Bio
Steve Jones (he/him) has been working with databases and computers for over two decades. He has worked with SQL Server since 1991, as well as Oracle, DB2, MySQL and other database platforms. He has been a DBA, developer, and manager in a variety of large and small companies across multiple industries. In 2001 Steve founded SQL Server Central with a few partners and has been publishing technical articles and facilitating discussions among SQL Server professionals ever since. He currently is the full time editor of SQL Server Central, an Advocate for Redgate Software, President of SQL Saturday and the maintainer of T-SQL Tuesday and SQLMemorial.org. Steve is a 15-year Microsoft Data Platform MVP and lives on a horse ranch in Colorado.
Speaking Engagements
This is a list of all the speaking engagements I’ve given over the years, ordered chronologiclly. I try to update each of the talk pages with the dates, but this is probably the most accurate list. Neat to look back and see a total of 378 across the years. I also have a Sessionize profile.
I am including the episodes of Simple Talks I’ve been a part of as well.
A short list of speaking engagements I’ve tracked:
- 2025 – 27 events, 35 talks
- 2024 – 36 events, 67 talks
- 2023 – 24 events, 30 talks
- 2022 – 19 events, 34 talks
- 2021 – 17 events, 18 talks
- 2020 – 11 Events, 20 talks
- 2019 – 21 Events, 40 talks
- 2018 – 25 events, 37 talks
- 2017 – 18 events, 34 talks
- 2016 – 21 events, 31 talks
- 2015 – 23 events, 35 talks
- 2014 – 26 events, 45 talks
- 2013 – 30 events, 54 talks
- 2012 – 17 events, 33 talks
- 2011 – 13 events, 21 talks
- 2010 – 7 events, 10 talks
- 2009 – 2 events, 2 talks
- 20048 – 2 events, 2 talks
2025 – 30 events, 38 presentations
December 29, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
December 11, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
November 27, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
Nov 17-21, 2005 – PASS Data Community Summit 2025
- The Redgate Keynote – The Data Professional of the Future
- Modern Database Development: Real World Lessons from the Front Lines (panel)
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
November 6, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
October 23, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
October 3, 2025 – Redgate Summit Netherlands
- Keynote: Simplifying Complexity: Navigating the Database Landscape
- GoodHabitz: Modernizing a Complex Database Estate with Redgate and AWS
- Panel: The Data Professional’s Role in Shaping Tomorrow
October 2, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
September 27, 2025 – SQL Saturday Boston 2025
- Running a Local GenAI Model on your Laptop
- Speeding up Application Development with the Data API Builder
September 18, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
September 17, 2025 – Redgate Summit Dallas
- Simplifying Complexity: Navigating the Database Landscape
- Panel: The ROI of the Cloud
September 4, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
August 21, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
August 20, 2025 – Redgate Summit New York
- Simplifying Complexity: Navigating the Database Landscape
- Panel: The ROI of the Cloud
August 4, 2025 – Customer Event at Wrigley Field
- Ask Me (Steve) Anything
August 21, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
May 23, 2025 – New York City Lunch & Learn
- Designing Zero Downtime Deployments
May 15, 2025 – DevOps Day Atlanta
- DevOps workshop
May 10, 2025 – SQL Saturday New York City 2025
- Using Data API Builder to Speed Up Application Development
May 7, 2025 – Redgate Webinar
May 3, 2025 – SQL Saturday Austin 2025
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
May 1, 2025 – Simple Talk Podcast
May 1, 2025 – Navigating Your Test Data Challenges: Insights and Solutions (webinar)
- Discussion with Bloor on the state of the test data market
April 22, 2025 – Live Training Session (Redgate University)
April 3, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
March 20, 2025 – Refresh with Redgate (private event)
- Six Things to Know in Redgate Monitor
March 20, 2025 – PALIG Tech Day (private event)
- Getting Started with Flyway
Mar 11, 2025 – Redgate Summit London
- Keynote: Simplifying Complexity: Managing Risk While Navigating the Database Landscape
- Panel – The Elevated Role of the Database: From Backroom Tools to Boardroom Priorities
March 6, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
February 10, 2025 – State of the Database Landscape Webinar
- Panel discussion
2024 – 40 events, 71 talks
December 19, 2024 – Simple Talks Podcast
December 12, 2024 – Flights with Flyway (private event)
November 21, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
2023 – 24 events, 30 talks
November 15-19, 2023 – PASS Data Community Summit
- Database DevOps Luncheon Panel with Liz Baron and Hamish Watson (panel)
- Optimizing the Database Software Delivery Engine (panel)
November 1, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Virtual
November 14, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Seattle
October 26, 2023 – All Day DevOps 2023
October 14, 2023 – SQL Saturday Boston 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
September 23, 2023 – SQL Saturday Denver 2023
September 20, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Boston
- All day Redgate event
- Evening Flyway Meetup
September 8, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day London
September 6, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Bristol
September 4, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Manchester
August 31, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Chicago)
August 24, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Houston)
July 24-26, 2023 – That! Conference (my profile)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
June 27, 2023 – Data Exposed MVP Edition (tentative)
- Quickly Creating Containers with the new open-source SQLCMD
June 9, 2023 – Denver Dev Days 2023
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
June 7-8, 2023 – Agile + DevOps West
- Don’t Forget the Database
June 3, 2023 – SQL Saturday South Florida 2023
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 24, 2023 – Houston SQL Server User Group
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 6, 2023 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
March 21-23, 2023 – Visual Studio Live – Las Vegas
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments – Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database – Thursday, March 23, 2023
March 14-18, 2023 – SQL Bits
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
March 16, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Melbourne
- Opening Keynote
February 16-17, 2023 – RMOUG’s Training Days Conference (virtual)
- Tips and Tricks for Using Flyway to Deploy Database Changes
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 18, 2023 – Webinar with SQL Solutions Group, 2pm EST
- Database DevOps: The SeQueL, with Steve Jones
2022 – 19 events, 34 talks
Nov 15-18, 2022 – PASS Data Community Summit
- To the Cloud Learning Pathway – The Azure SQL Ecosystem (online, Wed 1430)
- The Journey from Manual Deployments to Database DevOps (precon) (Tues, 08:00)
- Transformation and Innovation: Why the Database Must be Included (Wed, 14:00)
- Doing More with Less: The Challenges Ahead for Every Data Professional (keynote) (Thur, 08:00)
- Redgate PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour (Thur)
- Lightning Talk host (Thur, Fri)
November 12, 2022 – SQL Saturday Oregon and SW Washington 2022
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
October 22, 2022 – SQL Saturday Toronto 2022
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
October 12, 2022 – Database DevOps in a Day (Melbourne)
- Keynote
October 8, 2022 – SQL Saturday Boston 2022 (submitted)
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
September 29, 2022 – IDC London
- What I wish I’d known: Cloud migration
- Digital Transformation: Why the Database must be included
September 17, 2022 – SQL Saturday Denver 2022 (accepted)
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
August 13, 2022 – SQL Saturday Los Angeles 2022 (tentative)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
Aug 9-11, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Redmond
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database
July 27, 2022 – SQL Solutions Group Webinar
- What is the convergence of SQL Server and DevOps?
July 23, 2022 – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
Jul 16, 2022 – DevOps in a Day with Redgate
- Opening keynote
Jun 14-16, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Austin
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Using CI and Testing to Prevent Database Problems
Jun 2-3, 2022 – DataGrillen
May 23-25, 2022 – Techorama Antwep
May 14, 2022 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022 (submitted)
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
March 24, 2022 – Toronto SQL Server User Group
- A Version Control Primer
March 8-12, 2022 – SQL Bits
- Precon with Redgate
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Panel – Monitoring Your Estate
January 25, 2022 – DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group
- The Encryption Primer
2021 – 17 events, 18 talks
December 7-9, 2021 – Devintersection / SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference
- Automated Database Builds in Azure DevOps with Local Agents
November 18, 2021 –Southland Data Professionals
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
November 10-12, 2021 – PASS Data Community Summit (virtual)
October 30, 2021 – SQL Saturday Orlando 2021
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
October 11-12, 2021 – DataMinds Connect 2021
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
September 29, 2021 – Future Data Driven (virtual)
- The Future of Database Development
September 21, 2021 – Cloud Summit 2021
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
September 15, 2021 -Webinar Donovan Brown and Mark Fussell talk Cloud Native development with Dapr
- Host
August 19, 2021 – Kansas City SQL Server Users Group (virtual)
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
August 19, 2021 – Denver SQL Server User Group (hybrid)
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
July 8, 2021 – Richmond SQL Server User Group
May 26, 2021 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group
May 7, 2021 – Mental Health and Wellness Day
April 27, 2021 – Powershell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
- Building an API Script in PowerShell
February 25, 2021 – ConFoo 2021 Virtual
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
February 18, 2021 – Redgate Summit
- Ask the Experts Panel
January 29-30, 2021 – C# Corner SQL Server Virtual Conference
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
2020 – 11 events, 20 presentations
December 10, 2020 – Redgate Summit
- Discussion of Redgate Deploy
December 3, 2020 – Azure webinar series
December 2-4, 2020 – Data Platform Summit 2020 (local link)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
- Blogging for the Technical Professional
November 19, 2020 – Denver SQL Server User Group (local link)
- Using Hosted and Local Agents for Continuous Integration
Nov 10-13, 2020 – PASS 2020 Summit Virtual (local link)
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
- The Future of Database Development with Containers (lightning talk)
- Redgate – Continuously Classify and Protect Your Sensitive Data
Aug 29, 2020 – SQL Saturday #997 – Salt Lake City Virtual (local link)
Aug 25, 2020 – Redgate Streamed
- Emcee and host – A discussion with Donovan Brown and Abel Wang
July 2, 2020 – Redgate Streamed ANZ
- Keynote – The State of Database DevOps 2020
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Troy Hunt
Jun 13, 2020 – Tech Community Day 2020 – Virtual (local link)
- The Future of Database Development
April 25, 2020 – SQL Saturday #962 Richmond Virtual (local link)
April 15, 2020 – Redgate Webinar
April 1-3 , 2020 –Redgate Streamed
- How database DevOps levels up remote work (panel)
- Intro and The basics of unit tests with tsqlt
- The future of database Administration and Development (panel)
March 18, 2020 – LA Data Platform User Group (local link)
February 18, 2020 – RMOUG Oracle Training Days (local link)
- Building a Database DevOps Process
2019 – 21 events, 40 talks
December 14, 2019 – SQL Saturday #910 Slovenia
November 21, 2019 – Denver SQL Server User Group
November 4-5, 2019 – PASS Summit 2019
October 25, 2019– SQL in the City Summit – London 2019
- Opening keynote – The State of Database DevOps
- Panel Discussion
- Customer Interview
- Closing keynote – The Future of DevOps
October 11, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 12, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 5, 2019 – SQL Saturday #870 – Memphis
September 27, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit Sydney 2019
- Opening keynote: State of Database DevOps
- Panel: What you need to know before launching a DevOps Initiative
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for solving compliance challenges
September 18, 2019 – State of DevOps 2019 Webinar
- Hosting a webinar with Jez Humble
September 4, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed
- 20 Years of SQL Server
- Stop Completing Tasks and Create Business Value
- Experts Panel
July 13, 2019 – SQL Saturday #890 – Austin
- Adopting a DevOps Database Development Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 29, 2019 – SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 19, 2019 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 15, 2019 – SQL Saturday #865 – Melbourne
- Bringing a Compliant DevOps Process to the Database
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 14, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Melbourne, AUS
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 8, 2019 – SQL Saturday #831 – South Island
- Keynote – The 2019 State of Database DevOps
- Always Encrypted in SQL Server
June 7, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Christchurch, NZ
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 1, 2019 – SQL Saturday #838 – Brisbane, AUS
May 31, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Brisbane
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
May 22, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Austin
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
May 15, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Los Angeles
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 30, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 3, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed, April 2019
- Getting Team Collaboration: The Culture Shift
2018 – 25 events, 37 talks
December 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed December 2018
- Keynote – The State of Compliant Database DevOps
Nov 4-8 – 2018 PASS Summit
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Minimizing the Impact of Data Breaches in Dev and Test Databases
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
October 26, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – Chicago
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 18, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 12, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – New York
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 9-10, 2018 – Certified InfoSec Conference
- Minimizing the impact of data breaches in dev and test databases
October 3, 2018 – Queensland SQL Server User Group
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 29, 2018 – SQL Saturday #770 – Pittsburgh
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 8, 2018 – SQL Saturday #74 Cambridge
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
September 5, 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed September 2018
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges for the Technology industry
September 1, 2018 – SQL Saturday #746 – Oslo
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
August 15, 2018 – Boulder SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
August 11, 2018 – SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
July 21, 2018 – SQL Saturday #729 Louisville
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
July 19, 2018 – Microsoft Inspire Conference
-
AP115w – Market your data tools with SQL Operations Studio
June 20, 2018 – SQL in the City June 2018
- How to minimize the impact of data breaches
June 22, 2018 – ISACA Conference – Cork, Ireland
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 12, 2018 – 24 Hours of Pass Summit 2018 Preview
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 9, 2018 – SQL Saturday #773 Los Angeles
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 31-June 2 – Music City Tech 2018
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
May 18, 2018 – Redgate SQL Privacy Summit
- Keynote: A GDPR Conversation with our CEO
- Protecting Dev and Test Environments
May 8, 2018 – Milwaukee SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps Process
April 18, 2018 – Colorado Springs User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
March 24, 2018 – SQL Saturday #700 – Colorado Springs
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 28, 2018 – SQL in the City 2018 Streamed
- Not Just for Europe: The global impact of the GDPR
- Create, protect, and manage databases for compliant DevOps
2017 – 18 events, 34 talks
December 2017 – SQL in the City Streamed
- From DBA to DevOps hero – rapid database provisioning with SQL Clone
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
- Latest SQL Compare features and support for SQL Server 2017
November 6-9, 2017 DevOps East, Orlando, FL
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – PASS Summit 2017
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
October 24, 2017 – All Day DevOps 2017
- Including the Database in Your DevOps Process
October 16-19, 2017 VS Live Anaheim
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- A Tour of SQL Server Security Features
September 9, 2017 – SQL Saturday #632 – Cambridge
September 6, 2017 – Redgate Hub Livestream
August 17-19, 2017 – Data Platform Summit 2017
- Precon – Database DevOps
- Getting Started With Devops
- Blogging For The Tech Professional
- SQL Server Encryption
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- Git, Branches, And Pull Requests For Database Development
July 29, 2017 – SQL Saturday #628 – Baton Rouge
June 23, 2017 – DenverDevDay
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
June 4, 2017 – SQL Saturday LA – June 10, 2017
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
April 28, 2017 – GroupBy Online Conference
May 16-18, 2017 – VS Live Austin
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
April 22, 2017 – SQL Saturday #621 – Silicon Valley
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
April 5-8, 2017 – SQL Bits 2017, Telford, UK
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
March 29, 2017 – SQL in the City – SQL Clone Product Launch
- How SQL Clone helps solve database provisioning problems – LIVE DEMO
- Using PowerShell with SQL Clone to automate provisioning jobs
March 25, 2017 – SQL Saturday #584 – Colorado Springs
Feb 14-16 – SQL Konferenz – Frankfurt, Germany
2016 – 21 events, 31 talks
December 14-15, 2016 – SQL in the City 2016
December 5-9, 2016 – Visual Studio Live / SQL Server Live – Orlando, FL
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
October 26-28, 2016 – PASS Summit
- Lightning Talks at the Redgate booth – TBD
October 10-12 – IT/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, NV
- Who’s Touching My Database (Tues, Oct 11)
- End to End Encryption in SQL Server 2016 (Tues, Oct 11)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database (Wed, Oct 12)
October 4-6, 2016 – Visual Studio Live – Washington, D.C.
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
September 15, 2016 – Denver SQL Server Users Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Sept 10, 2016 – SQL Saturday #520 – Cambridge
August 30, 2016 – London Database Professionals Meetup
Sept 3, 2016 – SQL Saturday #532 – Oslo – Heading to the UK the following week, so …
Aug 13, 2016 – SQL Saturday #550 – San Antonio
July 23, 2016 – MeasureUp – Austin, TX
June 4, 2016 – SQL Saturday #491 – Pensacola – I’m looking forward to going back to the panhandle. Always fun.
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Automatically Tracking and Deploying Database Changes in Order
May 4-7 – SQL Bits, Liverpool, UK
- A Practical Approach to Version Control
- Testing T-SQL Made Quick and Easy
May 2-4 – SQL Nexus – Copenhagen
April 20, 2016 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Getting Started with Encryption in SQL Server 2016
April 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday Phoenix
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Get Testing with tSQLt
April 12, 2016 – Sioux Falls User Group (Remote)
- Automated Build and Test
March 30, 2016 – //build/ 2016
February 20, 2016 – SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque
February 17, 2016 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
Jan 30, 2016 – SQL Saturday #461 – Austin
2015 – 23 events, 35 talks
December 5, 2015 – SQL Saturday #470 – Washington DC
November 21, 2015 – SQL Saturday #474 – Salt Lake City
November 19th – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 29, 2015 – Pass Summit 2015 – Seattle
October 26, 2015 – SQL in the City – Seattle
- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 16, 2015 – SQL in the City – London
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- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 14, 2015 – SQL Relay – Cardiff
October 13, 2015 – SQL Relay – Bristol
October 10, 2015 – SQL Saturday #442 – Orlando, FL
Sep 18, 2015 – Denver – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
September 15-17 – DevConnections 2015, Las Vegas, NV
- Intermediate T-SQL – Windowing Functions
- Branching and Merging Database Code
Aug 27, 2015 – NYC – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
Aug 22, 2015 – SQL Saturday #403 Louisville
Aug 1, 2015 – SQL Saturday #423 Baton Rouge, LA
Jul 31, 2015 – NYC – Baton Rouge Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
July 18, 2015 –SQL Saturday #427 – Sioux Falls
July 16, 2015 – Habitat for Humanity Presentation (private)
- A standard presentation from Habitat for Humanity on their mission and history
July 16, 2015 – Lincoln SQL Server User Group – remote
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 27, 2015 – SQL Saturday #407 Vancouver
Jun 6, 2015 – SQL Saturday #390 Philadelphia
June 5, 2015 – Unit Testing in SQL Server with tSQLt
- Pre-conference session, co-presented with Sebastian Meine. All day training class on testing T-SQL code.
May 16, 2015 – SQL Saturday #393 Redmond
Apr 11, 2015 – SQL Saturday #389 Huntington Beach
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Mar 4-7, 2015 – SQL Bits XIV – London
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Mar 5, 4pm, R7)
- Get Testing with tSQLt (Mar 6, 5:00pm, R4)
Feb 2-5, 2015 – SQL Konference, Darmstadt, Germany
- Get Testing with tSQLt
2014 – 26 Events, 45 talks
Dec 6, 2014 – SQL Saturday #347 – Washington D.C.
Dec 5, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Nov 19, 2014 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- The Encryption Primer
Nov 3, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Seattle
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Nov 5-8, 2014 – PASS Summit (Seattle)
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Oct 24, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – London
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Oct 14, 2014 – Mastering T-SQL Series, webinar
- Writing Cleaner Code
- Intermediate Queries
- Window Functions
Oct 10-11, 2014 – Silicon Valley Code Camp – San Jose, CA
- Continuous Integration for Databases
October 8, 2014 – SQL in the City – Cambridge, MA
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Sept 20, 2014 – SQL Saturday #331 – Denver
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Sept 15-19, 2015 – DevConnections – Las Vegas
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Sept 13, 2014 – SQL Saturday #300 – Kansas City
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Aug 21, 2014 – Denver SQL Server User Group
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Aug 20, 2014 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
Aug 9, 2014 – SQL Saturday #304 – Indianapolis
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
July 17-19 SQL Bits XII
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 21, 2014 – SQL Saturday #286 – Louisville
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- The Encryption Primer
June 11, 2014 – Denver WIT Group
April 13-16, 2014 – SQL Intersection
- Protecting Your Data with Encryption While Maintaining Performance in SQL Server 2014 (Mon, 12:00pm)
- Faster and More Reliable Database Development with Continuous Integration (Tues, 10:15am)
- Working with Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2014 (Tues, 11:45am)
April 12, 2014 – SQL Saturday #297 – Colorado Springs
- The Encryption Primer
April 5, 2014 – SQL Saturday #295 – Las Vegas
- The Encryption Primer
March 29, 2014 – SQL Saturday #287 – Madison
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
March 14, 2014 – SQL in the City Seminar, San Jose
- Team Based Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
March 15, 2014 – SQL in the City #276 – Silicon Valley
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 8, 2014 – SQL Saturday #241 – Cleveland
- The Encryption Primer
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 25, 2014 – SQL Saturday #271 Albequerque
- The Encryption Primer
2013 – 30 events, 54 talks
December 7 – 2013 – SQL Saturday #233 – Washington DC
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
December 6, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Washington DC – Stairway to Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
November 16, 2013 – SQL Saturday #265 Oregon
November 15, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Portland – Stairway to Deployment
October 27-30, 2013 – SQL Intersection Fall 2013
- Team based Development with Version Control (Oct 28)
- Continuous Integration for Databases (Oct 28)
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Oct 29)
October 20, 2013 – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 14, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Charlotte, NC
October 12, 2013 – SQL Saturday #227 – Charleston
October 11, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Atlanta, GA
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Common Problems in Backup and Recovery
- The Encryption Primer
October 9, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Pasadena, CA
September 30-Oct 4, 2013 – DevConnections Fall
- FullText Search with Office Documents and PDFs
- Encryption in SQL Server
September 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #190 – Denver
September 27, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Denver – The Stairway to Database Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
September 21, 2013 – SQL Saturday San Diego
September 20, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – San Diego – The Stairway to Database Deployment
July 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #222 – Sacramento
July 27 ,2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Stairway to Development, Saramento, CA
July 23, 2013 – Webinar – Prepare for When Disaster Strikes June 21, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – London
- Core Monitoring in SQL Server
- Team-based Database Development with Version Control
- The Encryption Primer
- A Day in the Life of a DBA
June 19-20, 2013 – IT Connections Online
June 1, 2012 – SQL Saturday #200 – Philadelphia
May 3, 2013 – SQL Bits XI – Nottingham (event May 2-4)
Apr 27, 2012 – SQL Saturday #175 – Fargo
Apr 10-12 – SQL Intersection, Las Vegas, NV (schedule) 
- Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2012 (Tues, Apr 9, 11:00am)
- Encrypting Data in SQL Server (Tues, Apr 9, 1:15pm)
Apr 9, 2012 – SQL Saturday #197 – Omaha
Mar 9, 2013 – SQL Saturday #187 – Richmond, VA
Mar 8, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Richmond, VA
- Core Monitoring for SQL Server
- Indexing Essentials
Mar 7, 2013 – Richmond SQL Server User Group – Richmond, VA
Feb 11-13, 2013 – Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days, Denver, CO
Feb 8, 2013 – SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque 
2012 – 17 events, 33 talks
Denver SQL Server Users Group – November meeting, 11/15/2012
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – The Nov 13, 2012 meeting.
SQL in the City Seattle, WA 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections Fall 2012 – Two talks on the first day, Oct 30, 2012
SQL in the City Boston 2012 – Our mini tour wraps up in Boston on Oct 8, 2012
SQL in the City Chicago, IL 2012 – The windy city on Oct 5, 2012
SQL in the City San Francisco, SA 2012 – The west coast stop for SQL in the City on Oct 3, 2012
SQL in the City Austin, TX 2012 – The second stop of the tour in TX on Oct 1, 2012
SQL in the City New York 2012 – The 2012 SQL in the City tour kicks off in NYC on Sept 28, 2012
SQL Saturday #169 – Denver – The second SQL Saturday event in Denver on Sept 22, 2012
Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group – The monthly meeting has me presenting on Sept 19, 2012
SQL Saturday #144 Sacramento, CA – July 28, 2012
SQL in the City – London 2012 – July 13 and 14, 2012
SQL Saturday #132 – Pensacola – June 9, 2012
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2012 – May 19, 2012
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
SQL Saturday #131 – Phoenix – Apr 28, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, Mar 26-29, 2012
2011 – 13 events, 21 talks
SQL Inspire – New York City, NY – Nov 11, 2011
- Finding Your Balance
SQL Server Connections, Las Vegas, NV – Oct 31 – Nov 3
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL in the City – Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster
PASS 2011 Summit – Seattle, WA – October 9-11
- Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
SQL Bits IX – Liverpool, UK – September 30-Oct 1
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL Saturday #90 – Oklahoma City, OK – August 27, 2011
- Keynote
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #64 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 6, 2011
- The Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL in the City – London, UK – July 15, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster – This session will showcase how a DBA can be ready for any problems that might occur in their environment by developing a well thought out backup and recovery solution, practising restores, and regularly running DBCC CHECKDB to check for corruption.
SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2011
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
- Preparation for Disaster
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #62 – Dallas, TX – Apr 2, 2011
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand
- Red Gate SQL Monitor Demo
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 – Mar 3, 2011
- Keynote – Taking Responsibility
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand –
- Common SQL Server Mistakes
SQL Saturday #60 – Cleveland, OH – February 5, 2011
SQL Saturday #66 – Colorado Springs, CO – February 13, 2011
2010 – 7 events, 10 talks
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte, NC – Mar 6, 2010
SQL Saturday #22 – Pensacola, FL – June 5, 2010
SQL Saturday #28 – Baton Rouge – August 14, 2010
SQL Saturday #52 – Denver, CO – September 25, 2010
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City, MO – October 2, 2010
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – October 19, 2010
SQL Saturday #59 – New York City, NY – November 20, 2010
2009 – 2 events, 2 talks
SQL Saturday #15 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2009
SQL Saturday #17 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 1, 2009
2008 – 2 events, 2 talks
Indy Tech Fest 2008 – October 4, 2008
- Green Technology
October 25, 2008 – SQL Saturday #8 – Orlando, FL
- Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
May 29, 2024 – Redgate Summit – Chicago
- 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
May 23, 2024 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Kansas City
May 9, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Melbourne
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 8, 2024 – Melbourne Data Platform User Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 7, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Sydney
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 2, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Brisbane
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
April 17, 2024 – Redgate Summit London 2024
- 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
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
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
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
2023 – 24 events, 30 talks
November 15-19, 2023 – PASS Data Community Summit
- Database DevOps Luncheon Panel with Liz Baron and Hamish Watson (panel)
- Optimizing the Database Software Delivery Engine (panel)
November 1, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Virtual
November 14, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Seattle
October 26, 2023 – All Day DevOps 2023
October 14, 2023 – SQL Saturday Boston 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
September 23, 2023 – SQL Saturday Denver 2023
September 20, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Boston
- All day Redgate event
- Evening Flyway Meetup
September 8, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day London
September 6, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Bristol
September 4, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Manchester
August 31, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Chicago)
August 24, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Houston)
July 24-26, 2023 – That! Conference (my profile)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
June 27, 2023 – Data Exposed MVP Edition (tentative)
- Quickly Creating Containers with the new open-source SQLCMD
June 9, 2023 – Denver Dev Days 2023
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
June 7-8, 2023 – Agile + DevOps West
- Don’t Forget the Database
June 3, 2023 – SQL Saturday South Florida 2023
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 24, 2023 – Houston SQL Server User Group
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 6, 2023 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
March 21-23, 2023 – Visual Studio Live – Las Vegas
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments – Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database – Thursday, March 23, 2023
March 14-18, 2023 – SQL Bits
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
March 16, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Melbourne
- Opening Keynote
February 16-17, 2023 – RMOUG’s Training Days Conference (virtual)
- Tips and Tricks for Using Flyway to Deploy Database Changes
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 18, 2023 – Webinar with SQL Solutions Group, 2pm EST
- Database DevOps: The SeQueL, with Steve Jones
2022 – 19 events, 34 talks
Nov 15-18, 2022 – PASS Data Community Summit
- To the Cloud Learning Pathway – The Azure SQL Ecosystem (online, Wed 1430)
- The Journey from Manual Deployments to Database DevOps (precon) (Tues, 08:00)
- Transformation and Innovation: Why the Database Must be Included (Wed, 14:00)
- Doing More with Less: The Challenges Ahead for Every Data Professional (keynote) (Thur, 08:00)
- Redgate PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour (Thur)
- Lightning Talk host (Thur, Fri)
November 12, 2022 – SQL Saturday Oregon and SW Washington 2022
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
October 22, 2022 – SQL Saturday Toronto 2022
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
October 12, 2022 – Database DevOps in a Day (Melbourne)
- Keynote
October 8, 2022 – SQL Saturday Boston 2022 (submitted)
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
September 29, 2022 – IDC London
- What I wish I’d known: Cloud migration
- Digital Transformation: Why the Database must be included
September 17, 2022 – SQL Saturday Denver 2022 (accepted)
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
August 13, 2022 – SQL Saturday Los Angeles 2022 (tentative)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
Aug 9-11, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Redmond
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database
July 27, 2022 – SQL Solutions Group Webinar
- What is the convergence of SQL Server and DevOps?
July 23, 2022 – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
Jul 16, 2022 – DevOps in a Day with Redgate
- Opening keynote
Jun 14-16, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Austin
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Using CI and Testing to Prevent Database Problems
Jun 2-3, 2022 – DataGrillen
May 23-25, 2022 – Techorama Antwep
May 14, 2022 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022 (submitted)
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
March 24, 2022 – Toronto SQL Server User Group
- A Version Control Primer
March 8-12, 2022 – SQL Bits
- Precon with Redgate
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Panel – Monitoring Your Estate
January 25, 2022 – DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group
- The Encryption Primer
2021 – 17 events, 18 talks
December 7-9, 2021 – Devintersection / SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference
- Automated Database Builds in Azure DevOps with Local Agents
November 18, 2021 –Southland Data Professionals
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
November 10-12, 2021 – PASS Data Community Summit (virtual)
October 30, 2021 – SQL Saturday Orlando 2021
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
October 11-12, 2021 – DataMinds Connect 2021
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
September 29, 2021 – Future Data Driven (virtual)
- The Future of Database Development
September 21, 2021 – Cloud Summit 2021
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
September 15, 2021 -Webinar Donovan Brown and Mark Fussell talk Cloud Native development with Dapr
- Host
August 19, 2021 – Kansas City SQL Server Users Group (virtual)
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
August 19, 2021 – Denver SQL Server User Group (hybrid)
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
July 8, 2021 – Richmond SQL Server User Group
May 26, 2021 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group
May 7, 2021 – Mental Health and Wellness Day
April 27, 2021 – Powershell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
- Building an API Script in PowerShell
February 25, 2021 – ConFoo 2021 Virtual
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
February 18, 2021 – Redgate Summit
- Ask the Experts Panel
January 29-30, 2021 – C# Corner SQL Server Virtual Conference
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
2020 – 11 events, 20 presentations
December 10, 2020 – Redgate Summit
- Discussion of Redgate Deploy
December 3, 2020 – Azure webinar series
December 2-4, 2020 – Data Platform Summit 2020 (local link)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
- Blogging for the Technical Professional
November 19, 2020 – Denver SQL Server User Group (local link)
- Using Hosted and Local Agents for Continuous Integration
Nov 10-13, 2020 – PASS 2020 Summit Virtual (local link)
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
- The Future of Database Development with Containers (lightning talk)
- Redgate – Continuously Classify and Protect Your Sensitive Data
Aug 29, 2020 – SQL Saturday #997 – Salt Lake City Virtual (local link)
Aug 25, 2020 – Redgate Streamed
- Emcee and host – A discussion with Donovan Brown and Abel Wang
July 2, 2020 – Redgate Streamed ANZ
- Keynote – The State of Database DevOps 2020
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Troy Hunt
Jun 13, 2020 – Tech Community Day 2020 – Virtual (local link)
- The Future of Database Development
April 25, 2020 – SQL Saturday #962 Richmond Virtual (local link)
April 15, 2020 – Redgate Webinar
April 1-3 , 2020 –Redgate Streamed
- How database DevOps levels up remote work (panel)
- Intro and The basics of unit tests with tsqlt
- The future of database Administration and Development (panel)
March 18, 2020 – LA Data Platform User Group (local link)
February 18, 2020 – RMOUG Oracle Training Days (local link)
- Building a Database DevOps Process
2019 – 21 events, 40 talks
December 14, 2019 – SQL Saturday #910 Slovenia
November 21, 2019 – Denver SQL Server User Group
November 4-5, 2019 – PASS Summit 2019
October 25, 2019– SQL in the City Summit – London 2019
- Opening keynote – The State of Database DevOps
- Panel Discussion
- Customer Interview
- Closing keynote – The Future of DevOps
October 11, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 12, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 5, 2019 – SQL Saturday #870 – Memphis
September 27, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit Sydney 2019
- Opening keynote: State of Database DevOps
- Panel: What you need to know before launching a DevOps Initiative
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for solving compliance challenges
September 18, 2019 – State of DevOps 2019 Webinar
- Hosting a webinar with Jez Humble
September 4, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed
- 20 Years of SQL Server
- Stop Completing Tasks and Create Business Value
- Experts Panel
July 13, 2019 – SQL Saturday #890 – Austin
- Adopting a DevOps Database Development Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 29, 2019 – SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 19, 2019 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 15, 2019 – SQL Saturday #865 – Melbourne
- Bringing a Compliant DevOps Process to the Database
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 14, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Melbourne, AUS
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 8, 2019 – SQL Saturday #831 – South Island
- Keynote – The 2019 State of Database DevOps
- Always Encrypted in SQL Server
June 7, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Christchurch, NZ
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 1, 2019 – SQL Saturday #838 – Brisbane, AUS
May 31, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Brisbane
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
May 22, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Austin
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
May 15, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Los Angeles
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 30, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 3, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed, April 2019
- Getting Team Collaboration: The Culture Shift
2018 – 25 events, 37 talks
December 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed December 2018
- Keynote – The State of Compliant Database DevOps
Nov 4-8 – 2018 PASS Summit
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Minimizing the Impact of Data Breaches in Dev and Test Databases
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
October 26, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – Chicago
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 18, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 12, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – New York
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 9-10, 2018 – Certified InfoSec Conference
- Minimizing the impact of data breaches in dev and test databases
October 3, 2018 – Queensland SQL Server User Group
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 29, 2018 – SQL Saturday #770 – Pittsburgh
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 8, 2018 – SQL Saturday #74 Cambridge
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
September 5, 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed September 2018
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges for the Technology industry
September 1, 2018 – SQL Saturday #746 – Oslo
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
August 15, 2018 – Boulder SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
August 11, 2018 – SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
July 21, 2018 – SQL Saturday #729 Louisville
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
July 19, 2018 – Microsoft Inspire Conference
-
AP115w – Market your data tools with SQL Operations Studio
June 20, 2018 – SQL in the City June 2018
- How to minimize the impact of data breaches
June 22, 2018 – ISACA Conference – Cork, Ireland
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 12, 2018 – 24 Hours of Pass Summit 2018 Preview
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 9, 2018 – SQL Saturday #773 Los Angeles
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 31-June 2 – Music City Tech 2018
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
May 18, 2018 – Redgate SQL Privacy Summit
- Keynote: A GDPR Conversation with our CEO
- Protecting Dev and Test Environments
May 8, 2018 – Milwaukee SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps Process
April 18, 2018 – Colorado Springs User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
March 24, 2018 – SQL Saturday #700 – Colorado Springs
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 28, 2018 – SQL in the City 2018 Streamed
- Not Just for Europe: The global impact of the GDPR
- Create, protect, and manage databases for compliant DevOps
2017 – 18 events, 34 talks
December 2017 – SQL in the City Streamed
- From DBA to DevOps hero – rapid database provisioning with SQL Clone
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
- Latest SQL Compare features and support for SQL Server 2017
November 6-9, 2017 DevOps East, Orlando, FL
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – PASS Summit 2017
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
October 24, 2017 – All Day DevOps 2017
- Including the Database in Your DevOps Process
October 16-19, 2017 VS Live Anaheim
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- A Tour of SQL Server Security Features
September 9, 2017 – SQL Saturday #632 – Cambridge
September 6, 2017 – Redgate Hub Livestream
August 17-19, 2017 – Data Platform Summit 2017
- Precon – Database DevOps
- Getting Started With Devops
- Blogging For The Tech Professional
- SQL Server Encryption
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- Git, Branches, And Pull Requests For Database Development
July 29, 2017 – SQL Saturday #628 – Baton Rouge
June 23, 2017 – DenverDevDay
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
June 4, 2017 – SQL Saturday LA – June 10, 2017
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
April 28, 2017 – GroupBy Online Conference
May 16-18, 2017 – VS Live Austin
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
April 22, 2017 – SQL Saturday #621 – Silicon Valley
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
April 5-8, 2017 – SQL Bits 2017, Telford, UK
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
March 29, 2017 – SQL in the City – SQL Clone Product Launch
- How SQL Clone helps solve database provisioning problems – LIVE DEMO
- Using PowerShell with SQL Clone to automate provisioning jobs
March 25, 2017 – SQL Saturday #584 – Colorado Springs
Feb 14-16 – SQL Konferenz – Frankfurt, Germany
2016 – 21 events, 31 talks
December 14-15, 2016 – SQL in the City 2016
December 5-9, 2016 – Visual Studio Live / SQL Server Live – Orlando, FL
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
October 26-28, 2016 – PASS Summit
- Lightning Talks at the Redgate booth – TBD
October 10-12 – IT/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, NV
- Who’s Touching My Database (Tues, Oct 11)
- End to End Encryption in SQL Server 2016 (Tues, Oct 11)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database (Wed, Oct 12)
October 4-6, 2016 – Visual Studio Live – Washington, D.C.
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
September 15, 2016 – Denver SQL Server Users Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Sept 10, 2016 – SQL Saturday #520 – Cambridge
August 30, 2016 – London Database Professionals Meetup
Sept 3, 2016 – SQL Saturday #532 – Oslo – Heading to the UK the following week, so …
Aug 13, 2016 – SQL Saturday #550 – San Antonio
July 23, 2016 – MeasureUp – Austin, TX
June 4, 2016 – SQL Saturday #491 – Pensacola – I’m looking forward to going back to the panhandle. Always fun.
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Automatically Tracking and Deploying Database Changes in Order
May 4-7 – SQL Bits, Liverpool, UK
- A Practical Approach to Version Control
- Testing T-SQL Made Quick and Easy
May 2-4 – SQL Nexus – Copenhagen
April 20, 2016 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Getting Started with Encryption in SQL Server 2016
April 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday Phoenix
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Get Testing with tSQLt
April 12, 2016 – Sioux Falls User Group (Remote)
- Automated Build and Test
March 30, 2016 – //build/ 2016
February 20, 2016 – SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque
February 17, 2016 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
Jan 30, 2016 – SQL Saturday #461 – Austin
2015 – 23 events, 35 talks
December 5, 2015 – SQL Saturday #470 – Washington DC
November 21, 2015 – SQL Saturday #474 – Salt Lake City
November 19th – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 29, 2015 – Pass Summit 2015 – Seattle
October 26, 2015 – SQL in the City – Seattle
- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 16, 2015 – SQL in the City – London
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- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 14, 2015 – SQL Relay – Cardiff
October 13, 2015 – SQL Relay – Bristol
October 10, 2015 – SQL Saturday #442 – Orlando, FL
Sep 18, 2015 – Denver – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
September 15-17 – DevConnections 2015, Las Vegas, NV
- Intermediate T-SQL – Windowing Functions
- Branching and Merging Database Code
Aug 27, 2015 – NYC – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
Aug 22, 2015 – SQL Saturday #403 Louisville
Aug 1, 2015 – SQL Saturday #423 Baton Rouge, LA
Jul 31, 2015 – NYC – Baton Rouge Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
July 18, 2015 –SQL Saturday #427 – Sioux Falls
July 16, 2015 – Habitat for Humanity Presentation (private)
- A standard presentation from Habitat for Humanity on their mission and history
July 16, 2015 – Lincoln SQL Server User Group – remote
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 27, 2015 – SQL Saturday #407 Vancouver
Jun 6, 2015 – SQL Saturday #390 Philadelphia
June 5, 2015 – Unit Testing in SQL Server with tSQLt
- Pre-conference session, co-presented with Sebastian Meine. All day training class on testing T-SQL code.
May 16, 2015 – SQL Saturday #393 Redmond
Apr 11, 2015 – SQL Saturday #389 Huntington Beach
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Mar 4-7, 2015 – SQL Bits XIV – London
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Mar 5, 4pm, R7)
- Get Testing with tSQLt (Mar 6, 5:00pm, R4)
Feb 2-5, 2015 – SQL Konference, Darmstadt, Germany
- Get Testing with tSQLt
2014 – 26 Events, 45 talks
Dec 6, 2014 – SQL Saturday #347 – Washington D.C.
Dec 5, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Nov 19, 2014 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- The Encryption Primer
Nov 3, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Seattle
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Nov 5-8, 2014 – PASS Summit (Seattle)
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Oct 24, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – London
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Oct 14, 2014 – Mastering T-SQL Series, webinar
- Writing Cleaner Code
- Intermediate Queries
- Window Functions
Oct 10-11, 2014 – Silicon Valley Code Camp – San Jose, CA
- Continuous Integration for Databases
October 8, 2014 – SQL in the City – Cambridge, MA
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Sept 20, 2014 – SQL Saturday #331 – Denver
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Sept 15-19, 2015 – DevConnections – Las Vegas
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Sept 13, 2014 – SQL Saturday #300 – Kansas City
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Aug 21, 2014 – Denver SQL Server User Group
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Aug 20, 2014 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
Aug 9, 2014 – SQL Saturday #304 – Indianapolis
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
July 17-19 SQL Bits XII
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 21, 2014 – SQL Saturday #286 – Louisville
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- The Encryption Primer
June 11, 2014 – Denver WIT Group
April 13-16, 2014 – SQL Intersection
- Protecting Your Data with Encryption While Maintaining Performance in SQL Server 2014 (Mon, 12:00pm)
- Faster and More Reliable Database Development with Continuous Integration (Tues, 10:15am)
- Working with Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2014 (Tues, 11:45am)
April 12, 2014 – SQL Saturday #297 – Colorado Springs
- The Encryption Primer
April 5, 2014 – SQL Saturday #295 – Las Vegas
- The Encryption Primer
March 29, 2014 – SQL Saturday #287 – Madison
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
March 14, 2014 – SQL in the City Seminar, San Jose
- Team Based Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
March 15, 2014 – SQL in the City #276 – Silicon Valley
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 8, 2014 – SQL Saturday #241 – Cleveland
- The Encryption Primer
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 25, 2014 – SQL Saturday #271 Albequerque
- The Encryption Primer
2013 – 30 events, 54 talks
December 7 – 2013 – SQL Saturday #233 – Washington DC
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
December 6, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Washington DC – Stairway to Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
November 16, 2013 – SQL Saturday #265 Oregon
November 15, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Portland – Stairway to Deployment
October 27-30, 2013 – SQL Intersection Fall 2013
- Team based Development with Version Control (Oct 28)
- Continuous Integration for Databases (Oct 28)
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Oct 29)
October 20, 2013 – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 14, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Charlotte, NC
October 12, 2013 – SQL Saturday #227 – Charleston
October 11, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Atlanta, GA
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Common Problems in Backup and Recovery
- The Encryption Primer
October 9, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Pasadena, CA
September 30-Oct 4, 2013 – DevConnections Fall
- FullText Search with Office Documents and PDFs
- Encryption in SQL Server
September 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #190 – Denver
September 27, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Denver – The Stairway to Database Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
September 21, 2013 – SQL Saturday San Diego
September 20, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – San Diego – The Stairway to Database Deployment
July 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #222 – Sacramento
July 27 ,2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Stairway to Development, Saramento, CA
July 23, 2013 – Webinar – Prepare for When Disaster Strikes June 21, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – London
- Core Monitoring in SQL Server
- Team-based Database Development with Version Control
- The Encryption Primer
- A Day in the Life of a DBA
June 19-20, 2013 – IT Connections Online
June 1, 2012 – SQL Saturday #200 – Philadelphia
May 3, 2013 – SQL Bits XI – Nottingham (event May 2-4)
Apr 27, 2012 – SQL Saturday #175 – Fargo
Apr 10-12 – SQL Intersection, Las Vegas, NV (schedule)
- Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2012 (Tues, Apr 9, 11:00am)
- Encrypting Data in SQL Server (Tues, Apr 9, 1:15pm)
Apr 9, 2012 – SQL Saturday #197 – Omaha
Mar 9, 2013 – SQL Saturday #187 – Richmond, VA
Mar 8, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Richmond, VA
- Core Monitoring for SQL Server
- Indexing Essentials
Mar 7, 2013 – Richmond SQL Server User Group – Richmond, VA
Feb 11-13, 2013 – Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days, Denver, CO
Feb 8, 2013 – SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque
2012 – 17 events, 33 talks
Denver SQL Server Users Group – November meeting, 11/15/2012
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – The Nov 13, 2012 meeting.
SQL in the City Seattle, WA 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections Fall 2012 – Two talks on the first day, Oct 30, 2012
SQL in the City Boston 2012 – Our mini tour wraps up in Boston on Oct 8, 2012
SQL in the City Chicago, IL 2012 – The windy city on Oct 5, 2012
SQL in the City San Francisco, SA 2012 – The west coast stop for SQL in the City on Oct 3, 2012
SQL in the City Austin, TX 2012 – The second stop of the tour in TX on Oct 1, 2012
SQL in the City New York 2012 – The 2012 SQL in the City tour kicks off in NYC on Sept 28, 2012
SQL Saturday #169 – Denver – The second SQL Saturday event in Denver on Sept 22, 2012
Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group – The monthly meeting has me presenting on Sept 19, 2012
SQL Saturday #144 Sacramento, CA – July 28, 2012
SQL in the City – London 2012 – July 13 and 14, 2012
SQL Saturday #132 – Pensacola – June 9, 2012
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2012 – May 19, 2012
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
SQL Saturday #131 – Phoenix – Apr 28, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, Mar 26-29, 2012
2011 – 13 events, 21 talks
SQL Inspire – New York City, NY – Nov 11, 2011
- Finding Your Balance
SQL Server Connections, Las Vegas, NV – Oct 31 – Nov 3
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL in the City – Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster
PASS 2011 Summit – Seattle, WA – October 9-11
- Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
SQL Bits IX – Liverpool, UK – September 30-Oct 1
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL Saturday #90 – Oklahoma City, OK – August 27, 2011
- Keynote
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #64 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 6, 2011
- The Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL in the City – London, UK – July 15, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster – This session will showcase how a DBA can be ready for any problems that might occur in their environment by developing a well thought out backup and recovery solution, practising restores, and regularly running DBCC CHECKDB to check for corruption.
SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2011
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
- Preparation for Disaster
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #62 – Dallas, TX – Apr 2, 2011
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand
- Red Gate SQL Monitor Demo
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 – Mar 3, 2011
- Keynote – Taking Responsibility
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand –
- Common SQL Server Mistakes
SQL Saturday #60 – Cleveland, OH – February 5, 2011
SQL Saturday #66 – Colorado Springs, CO – February 13, 2011
2010 – 7 events, 10 talks
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte, NC – Mar 6, 2010
SQL Saturday #22 – Pensacola, FL – June 5, 2010
SQL Saturday #28 – Baton Rouge – August 14, 2010
SQL Saturday #52 – Denver, CO – September 25, 2010
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City, MO – October 2, 2010
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – October 19, 2010
SQL Saturday #59 – New York City, NY – November 20, 2010
2009 – 2 events, 2 talks
SQL Saturday #15 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2009
SQL Saturday #17 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 1, 2009
2008 – 2 events, 2 talks
Indy Tech Fest 2008 – October 4, 2008
- Green Technology
October 25, 2008 – SQL Saturday #8 – Orlando, FL
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
June 14, 2024 – Redgate DevOps Roadshow – Manchester
July 11, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
May 31, 2024 – Denver Dev Days
- Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
May 29, 2024 – Redgate Summit – Chicago
- 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
May 23, 2024 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Kansas City
May 9, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Melbourne
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 8, 2024 – Melbourne Data Platform User Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 7, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Sydney
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 2, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Brisbane
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
April 17, 2024 – Redgate Summit London 2024
- 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
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
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
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
2023 – 24 events, 30 talks
November 15-19, 2023 – PASS Data Community Summit
- Database DevOps Luncheon Panel with Liz Baron and Hamish Watson (panel)
- Optimizing the Database Software Delivery Engine (panel)
November 1, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Virtual
November 14, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Seattle
October 26, 2023 – All Day DevOps 2023
October 14, 2023 – SQL Saturday Boston 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
September 23, 2023 – SQL Saturday Denver 2023
September 20, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Boston
- All day Redgate event
- Evening Flyway Meetup
September 8, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day London
September 6, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Bristol
September 4, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Manchester
August 31, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Chicago)
August 24, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Houston)
July 24-26, 2023 – That! Conference (my profile)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
June 27, 2023 – Data Exposed MVP Edition (tentative)
- Quickly Creating Containers with the new open-source SQLCMD
June 9, 2023 – Denver Dev Days 2023
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
June 7-8, 2023 – Agile + DevOps West
- Don’t Forget the Database
June 3, 2023 – SQL Saturday South Florida 2023
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 24, 2023 – Houston SQL Server User Group
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 6, 2023 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
March 21-23, 2023 – Visual Studio Live – Las Vegas
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments – Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database – Thursday, March 23, 2023
March 14-18, 2023 – SQL Bits
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
March 16, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Melbourne
- Opening Keynote
February 16-17, 2023 – RMOUG’s Training Days Conference (virtual)
- Tips and Tricks for Using Flyway to Deploy Database Changes
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 18, 2023 – Webinar with SQL Solutions Group, 2pm EST
- Database DevOps: The SeQueL, with Steve Jones
2022 – 19 events, 34 talks
Nov 15-18, 2022 – PASS Data Community Summit
- To the Cloud Learning Pathway – The Azure SQL Ecosystem (online, Wed 1430)
- The Journey from Manual Deployments to Database DevOps (precon) (Tues, 08:00)
- Transformation and Innovation: Why the Database Must be Included (Wed, 14:00)
- Doing More with Less: The Challenges Ahead for Every Data Professional (keynote) (Thur, 08:00)
- Redgate PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour (Thur)
- Lightning Talk host (Thur, Fri)
November 12, 2022 – SQL Saturday Oregon and SW Washington 2022
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
October 22, 2022 – SQL Saturday Toronto 2022
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
October 12, 2022 – Database DevOps in a Day (Melbourne)
- Keynote
October 8, 2022 – SQL Saturday Boston 2022 (submitted)
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
September 29, 2022 – IDC London
- What I wish I’d known: Cloud migration
- Digital Transformation: Why the Database must be included
September 17, 2022 – SQL Saturday Denver 2022 (accepted)
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
August 13, 2022 – SQL Saturday Los Angeles 2022 (tentative)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
Aug 9-11, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Redmond
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database
July 27, 2022 – SQL Solutions Group Webinar
- What is the convergence of SQL Server and DevOps?
July 23, 2022 – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
Jul 16, 2022 – DevOps in a Day with Redgate
- Opening keynote
Jun 14-16, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Austin
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Using CI and Testing to Prevent Database Problems
Jun 2-3, 2022 – DataGrillen
May 23-25, 2022 – Techorama Antwep
May 14, 2022 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022 (submitted)
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
March 24, 2022 – Toronto SQL Server User Group
- A Version Control Primer
March 8-12, 2022 – SQL Bits
- Precon with Redgate
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Panel – Monitoring Your Estate
January 25, 2022 – DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group
- The Encryption Primer
2021 – 17 events, 18 talks
December 7-9, 2021 – Devintersection / SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference
- Automated Database Builds in Azure DevOps with Local Agents
November 18, 2021 –Southland Data Professionals
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
November 10-12, 2021 – PASS Data Community Summit (virtual)
October 30, 2021 – SQL Saturday Orlando 2021
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
October 11-12, 2021 – DataMinds Connect 2021
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
September 29, 2021 – Future Data Driven (virtual)
- The Future of Database Development
September 21, 2021 – Cloud Summit 2021
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
September 15, 2021 -Webinar Donovan Brown and Mark Fussell talk Cloud Native development with Dapr
- Host
August 19, 2021 – Kansas City SQL Server Users Group (virtual)
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
August 19, 2021 – Denver SQL Server User Group (hybrid)
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
July 8, 2021 – Richmond SQL Server User Group
May 26, 2021 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group
May 7, 2021 – Mental Health and Wellness Day
April 27, 2021 – Powershell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
- Building an API Script in PowerShell
February 25, 2021 – ConFoo 2021 Virtual
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
February 18, 2021 – Redgate Summit
- Ask the Experts Panel
January 29-30, 2021 – C# Corner SQL Server Virtual Conference
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
2020 – 11 events, 20 presentations
December 10, 2020 – Redgate Summit
- Discussion of Redgate Deploy
December 3, 2020 – Azure webinar series
December 2-4, 2020 – Data Platform Summit 2020 (local link)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
- Blogging for the Technical Professional
November 19, 2020 – Denver SQL Server User Group (local link)
- Using Hosted and Local Agents for Continuous Integration
Nov 10-13, 2020 – PASS 2020 Summit Virtual (local link)
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
- The Future of Database Development with Containers (lightning talk)
- Redgate – Continuously Classify and Protect Your Sensitive Data
Aug 29, 2020 – SQL Saturday #997 – Salt Lake City Virtual (local link)
Aug 25, 2020 – Redgate Streamed
- Emcee and host – A discussion with Donovan Brown and Abel Wang
July 2, 2020 – Redgate Streamed ANZ
- Keynote – The State of Database DevOps 2020
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Troy Hunt
Jun 13, 2020 – Tech Community Day 2020 – Virtual (local link)
- The Future of Database Development
April 25, 2020 – SQL Saturday #962 Richmond Virtual (local link)
April 15, 2020 – Redgate Webinar
April 1-3 , 2020 –Redgate Streamed
- How database DevOps levels up remote work (panel)
- Intro and The basics of unit tests with tsqlt
- The future of database Administration and Development (panel)
March 18, 2020 – LA Data Platform User Group (local link)
February 18, 2020 – RMOUG Oracle Training Days (local link)
- Building a Database DevOps Process
2019 – 21 events, 40 talks
December 14, 2019 – SQL Saturday #910 Slovenia
November 21, 2019 – Denver SQL Server User Group
November 4-5, 2019 – PASS Summit 2019
October 25, 2019– SQL in the City Summit – London 2019
- Opening keynote – The State of Database DevOps
- Panel Discussion
- Customer Interview
- Closing keynote – The Future of DevOps
October 11, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 12, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 5, 2019 – SQL Saturday #870 – Memphis
September 27, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit Sydney 2019
- Opening keynote: State of Database DevOps
- Panel: What you need to know before launching a DevOps Initiative
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for solving compliance challenges
September 18, 2019 – State of DevOps 2019 Webinar
- Hosting a webinar with Jez Humble
September 4, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed
- 20 Years of SQL Server
- Stop Completing Tasks and Create Business Value
- Experts Panel
July 13, 2019 – SQL Saturday #890 – Austin
- Adopting a DevOps Database Development Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 29, 2019 – SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 19, 2019 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 15, 2019 – SQL Saturday #865 – Melbourne
- Bringing a Compliant DevOps Process to the Database
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 14, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Melbourne, AUS
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 8, 2019 – SQL Saturday #831 – South Island
- Keynote – The 2019 State of Database DevOps
- Always Encrypted in SQL Server
June 7, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Christchurch, NZ
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 1, 2019 – SQL Saturday #838 – Brisbane, AUS
May 31, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Brisbane
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
May 22, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Austin
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
May 15, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Los Angeles
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 30, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 3, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed, April 2019
- Getting Team Collaboration: The Culture Shift
2018 – 25 events, 37 talks
December 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed December 2018
- Keynote – The State of Compliant Database DevOps
Nov 4-8 – 2018 PASS Summit
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Minimizing the Impact of Data Breaches in Dev and Test Databases
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
October 26, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – Chicago
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 18, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 12, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – New York
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 9-10, 2018 – Certified InfoSec Conference
- Minimizing the impact of data breaches in dev and test databases
October 3, 2018 – Queensland SQL Server User Group
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 29, 2018 – SQL Saturday #770 – Pittsburgh
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 8, 2018 – SQL Saturday #74 Cambridge
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
September 5, 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed September 2018
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges for the Technology industry
September 1, 2018 – SQL Saturday #746 – Oslo
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
August 15, 2018 – Boulder SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
August 11, 2018 – SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
July 21, 2018 – SQL Saturday #729 Louisville
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
July 19, 2018 – Microsoft Inspire Conference
-
AP115w – Market your data tools with SQL Operations Studio
June 20, 2018 – SQL in the City June 2018
- How to minimize the impact of data breaches
June 22, 2018 – ISACA Conference – Cork, Ireland
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 12, 2018 – 24 Hours of Pass Summit 2018 Preview
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 9, 2018 – SQL Saturday #773 Los Angeles
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 31-June 2 – Music City Tech 2018
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
May 18, 2018 – Redgate SQL Privacy Summit
- Keynote: A GDPR Conversation with our CEO
- Protecting Dev and Test Environments
May 8, 2018 – Milwaukee SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps Process
April 18, 2018 – Colorado Springs User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
March 24, 2018 – SQL Saturday #700 – Colorado Springs
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 28, 2018 – SQL in the City 2018 Streamed
- Not Just for Europe: The global impact of the GDPR
- Create, protect, and manage databases for compliant DevOps
2017 – 18 events, 34 talks
December 2017 – SQL in the City Streamed
- From DBA to DevOps hero – rapid database provisioning with SQL Clone
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
- Latest SQL Compare features and support for SQL Server 2017
November 6-9, 2017 DevOps East, Orlando, FL
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – PASS Summit 2017
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
October 24, 2017 – All Day DevOps 2017
- Including the Database in Your DevOps Process
October 16-19, 2017 VS Live Anaheim
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- A Tour of SQL Server Security Features
September 9, 2017 – SQL Saturday #632 – Cambridge
September 6, 2017 – Redgate Hub Livestream
August 17-19, 2017 – Data Platform Summit 2017
- Precon – Database DevOps
- Getting Started With Devops
- Blogging For The Tech Professional
- SQL Server Encryption
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- Git, Branches, And Pull Requests For Database Development
July 29, 2017 – SQL Saturday #628 – Baton Rouge
June 23, 2017 – DenverDevDay
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
June 4, 2017 – SQL Saturday LA – June 10, 2017
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
April 28, 2017 – GroupBy Online Conference
May 16-18, 2017 – VS Live Austin
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
April 22, 2017 – SQL Saturday #621 – Silicon Valley
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
April 5-8, 2017 – SQL Bits 2017, Telford, UK
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
March 29, 2017 – SQL in the City – SQL Clone Product Launch
- How SQL Clone helps solve database provisioning problems – LIVE DEMO
- Using PowerShell with SQL Clone to automate provisioning jobs
March 25, 2017 – SQL Saturday #584 – Colorado Springs
Feb 14-16 – SQL Konferenz – Frankfurt, Germany
2016 – 21 events, 31 talks
December 14-15, 2016 – SQL in the City 2016
December 5-9, 2016 – Visual Studio Live / SQL Server Live – Orlando, FL
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
October 26-28, 2016 – PASS Summit
- Lightning Talks at the Redgate booth – TBD
October 10-12 – IT/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, NV
- Who’s Touching My Database (Tues, Oct 11)
- End to End Encryption in SQL Server 2016 (Tues, Oct 11)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database (Wed, Oct 12)
October 4-6, 2016 – Visual Studio Live – Washington, D.C.
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
September 15, 2016 – Denver SQL Server Users Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Sept 10, 2016 – SQL Saturday #520 – Cambridge
August 30, 2016 – London Database Professionals Meetup
Sept 3, 2016 – SQL Saturday #532 – Oslo – Heading to the UK the following week, so …
Aug 13, 2016 – SQL Saturday #550 – San Antonio
July 23, 2016 – MeasureUp – Austin, TX
June 4, 2016 – SQL Saturday #491 – Pensacola – I’m looking forward to going back to the panhandle. Always fun.
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Automatically Tracking and Deploying Database Changes in Order
May 4-7 – SQL Bits, Liverpool, UK
- A Practical Approach to Version Control
- Testing T-SQL Made Quick and Easy
May 2-4 – SQL Nexus – Copenhagen
April 20, 2016 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Getting Started with Encryption in SQL Server 2016
April 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday Phoenix
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Get Testing with tSQLt
April 12, 2016 – Sioux Falls User Group (Remote)
- Automated Build and Test
March 30, 2016 – //build/ 2016
February 20, 2016 – SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque
February 17, 2016 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
Jan 30, 2016 – SQL Saturday #461 – Austin
2015 – 23 events, 35 talks
December 5, 2015 – SQL Saturday #470 – Washington DC
November 21, 2015 – SQL Saturday #474 – Salt Lake City
November 19th – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 29, 2015 – Pass Summit 2015 – Seattle
October 26, 2015 – SQL in the City – Seattle
- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 16, 2015 – SQL in the City – London
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- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 14, 2015 – SQL Relay – Cardiff
October 13, 2015 – SQL Relay – Bristol
October 10, 2015 – SQL Saturday #442 – Orlando, FL
Sep 18, 2015 – Denver – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
September 15-17 – DevConnections 2015, Las Vegas, NV
- Intermediate T-SQL – Windowing Functions
- Branching and Merging Database Code
Aug 27, 2015 – NYC – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
Aug 22, 2015 – SQL Saturday #403 Louisville
Aug 1, 2015 – SQL Saturday #423 Baton Rouge, LA
Jul 31, 2015 – NYC – Baton Rouge Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
July 18, 2015 –SQL Saturday #427 – Sioux Falls
July 16, 2015 – Habitat for Humanity Presentation (private)
- A standard presentation from Habitat for Humanity on their mission and history
July 16, 2015 – Lincoln SQL Server User Group – remote
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 27, 2015 – SQL Saturday #407 Vancouver
Jun 6, 2015 – SQL Saturday #390 Philadelphia
June 5, 2015 – Unit Testing in SQL Server with tSQLt
- Pre-conference session, co-presented with Sebastian Meine. All day training class on testing T-SQL code.
May 16, 2015 – SQL Saturday #393 Redmond
Apr 11, 2015 – SQL Saturday #389 Huntington Beach
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Mar 4-7, 2015 – SQL Bits XIV – London
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Mar 5, 4pm, R7)
- Get Testing with tSQLt (Mar 6, 5:00pm, R4)
Feb 2-5, 2015 – SQL Konference, Darmstadt, Germany
- Get Testing with tSQLt
2014 – 26 Events, 45 talks
Dec 6, 2014 – SQL Saturday #347 – Washington D.C.
Dec 5, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Nov 19, 2014 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- The Encryption Primer
Nov 3, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Seattle
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Nov 5-8, 2014 – PASS Summit (Seattle)
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Oct 24, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – London
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Oct 14, 2014 – Mastering T-SQL Series, webinar
- Writing Cleaner Code
- Intermediate Queries
- Window Functions
Oct 10-11, 2014 – Silicon Valley Code Camp – San Jose, CA
- Continuous Integration for Databases
October 8, 2014 – SQL in the City – Cambridge, MA
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Sept 20, 2014 – SQL Saturday #331 – Denver
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Sept 15-19, 2015 – DevConnections – Las Vegas
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Sept 13, 2014 – SQL Saturday #300 – Kansas City
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Aug 21, 2014 – Denver SQL Server User Group
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Aug 20, 2014 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
Aug 9, 2014 – SQL Saturday #304 – Indianapolis
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
July 17-19 SQL Bits XII
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 21, 2014 – SQL Saturday #286 – Louisville
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- The Encryption Primer
June 11, 2014 – Denver WIT Group
April 13-16, 2014 – SQL Intersection
- Protecting Your Data with Encryption While Maintaining Performance in SQL Server 2014 (Mon, 12:00pm)
- Faster and More Reliable Database Development with Continuous Integration (Tues, 10:15am)
- Working with Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2014 (Tues, 11:45am)
April 12, 2014 – SQL Saturday #297 – Colorado Springs
- The Encryption Primer
April 5, 2014 – SQL Saturday #295 – Las Vegas
- The Encryption Primer
March 29, 2014 – SQL Saturday #287 – Madison
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
March 14, 2014 – SQL in the City Seminar, San Jose
- Team Based Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
March 15, 2014 – SQL in the City #276 – Silicon Valley
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 8, 2014 – SQL Saturday #241 – Cleveland
- The Encryption Primer
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 25, 2014 – SQL Saturday #271 Albequerque
- The Encryption Primer
2013 – 30 events, 54 talks
December 7 – 2013 – SQL Saturday #233 – Washington DC
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
December 6, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Washington DC – Stairway to Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
November 16, 2013 – SQL Saturday #265 Oregon
November 15, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Portland – Stairway to Deployment
October 27-30, 2013 – SQL Intersection Fall 2013
- Team based Development with Version Control (Oct 28)
- Continuous Integration for Databases (Oct 28)
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Oct 29)
October 20, 2013 – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 14, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Charlotte, NC
October 12, 2013 – SQL Saturday #227 – Charleston
October 11, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Atlanta, GA
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Common Problems in Backup and Recovery
- The Encryption Primer
October 9, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Pasadena, CA
September 30-Oct 4, 2013 – DevConnections Fall
- FullText Search with Office Documents and PDFs
- Encryption in SQL Server
September 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #190 – Denver
September 27, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Denver – The Stairway to Database Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
September 21, 2013 – SQL Saturday San Diego
September 20, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – San Diego – The Stairway to Database Deployment
July 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #222 – Sacramento
July 27 ,2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Stairway to Development, Saramento, CA
July 23, 2013 – Webinar – Prepare for When Disaster Strikes June 21, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – London
- Core Monitoring in SQL Server
- Team-based Database Development with Version Control
- The Encryption Primer
- A Day in the Life of a DBA
June 19-20, 2013 – IT Connections Online
June 1, 2012 – SQL Saturday #200 – Philadelphia
May 3, 2013 – SQL Bits XI – Nottingham (event May 2-4)
Apr 27, 2012 – SQL Saturday #175 – Fargo
Apr 10-12 – SQL Intersection, Las Vegas, NV (schedule)
- Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2012 (Tues, Apr 9, 11:00am)
- Encrypting Data in SQL Server (Tues, Apr 9, 1:15pm)
Apr 9, 2012 – SQL Saturday #197 – Omaha
Mar 9, 2013 – SQL Saturday #187 – Richmond, VA
Mar 8, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Richmond, VA
- Core Monitoring for SQL Server
- Indexing Essentials
Mar 7, 2013 – Richmond SQL Server User Group – Richmond, VA
Feb 11-13, 2013 – Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days, Denver, CO
Feb 8, 2013 – SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque
2012 – 17 events, 33 talks
Denver SQL Server Users Group – November meeting, 11/15/2012
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – The Nov 13, 2012 meeting.
SQL in the City Seattle, WA 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections Fall 2012 – Two talks on the first day, Oct 30, 2012
SQL in the City Boston 2012 – Our mini tour wraps up in Boston on Oct 8, 2012
SQL in the City Chicago, IL 2012 – The windy city on Oct 5, 2012
SQL in the City San Francisco, SA 2012 – The west coast stop for SQL in the City on Oct 3, 2012
SQL in the City Austin, TX 2012 – The second stop of the tour in TX on Oct 1, 2012
SQL in the City New York 2012 – The 2012 SQL in the City tour kicks off in NYC on Sept 28, 2012
SQL Saturday #169 – Denver – The second SQL Saturday event in Denver on Sept 22, 2012
Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group – The monthly meeting has me presenting on Sept 19, 2012
SQL Saturday #144 Sacramento, CA – July 28, 2012
SQL in the City – London 2012 – July 13 and 14, 2012
SQL Saturday #132 – Pensacola – June 9, 2012
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2012 – May 19, 2012
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
SQL Saturday #131 – Phoenix – Apr 28, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, Mar 26-29, 2012
2011 – 13 events, 21 talks
SQL Inspire – New York City, NY – Nov 11, 2011
- Finding Your Balance
SQL Server Connections, Las Vegas, NV – Oct 31 – Nov 3
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL in the City – Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster
PASS 2011 Summit – Seattle, WA – October 9-11
- Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
SQL Bits IX – Liverpool, UK – September 30-Oct 1
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL Saturday #90 – Oklahoma City, OK – August 27, 2011
- Keynote
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #64 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 6, 2011
- The Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL in the City – London, UK – July 15, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster – This session will showcase how a DBA can be ready for any problems that might occur in their environment by developing a well thought out backup and recovery solution, practising restores, and regularly running DBCC CHECKDB to check for corruption.
SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2011
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
- Preparation for Disaster
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #62 – Dallas, TX – Apr 2, 2011
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand
- Red Gate SQL Monitor Demo
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 – Mar 3, 2011
- Keynote – Taking Responsibility
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand –
- Common SQL Server Mistakes
SQL Saturday #60 – Cleveland, OH – February 5, 2011
SQL Saturday #66 – Colorado Springs, CO – February 13, 2011
2010 – 7 events, 10 talks
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte, NC – Mar 6, 2010
SQL Saturday #22 – Pensacola, FL – June 5, 2010
SQL Saturday #28 – Baton Rouge – August 14, 2010
SQL Saturday #52 – Denver, CO – September 25, 2010
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City, MO – October 2, 2010
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – October 19, 2010
SQL Saturday #59 – New York City, NY – November 20, 2010
2009 – 2 events, 2 talks
SQL Saturday #15 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2009
SQL Saturday #17 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 1, 2009
2008 – 2 events, 2 talks
Indy Tech Fest 2008 – October 4, 2008
- Green Technology
October 25, 2008 – SQL Saturday #8 – Orlando, FL
- The New Database Landscape
- Essential Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
August 17, 2024 – SQL Saturday Denver 2024
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
- Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
Aug 6-7, 2024 – Dev Ops Days Minnesota
- Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
August 1, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
July 30-Aug 1, 2024 – That! Conference Wisconsin Dells
July 27, 2024 – SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
June 29, 2024 – SQL Saturday South Florida 2024
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
June 14, 2024 – Redgate DevOps Roadshow – Manchester
July 11, 2025 – Simple Talks Podcast
May 31, 2024 – Denver Dev Days
- Best Practices for Seamless Database Deployments
May 29, 2024 – Redgate Summit – Chicago
- 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
May 23, 2024 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Kansas City
May 9, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Melbourne
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 8, 2024 – Melbourne Data Platform User Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 7, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Sydney
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
May 2, 2024 – Redgate Seminar: Navigating the Database Landscape – Brisbane
- The New Database Landscape
- Database DevOps: Increased Velocity, Quality and Security with Flyway and Redgate Test Data Manager
- Cloud Migration Demystified: Effective Strategies for a Smooth Transition
- The Real-World Challenges of Monitoring Large Estates
April 17, 2024 – Redgate Summit London 2024
- 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
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
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
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
2023 – 24 events, 30 talks
November 15-19, 2023 – PASS Data Community Summit
- Database DevOps Luncheon Panel with Liz Baron and Hamish Watson (panel)
- Optimizing the Database Software Delivery Engine (panel)
November 1, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Virtual
November 14, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Seattle
October 26, 2023 – All Day DevOps 2023
October 14, 2023 – SQL Saturday Boston 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
September 23, 2023 – SQL Saturday Denver 2023
September 20, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Boston
- All day Redgate event
- Evening Flyway Meetup
September 8, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day London
September 6, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Bristol
September 4, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day Manchester
August 31, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Chicago)
August 24, 2023 – Redgate DevOps Day (Houston)
July 24-26, 2023 – That! Conference (my profile)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
June 27, 2023 – Data Exposed MVP Edition (tentative)
- Quickly Creating Containers with the new open-source SQLCMD
June 9, 2023 – Denver Dev Days 2023
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments
June 7-8, 2023 – Agile + DevOps West
- Don’t Forget the Database
June 3, 2023 – SQL Saturday South Florida 2023
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
May 24, 2023 – Houston SQL Server User Group
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 6, 2023 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023
- Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments
March 21-23, 2023 – Visual Studio Live – Las Vegas
- Architecting Zero Downtime Database Deployments – Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database – Thursday, March 23, 2023
March 14-18, 2023 – SQL Bits
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
March 16, 2023 – Redgate DevOps in a Day – Melbourne
- Opening Keynote
February 16-17, 2023 – RMOUG’s Training Days Conference (virtual)
- Tips and Tricks for Using Flyway to Deploy Database Changes
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 18, 2023 – Webinar with SQL Solutions Group, 2pm EST
- Database DevOps: The SeQueL, with Steve Jones
2022 – 19 events, 34 talks
Nov 15-18, 2022 – PASS Data Community Summit
- To the Cloud Learning Pathway – The Azure SQL Ecosystem (online, Wed 1430)
- The Journey from Manual Deployments to Database DevOps (precon) (Tues, 08:00)
- Transformation and Innovation: Why the Database Must be Included (Wed, 14:00)
- Doing More with Less: The Challenges Ahead for Every Data Professional (keynote) (Thur, 08:00)
- Redgate PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour (Thur)
- Lightning Talk host (Thur, Fri)
November 12, 2022 – SQL Saturday Oregon and SW Washington 2022
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
October 22, 2022 – SQL Saturday Toronto 2022
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
October 12, 2022 – Database DevOps in a Day (Melbourne)
- Keynote
October 8, 2022 – SQL Saturday Boston 2022 (submitted)
- Branding Yourself for Your Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
September 29, 2022 – IDC London
- What I wish I’d known: Cloud migration
- Digital Transformation: Why the Database must be included
September 17, 2022 – SQL Saturday Denver 2022 (accepted)
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
August 13, 2022 – SQL Saturday Los Angeles 2022 (tentative)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
Aug 9-11, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Redmond
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Adding Graph Structures to Your SQL Database
July 27, 2022 – SQL Solutions Group Webinar
- What is the convergence of SQL Server and DevOps?
July 23, 2022 – SQL Saturday New Jersey 2022
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
Jul 16, 2022 – DevOps in a Day with Redgate
- Opening keynote
Jun 14-16, 2022 – Visual Studio Live! – Austin
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Using CI and Testing to Prevent Database Problems
Jun 2-3, 2022 – DataGrillen
May 23-25, 2022 – Techorama Antwep
May 14, 2022 – SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022 (submitted)
- Adopting A DevOps Process for Your Database
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
March 24, 2022 – Toronto SQL Server User Group
- A Version Control Primer
March 8-12, 2022 – SQL Bits
- Precon with Redgate
- The Serverless Azure Database
- Panel – Monitoring Your Estate
January 25, 2022 – DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group
- The Encryption Primer
2021 – 17 events, 18 talks
December 7-9, 2021 – Devintersection / SQL Server and Azure SQL Conference
- Automated Database Builds in Azure DevOps with Local Agents
November 18, 2021 –Southland Data Professionals
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
November 10-12, 2021 – PASS Data Community Summit (virtual)
October 30, 2021 – SQL Saturday Orlando 2021
- A Version Control Primer for Databases
October 11-12, 2021 – DataMinds Connect 2021
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
September 29, 2021 – Future Data Driven (virtual)
- The Future of Database Development
September 21, 2021 – Cloud Summit 2021
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
September 15, 2021 -Webinar Donovan Brown and Mark Fussell talk Cloud Native development with Dapr
- Host
August 19, 2021 – Kansas City SQL Server Users Group (virtual)
- A Tour of Azure DevOps
August 19, 2021 – Denver SQL Server User Group (hybrid)
- Blogging for the Tech Professional
July 8, 2021 – Richmond SQL Server User Group
May 26, 2021 – Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group
May 7, 2021 – Mental Health and Wellness Day
April 27, 2021 – Powershell + DevOps Global Summit 2021
- Building an API Script in PowerShell
February 25, 2021 – ConFoo 2021 Virtual
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
February 18, 2021 – Redgate Summit
- Ask the Experts Panel
January 29-30, 2021 – C# Corner SQL Server Virtual Conference
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
2020 – 11 events, 20 presentations
December 10, 2020 – Redgate Summit
- Discussion of Redgate Deploy
December 3, 2020 – Azure webinar series
December 2-4, 2020 – Data Platform Summit 2020 (local link)
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
- Blogging for the Technical Professional
November 19, 2020 – Denver SQL Server User Group (local link)
- Using Hosted and Local Agents for Continuous Integration
Nov 10-13, 2020 – PASS 2020 Summit Virtual (local link)
- Continuous Integration with Local Agents and Azure DevOps
- The Future of Database Development with Containers (lightning talk)
- Redgate – Continuously Classify and Protect Your Sensitive Data
Aug 29, 2020 – SQL Saturday #997 – Salt Lake City Virtual (local link)
Aug 25, 2020 – Redgate Streamed
- Emcee and host – A discussion with Donovan Brown and Abel Wang
July 2, 2020 – Redgate Streamed ANZ
- Keynote – The State of Database DevOps 2020
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Troy Hunt
Jun 13, 2020 – Tech Community Day 2020 – Virtual (local link)
- The Future of Database Development
April 25, 2020 – SQL Saturday #962 Richmond Virtual (local link)
April 15, 2020 – Redgate Webinar
April 1-3 , 2020 –Redgate Streamed
- How database DevOps levels up remote work (panel)
- Intro and The basics of unit tests with tsqlt
- The future of database Administration and Development (panel)
March 18, 2020 – LA Data Platform User Group (local link)
February 18, 2020 – RMOUG Oracle Training Days (local link)
- Building a Database DevOps Process
2019 – 21 events, 40 talks
December 14, 2019 – SQL Saturday #910 Slovenia
November 21, 2019 – Denver SQL Server User Group
November 4-5, 2019 – PASS Summit 2019
October 25, 2019– SQL in the City Summit – London 2019
- Opening keynote – The State of Database DevOps
- Panel Discussion
- Customer Interview
- Closing keynote – The Future of DevOps
October 11, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 12, 2019 – SQL Saturday #908 – Denver
October 5, 2019 – SQL Saturday #870 – Memphis
September 27, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit Sydney 2019
- Opening keynote: State of Database DevOps
- Panel: What you need to know before launching a DevOps Initiative
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for solving compliance challenges
September 18, 2019 – State of DevOps 2019 Webinar
- Hosting a webinar with Jez Humble
September 4, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed
- 20 Years of SQL Server
- Stop Completing Tasks and Create Business Value
- Experts Panel
July 13, 2019 – SQL Saturday #890 – Austin
- Adopting a DevOps Database Development Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 29, 2019 – SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
- The Future of Database Development with Containers
June 19, 2019 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 15, 2019 – SQL Saturday #865 – Melbourne
- Bringing a Compliant DevOps Process to the Database
- Containers, Kubernetes, and SQL Server
June 14, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Melbourne, AUS
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 8, 2019 – SQL Saturday #831 – South Island
- Keynote – The 2019 State of Database DevOps
- Always Encrypted in SQL Server
June 7, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Christchurch, NZ
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
June 1, 2019 – SQL Saturday #838 – Brisbane, AUS
May 31, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Brisbane
- Opening Keynote: 2019 State of Database DevOps
- The Importance of Monitoring Your Azure SQL Database
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges
May 22, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Austin
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
May 15, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – Los Angeles
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 30, 2019 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Building quality into your continuous delivery process
April 3, 2019 – SQL in the City Streamed, April 2019
- Getting Team Collaboration: The Culture Shift
2018 – 25 events, 37 talks
December 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed December 2018
- Keynote – The State of Compliant Database DevOps
Nov 4-8 – 2018 PASS Summit
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Minimizing the Impact of Data Breaches in Dev and Test Databases
- Adopting a Compliant Database DevOps Process
October 26, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – Chicago
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 18, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – London
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 12, 2018 – SQL in the City Summit – New York
- Strategies For Solving Compliance Challenges
- Panel discussion: Compliant Database DevOps Adoption
October 9-10, 2018 – Certified InfoSec Conference
- Minimizing the impact of data breaches in dev and test databases
October 3, 2018 – Queensland SQL Server User Group
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 29, 2018 – SQL Saturday #770 – Pittsburgh
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for the Database
September 8, 2018 – SQL Saturday #74 Cambridge
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
September 5, 2018 – SQL in the City Streamed September 2018
- Strategies for Solving Compliance Challenges for the Technology industry
September 1, 2018 – SQL Saturday #746 – Oslo
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
August 15, 2018 – Boulder SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
August 11, 2018 – SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Adopting a DevOps Process for your Database
July 21, 2018 – SQL Saturday #729 Louisville
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
July 19, 2018 – Microsoft Inspire Conference
-
AP115w – Market your data tools with SQL Operations Studio
June 20, 2018 – SQL in the City June 2018
- How to minimize the impact of data breaches
June 22, 2018 – ISACA Conference – Cork, Ireland
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 12, 2018 – 24 Hours of Pass Summit 2018 Preview
- Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance
June 9, 2018 – SQL Saturday #773 Los Angeles
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
May 31-June 2 – Music City Tech 2018
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- End to End Encryption and Security in SQL Server
May 18, 2018 – Redgate SQL Privacy Summit
- Keynote: A GDPR Conversation with our CEO
- Protecting Dev and Test Environments
May 8, 2018 – Milwaukee SQL User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps Process
April 18, 2018 – Colorado Springs User Group
- Including Your Database in a DevOps process
March 24, 2018 – SQL Saturday #700 – Colorado Springs
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 28, 2018 – SQL in the City 2018 Streamed
- Not Just for Europe: The global impact of the GDPR
- Create, protect, and manage databases for compliant DevOps
2017 – 18 events, 34 talks
December 2017 – SQL in the City Streamed
- From DBA to DevOps hero – rapid database provisioning with SQL Clone
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
- Latest SQL Compare features and support for SQL Server 2017
November 6-9, 2017 DevOps East, Orlando, FL
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Oct 31 – Nov 3 – PASS Summit 2017
- Adopting a DevOps Process for Your Database
- How DevOps for the Database Helps with Compliance
October 24, 2017 – All Day DevOps 2017
- Including the Database in Your DevOps Process
October 16-19, 2017 VS Live Anaheim
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- A Tour of SQL Server Security Features
September 9, 2017 – SQL Saturday #632 – Cambridge
September 6, 2017 – Redgate Hub Livestream
August 17-19, 2017 – Data Platform Summit 2017
- Precon – Database DevOps
- Getting Started With Devops
- Blogging For The Tech Professional
- SQL Server Encryption
- Unit Testing T-SQL Code
- Git, Branches, And Pull Requests For Database Development
July 29, 2017 – SQL Saturday #628 – Baton Rouge
June 23, 2017 – DenverDevDay
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
June 4, 2017 – SQL Saturday LA – June 10, 2017
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
April 28, 2017 – GroupBy Online Conference
May 16-18, 2017 – VS Live Austin
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- A Tour of SQL Server 2016 Security Features
April 22, 2017 – SQL Saturday #621 – Silicon Valley
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
April 5-8, 2017 – SQL Bits 2017, Telford, UK
- Including Your Database in a DevOps CI/CD Process
March 29, 2017 – SQL in the City – SQL Clone Product Launch
- How SQL Clone helps solve database provisioning problems – LIVE DEMO
- Using PowerShell with SQL Clone to automate provisioning jobs
March 25, 2017 – SQL Saturday #584 – Colorado Springs
Feb 14-16 – SQL Konferenz – Frankfurt, Germany
2016 – 21 events, 31 talks
December 14-15, 2016 – SQL in the City 2016
December 5-9, 2016 – Visual Studio Live / SQL Server Live – Orlando, FL
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
October 26-28, 2016 – PASS Summit
- Lightning Talks at the Redgate booth – TBD
October 10-12 – IT/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, NV
- Who’s Touching My Database (Tues, Oct 11)
- End to End Encryption in SQL Server 2016 (Tues, Oct 11)
- Bringing DevOps to the Database (Wed, Oct 12)
October 4-6, 2016 – Visual Studio Live – Washington, D.C.
- Implementing Data Protection and Security in SQL Server 2016
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
September 15, 2016 – Denver SQL Server Users Group
- Bringing DevOps to the Database
Sept 10, 2016 – SQL Saturday #520 – Cambridge
August 30, 2016 – London Database Professionals Meetup
Sept 3, 2016 – SQL Saturday #532 – Oslo – Heading to the UK the following week, so …
Aug 13, 2016 – SQL Saturday #550 – San Antonio
July 23, 2016 – MeasureUp – Austin, TX
June 4, 2016 – SQL Saturday #491 – Pensacola – I’m looking forward to going back to the panhandle. Always fun.
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Automatically Tracking and Deploying Database Changes in Order
May 4-7 – SQL Bits, Liverpool, UK
- A Practical Approach to Version Control
- Testing T-SQL Made Quick and Easy
May 2-4 – SQL Nexus – Copenhagen
April 20, 2016 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- Getting Started with Encryption in SQL Server 2016
April 16, 2016 – SQL Saturday Phoenix
- End to End Protection with Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016
- Get Testing with tSQLt
April 12, 2016 – Sioux Falls User Group (Remote)
- Automated Build and Test
March 30, 2016 – //build/ 2016
February 20, 2016 – SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque
February 17, 2016 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
Jan 30, 2016 – SQL Saturday #461 – Austin
2015 – 23 events, 35 talks
December 5, 2015 – SQL Saturday #470 – Washington DC
November 21, 2015 – SQL Saturday #474 – Salt Lake City
November 19th – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 29, 2015 – Pass Summit 2015 – Seattle
October 26, 2015 – SQL in the City – Seattle
- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 16, 2015 – SQL in the City – London
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- Keynote:Let Your Data Flow
- A practical approach to version control for SQL Server
- Panel moderator: ALM: What does it mean for the database?
October 14, 2015 – SQL Relay – Cardiff
October 13, 2015 – SQL Relay – Bristol
October 10, 2015 – SQL Saturday #442 – Orlando, FL
Sep 18, 2015 – Denver – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
September 15-17 – DevConnections 2015, Las Vegas, NV
- Intermediate T-SQL – Windowing Functions
- Branching and Merging Database Code
Aug 27, 2015 – NYC – DLM Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
Aug 22, 2015 – SQL Saturday #403 Louisville
Aug 1, 2015 – SQL Saturday #423 Baton Rouge, LA
Jul 31, 2015 – NYC – Baton Rouge Workshop Training
- Source Control Workshop (co-teaching)
July 18, 2015 –SQL Saturday #427 – Sioux Falls
July 16, 2015 – Habitat for Humanity Presentation (private)
- A standard presentation from Habitat for Humanity on their mission and history
July 16, 2015 – Lincoln SQL Server User Group – remote
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 27, 2015 – SQL Saturday #407 Vancouver
Jun 6, 2015 – SQL Saturday #390 Philadelphia
June 5, 2015 – Unit Testing in SQL Server with tSQLt
- Pre-conference session, co-presented with Sebastian Meine. All day training class on testing T-SQL code.
May 16, 2015 – SQL Saturday #393 Redmond
Apr 11, 2015 – SQL Saturday #389 Huntington Beach
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Mar 4-7, 2015 – SQL Bits XIV – London
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Mar 5, 4pm, R7)
- Get Testing with tSQLt (Mar 6, 5:00pm, R4)
Feb 2-5, 2015 – SQL Konference, Darmstadt, Germany
- Get Testing with tSQLt
2014 – 26 Events, 45 talks
Dec 6, 2014 – SQL Saturday #347 – Washington D.C.
Dec 5, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Nov 19, 2014 – Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group
- The Encryption Primer
Nov 3, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – Seattle
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Nov 5-8, 2014 – PASS Summit (Seattle)
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Oct 24, 2014 – SQL in the City 2014 – London
- Keynote: Ship Often, Ship Safe
- Version Control Your Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Avoiding a DBA’s worst days with monitoring
Oct 14, 2014 – Mastering T-SQL Series, webinar
- Writing Cleaner Code
- Intermediate Queries
- Window Functions
Oct 10-11, 2014 – Silicon Valley Code Camp – San Jose, CA
- Continuous Integration for Databases
October 8, 2014 – SQL in the City – Cambridge, MA
- Version Control for Databases
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Sept 20, 2014 – SQL Saturday #331 – Denver
- Get Testing with tSQLt
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Sept 15-19, 2015 – DevConnections – Las Vegas
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Maintaining High Performance While Using Encryption
Sept 13, 2014 – SQL Saturday #300 – Kansas City
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
Aug 21, 2014 – Denver SQL Server User Group
- Get Testing with tSQLt
Aug 20, 2014 – Boulder SQL Server User Group
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
Aug 9, 2014 – SQL Saturday #304 – Indianapolis
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
July 17-19 SQL Bits XII
- Continuous Integration for Databases
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
June 21, 2014 – SQL Saturday #286 – Louisville
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- The Encryption Primer
June 11, 2014 – Denver WIT Group
April 13-16, 2014 – SQL Intersection
- Protecting Your Data with Encryption While Maintaining Performance in SQL Server 2014 (Mon, 12:00pm)
- Faster and More Reliable Database Development with Continuous Integration (Tues, 10:15am)
- Working with Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2014 (Tues, 11:45am)
April 12, 2014 – SQL Saturday #297 – Colorado Springs
- The Encryption Primer
April 5, 2014 – SQL Saturday #295 – Las Vegas
- The Encryption Primer
March 29, 2014 – SQL Saturday #287 – Madison
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
March 14, 2014 – SQL in the City Seminar, San Jose
- Team Based Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
March 15, 2014 – SQL in the City #276 – Silicon Valley
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
February 8, 2014 – SQL Saturday #241 – Cleveland
- The Encryption Primer
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
January 25, 2014 – SQL Saturday #271 Albequerque
- The Encryption Primer
2013 – 30 events, 54 talks
December 7 – 2013 – SQL Saturday #233 – Washington DC
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
December 6, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Washington DC – Stairway to Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
November 16, 2013 – SQL Saturday #265 Oregon
November 15, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Portland – Stairway to Deployment
October 27-30, 2013 – SQL Intersection Fall 2013
- Team based Development with Version Control (Oct 28)
- Continuous Integration for Databases (Oct 28)
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job (Oct 29)
October 20, 2013 – Denver SQL Server User Group
October 14, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Charlotte, NC
October 12, 2013 – SQL Saturday #227 – Charleston
October 11, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Atlanta, GA
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Common Problems in Backup and Recovery
- The Encryption Primer
October 9, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – Pasadena, CA
September 30-Oct 4, 2013 – DevConnections Fall
- FullText Search with Office Documents and PDFs
- Encryption in SQL Server
September 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #190 – Denver
September 27, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Denver – The Stairway to Database Deployment
- Team based Development with Version Control
- Automated Build and Test
- Best Practices for Database Deployment
September 21, 2013 – SQL Saturday San Diego
September 20, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – San Diego – The Stairway to Database Deployment
July 28, 2013 – SQL Saturday #222 – Sacramento
July 27 ,2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Stairway to Development, Saramento, CA
July 23, 2013 – Webinar – Prepare for When Disaster Strikes June 21, 2013 – SQL in the City 2013 – London
- Core Monitoring in SQL Server
- Team-based Database Development with Version Control
- The Encryption Primer
- A Day in the Life of a DBA
June 19-20, 2013 – IT Connections Online
June 1, 2012 – SQL Saturday #200 – Philadelphia
May 3, 2013 – SQL Bits XI – Nottingham (event May 2-4)
Apr 27, 2012 – SQL Saturday #175 – Fargo
Apr 10-12 – SQL Intersection, Las Vegas, NV (schedule)
- Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server 2012 (Tues, Apr 9, 11:00am)
- Encrypting Data in SQL Server (Tues, Apr 9, 1:15pm)
Apr 9, 2012 – SQL Saturday #197 – Omaha
Mar 9, 2013 – SQL Saturday #187 – Richmond, VA
Mar 8, 2013 – SQL in the City Seminar – Richmond, VA
- Core Monitoring for SQL Server
- Indexing Essentials
Mar 7, 2013 – Richmond SQL Server User Group – Richmond, VA
Feb 11-13, 2013 – Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group Training Days, Denver, CO
Feb 8, 2013 – SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque
2012 – 17 events, 33 talks
Denver SQL Server Users Group – November meeting, 11/15/2012
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – The Nov 13, 2012 meeting.
SQL in the City Seattle, WA 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections Fall 2012 – Two talks on the first day, Oct 30, 2012
SQL in the City Boston 2012 – Our mini tour wraps up in Boston on Oct 8, 2012
SQL in the City Chicago, IL 2012 – The windy city on Oct 5, 2012
SQL in the City San Francisco, SA 2012 – The west coast stop for SQL in the City on Oct 3, 2012
SQL in the City Austin, TX 2012 – The second stop of the tour in TX on Oct 1, 2012
SQL in the City New York 2012 – The 2012 SQL in the City tour kicks off in NYC on Sept 28, 2012
SQL Saturday #169 – Denver – The second SQL Saturday event in Denver on Sept 22, 2012
Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group – The monthly meeting has me presenting on Sept 19, 2012
SQL Saturday #144 Sacramento, CA – July 28, 2012
SQL in the City – London 2012 – July 13 and 14, 2012
SQL Saturday #132 – Pensacola – June 9, 2012
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta 2012 – May 19, 2012
- Unstructured Data in SQL Server
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job
- Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
SQL Saturday #131 – Phoenix – Apr 28, 2012
SQL Server Connections/Dev Connections – Las Vegas, Mar 26-29, 2012
2011 – 13 events, 21 talks
SQL Inspire – New York City, NY – Nov 11, 2011
- Finding Your Balance
SQL Server Connections, Las Vegas, NV – Oct 31 – Nov 3
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL in the City – Los Angeles, CA – October 28, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster
PASS 2011 Summit – Seattle, WA – October 9-11
- Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
SQL Bits IX – Liverpool, UK – September 30-Oct 1
- Preparation for Disaster
SQL Saturday #90 – Oklahoma City, OK – August 27, 2011
- Keynote
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #64 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 6, 2011
- The Top Ten SQL Server Skills You Need
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL in the City – London, UK – July 15, 2011
- Preparation for Disaster – This session will showcase how a DBA can be ready for any problems that might occur in their environment by developing a well thought out backup and recovery solution, practising restores, and regularly running DBCC CHECKDB to check for corruption.
SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2011
- Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – The Modern Resume
- Preparation for Disaster
- Red Gate Tools Demonstration
SQL Saturday #62 – Dallas, TX – Apr 2, 2011
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand
- Red Gate SQL Monitor Demo
Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 – Mar 3, 2011
- Keynote – Taking Responsibility
- The Modern Resume – Building Your Brand –
- Common SQL Server Mistakes
SQL Saturday #60 – Cleveland, OH – February 5, 2011
SQL Saturday #66 – Colorado Springs, CO – February 13, 2011
2010 – 7 events, 10 talks
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte, NC – Mar 6, 2010
SQL Saturday #22 – Pensacola, FL – June 5, 2010
SQL Saturday #28 – Baton Rouge – August 14, 2010
SQL Saturday #52 – Denver, CO – September 25, 2010
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City, MO – October 2, 2010
Boulder SQL Server Users Group – October 19, 2010
SQL Saturday #59 – New York City, NY – November 20, 2010
2009 – 2 events, 2 talks
SQL Saturday #15 – Pensacola, FL – June 6, 2009
SQL Saturday #17 – Baton Rouge, LA – Aug 1, 2009
2008 – 2 events, 2 talks
Indy Tech Fest 2008 – October 4, 2008
- Green Technology
October 25, 2008 – SQL Saturday #8 – Orlando, FL
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