Microsoft Certified Master MCM of SQL Server and former 7 time Microsoft Data Platform MVP focusing on Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, SQL Server, Administration, Development, Business Intelligence, Docker, Data Factory, and Cosmos DB. I also have strong expertise in concurrency, performance, high availability, disaster recovery, virtualization, Windows and Linux, C# and .NET.

I am the technical editor to SQL Server on Linux (published 2018, McGraw-Hill), and the technical reviewer to High Performance SQL Server: Consistent Response for Mission-Critical Applications 2nd Edition (published 2021, Apress), SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization: Optimize Microsoft SQL Server 2022 queries and applications (published 2022, PackT), and Expert SQL Server Transactions and Locking Concurrency Internals for SQL Server Practitioners (published 2018, Apress).

I am a strong believer in community and have previously founded and lead SQLSaturday Cambridge, SharePoint Saturday Cambridge, East Anglia SQL Server User Group, SQL Nexus (as co-founder), and Hybrid Virtual Group (which is still active). I have been a recipient of the PASS Outstanding Volunteer award and Microsoft Community Contributor awards.

I am an experienced international conference speaker, having delivered sessions to hundreds of on-premises and online events including Microsoft Future Decoded, PASS Summit, SQLRally, SQLSaturday, SQL Nexus, SQLBits, 24 Hours of PASS, and SQLRelay.