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Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran. A long-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP and respected community leader in the database industry, Kevin is a founder and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server, as well as the author of popular IT books such as SQL in a Nutshell. Kevin is a top-rated speaker at industry trade shows worldwide and has a monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine (DBTA.com). He tweets at @kekline and blogs regularly. Kevin is a Head Geek at SolarWinds, a leading vendor of management and observability tools for networks, systems, databases, applications, IT team services, and IT security.

Denis McDowell has been designing and implementing technology solutions with Microsoft Data Platform technologies for over 25 years. Denis’ 10 years leading the Application Management practice for a managed services provider and subsequent experience consulting in financial technologies led him to develop broad and deep expertise architecting requirements-driven cloud solutions to meet the business objectives of his customers. Denis is a certified Microsoft Azure Data Platform Engineer and speaks regularly at industry events and conferences around the world. Denis is a consultant at QBE, LLC, a leading management and technology consulting organization for the federal government and defense and intelligence communities and is currently the Principal Cloud Architect for the US.Army’s Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA).

Dustin Dorsey has been architecting and managing SQL Server solutions for healthcare companies for well over a decade. While he has built his career in database administration, he has also spent significant time working in development and business intelligence. During this time, Dustin has gained a keen interest and specialization in cost management around the data platform both on-premise and in the cloud that he has used to save organizations millions of dollars. Dustin is an international speaker and can be seen writing articles on popular SQL websites as well as on his own blog at DustinDorsey.com. He is also active in the community both as a local user group leader and event organizer.. 

Matt Gordon is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY Data Technology Group and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and 2021 Friend of Redgate. His original data professional role was in database development, which quickly evolved into query tuning work that further evolved into being a DBA in the healthcare realm. He has supported several critical systems utilizing SQL Server and managed dozens of 24/7/365 SQL Server implementations. Following several years as a consultant, he is now the Director of Data and Infrastructure for rev.io, where he is implementing data governance, DevOps, and performance improvements enterprisewide.