Mr. Blackburn began his career as a Data Scientist as a Latin American Intelligence Analyst attached to the National Security Agency with duty in Central America. Trained in relational algebra and database theory, He assisted Boeing Aerospace and IBM in beta-testing DB2, the first fully relational mainframe database implementation (supporting the B-2 /Stealth Bomber project). Career highlights include: Coding of complex information systems for Retail, Banking, Insurance, and Investment Houses; Database Administrator for Hewlett-Packard, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, California State Parks, and the Bishop Estate (Honolulu), where he managed over 100 SQL Servers hosting 3000 databases in one of the largest data centers in the state. He was the chief technician in a multi-year student information system implementation for the largest private school system in the USA, Kamehameha Schools, based in Honolulu. He also consulted in healthcare data analytics creating complex models for evaluation of nation-wide outcome data generated from hundreds of millions of provider records provided in disparate formats. He has managed extensive data cleansing and data migration in multi-year projects for large organizations. He is an expert with Microsoft SQL Server deployment, administration, but especially with TSQL and data engineering on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Mr. Blackburn holds an MBA degree in Information Systems Management from City University of Seattle. He is a fantastic guy to work with.