SQL Fool Adventures in SQL Tuning – a blog for the rest of us

About the Author

I'm a SQL Server Developer, DBA, humble blogger, and complete geek!

When I'm not enjoying time with my wonderful family, I spend my free time working with the SQL community. I'm the founding President and current VP of the I380 Corridor PASS Chapter (East Iowa) and a co-leader of the PASS Performance SIG. I'm also an active blogger, a published author, and an occasional speaker on SQL topics.

I've been working with computers in a variety of roles for 12+ years.  My first job was developing websites using classic HTML in NotePad, back when everyone was still connecting to AOL at 2400 baud (lol).  From there I moved onto several different technical roles, including application and web developer, tech support, systems administrator, business analyst, and, of course, DBA.  Having the opportunity to "wear so many hats" allowed me to realize that my interests lie with databases and business intelligence.

In my current role at GoDaddy.com, I work as an OLAP developer with the Business Intelligence team. In my previous role, I had the opportunity to work with large, high volume, high performance SQL Server databases (VLDB's).  I've learned a lot in my time with this company, and I try to share some of what I've learned via this blog.  I've been working with the SQL Server platform for 7 years, and I'm still constantly learning new things.  I don't profess to be a SQL "guru," but I do have a passion for what I do.  I invite readers to respond with questions, suggestions, comments, and constructive criticisms.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

Michelle Ufford
@SQLFool
michelle at sqlfool dot com