Voice of the DBA

Here are the presentations I delivered in 2024.

2024 – 40 events, 71 talks

December 19, 2024 – Simple Talks Podcast

• Ending the Season Together

December 12, 2024 – Flights with Flyway (private event)

November 21, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast

• How is Oracle different from other data platforms?

November 17-22, 2024 – Live! 360 

• Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
• Continuous Integration Using Local Agents in Azure DevOps

November 4-8, 2024 – PASS Data Community Summit

• Keynote and Conference Intro (Wed)
• Essential Productivity Hacks
• Navigate the Toughest Challenges Facing the Database Professional Today
• Community Hobby Huddles: Volleyball with Steve Jones
• Community Conversation | User Groups and Community Meet Ups
• Community Mingle | Meet Your Community Group Leaders
• Emcee for Lightning Talks

October 24, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast

• Data masking and subsetting

October 18, 2024 – Denver Dev Day Oct 2024

• Continuous Integration Using Local Agents in Azure DevOps

October 11, 2024 – SQL Saturday Pittsburgh 2024

• Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments

October 10, 2024 – Richmond SQL Server User Group (virtual)

• Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

October 5, 2024 – SQL Saturday Boston 2024

• Balance in Life with a Career
• Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments

October 3, 2024 – Boston Database DevOps in a Day

September 26, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast

• AI today and in the future

September 7, 2024 – SQL Saturday Syracuse 2024

• Branding Yourself for a Dream Job

September 5, 2024 – Redgate DevOps Innovation Day

• Morning DevOps keynote
• Afternoon TDM Vision keynote

August 29, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast

• SQL Server and Postgres

Aug 21, 2024 – Redgate Innovate Summit – New York City

• The New Database Landscape
• Panel: Next-Gen Database DevOps: Introducing Platform Engineering
• Essential Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
• Panel: Why the database is increasingly important to the boardroom

April 9, 2024 – Redgate Webinar

• Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise

April 5, 2024 – SQL Saturday Salt Lake City

• Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments

April 4, 2024 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Dallas

• Keynote opening (remote)

April 2, 2024 – Private DevOps in a Day workshop

March 26, 2024 (for me, Mar 27 for AUS) – Redgate DevOps Roadshow: Melbourne

• Keynote opening (remote)

March 26, 2024 – Customer AMA (private)

March 25, 2024 – Redgate Webinar

• How to excel at managing multiple database platforms

March 13, 2024 – Redgate Innovate Atlanta

• The New Database Landscape (keynote)
• Panel: Next-Gen Database DevOps: Introducing Platform Engineering
• Essential Practices for seamless database deployments
• Panel: Why the database is increasingly important to the boardroom. How databases are becoming boardroom rather than back-room discussions
• Q&A: Database DevOps: All you Ever Wanted to Know but were too Afraid to Ask

March 6, 2024 – Redgate Webinar

• Harnessing the Power of Test Data Management: Strategies for Success

February 21, 2024 – LA Data Platform

• Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

February 20, 2024 – DevOps in a Day – San Jose

January 30 – Feb 1, 2024 – THAT! Conference Austin

• Architecting Zero Downtime Deployment