Ryan Booz

Ryan has been working as a PostgreSQL advocate, developer, DBA and product manager for more than 20 years, primarily working with time-series data on PostgreSQL and the Microsoft Data Platform.

Ryan is a long-time DBA, starting with MySQL and Postgres in the late 90s. He spent more than 15 years working with Microsoft SQL Server before returning to PostgreSQL full-time in 2018.

He is at the top of his game when he is learning something new about the data platform or teaching others about the technology he loves

@ryanbooz

softwareandbooz.com

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Steve Jones

Steve is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and has been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 on OS/2. After working as a DBA and developer for a variety of companies, Steve co-founded the community website SQLServerCentral.com in 2001.

Since 2004, Steve has been the full-time editor of the site, ensuring it continues to be a great resource for SQL Server professionals. Over the last decade, Steve has written hundreds of articles about SQL Server for SQLServerCentral.com, SQL Server Standard magazine, SQL Server Magazine and Database Journal.

@way0utwest

SQLServerCentral.com

Voice of the DBA

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Grant Fritchey

Grant is a Data Platform MVP and AWS Community Builder with over 30 years' experience in IT, including time spent in support and development.

Grant has experience with both on-premises, and cloud-based data management, and DevOps. He has experience with multiple development languages and platforms. Grant has written books for Apress and Simple-Talk. Grant presents at conferences and user groups, large and small, all over the world. He joined Redgate Software as a product advocate January 2011.

@GFritchey

ScaryDBA.com

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Kellyn Gorman

Kellyn Gorman is the multi-platform database and AI advocate at Redgate. She's been in the tech industry for a quarter of a century, specializing in Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Her focus on Azure and Google Cloud for high IO workloads on IaaS has been of exceptional interest for data-infra specialists in the tech world. Her content is highly respected under her handle DBAKevlar. She is co-leader of the Data Platform DEI group, an executive board core member for DZone, and mentors around half a dozen people at any given time in multiple communities.

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Bluesky

DBAKevlar Blog

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Louis Davidson

Louis is the editor of our Simple-Talk website. Prior to that, has was a corporate database developer and data architect for a non-profit organization for 25 years!

Louis has been a Microsoft MVP since 2004 and is the author of a series of SQL Server Database Design books, most recently Pro SQL Server Relational Database Design and Implementation.