in increasing the exposure of agile techniques and methodologies in the Microsoft developer community. He currently runs the Shreveport .NET User Group and speaks frequently at local user groups and conferences. He received the Microsoft MVP award for Data Platform Development in 2011. Brian is a graduate of Harding University.

Mark Verret

Santos Martinez and Elias Mereb

Contact: http://aka.ms/ConfigNinja

Bryan Smith

LinkedIn: Bryan Smith

SQLSaturday #150 - Baton Rouge 2012

Sessions

Title: MicroORMs:Data Access That Won’t Make Your DBA Cry

Title: T-SQL Brush-up:The Best Things You Forgot You Knew

Title: Adventures in Project Management

Title: Data Visualizations: From Zero to Hero

Title: Beginning Powershell for DBAs 1.0

Title: ASP.NET Web API

Title: Unit Testing - Solving some Tough Issues

Title: WP7 - Simple texting app using MPNS and Azure

Title: Why Data Warehousing?

Title: The Backup Tune-up

Title: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Overview

Title: Benchmarking, Baselines and Monitoring Storage

Title: Pro Tips: Performance Tuning SSIS

Title: Moving to a data warehouse

Title: What you don’t know underscore.js yet?

Title: Toastmasters. Where Leaders Are Made

Title: Dimensional Design primer: What you need to know

Title: SAS and SQL – Introduction

Title: Windows Azure and Smooth Streaming

Title: ASP.Net MVC and Workflow Foundation

Title: ConfigMgr 2012: Plan, Deploy, and Migrate from 2k7

Title: Introduction to Data Quality Services

Title: Windows Server 2012 Demo and QA

Title: AlwaysOn - Finally, A usable ‘mirror’!

Title: Adding Metro Style Navigation to a SharePoint Site

Title: Design Windows Phone Apps with Expression Blend

Title: Code First with Entity Framework

Title: SQL Server 2012 Database Engine – Why Upgrade?

Title: Beginning T-SQL

Title: How to Ace The Technical Interview

Title: Mapping Mashups with SharePoint Designer

Title: SSIS for ETL in the Enterprise Environment

Title: Windows 8 Demo and QA

Title: 10 Things I Wish Developers Learned In College

Title: Managing SQL Server in the Enterprise with TLAs

Title: How Active Directory affects SQL Server

Title: Windows Phone 7 Development – Code Garage

Title: Nuts and Bolts of Table Compression

Title: Interviewing Tips for Managers

Title: The .Net Ninja’s Toolbelt

Title: SharePoint Development for ASP.NET Developers

Title: Integrate with Business Connectivity Services

Title: Automated Deployment with TFS 2010 and MSDeploy

Title: SQL Server Best Practices for SharePoint 2010

Title: Windows Phone Development - Visual Studio Approach

Title: Building Writeback Applications in SSAS

Title: Lap Around SQL Azure

Title: Introducing StreamInsight 2.1

Title: The New T-SQL Analytic Functions

Title: Developer vs DBA: Can They Coexist?

Title: Using SSIS 2012 for ETL in a Data Warehouse

Title: The Power of SharePoint Search

Title: SQL Azure Reporting

Title: The Legend of Lambda

Title: Tools, Tips and Nuget for ASP.NET Developers

Speakers

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