Dean Richards is a Solutions Architect at SolarWinds. He possess expertise in databases, oracle, performance tuning, sql, microsoft sql server and 26 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "We just had some Oracle database performance issues at my current job, so we brought Dean in for a week to help us sort some of them out. It was WELL worth it. We plowed through our entire Oracle database, analyzed and changed some parameters and redo logs, and then he tackled our worst SQL statements which I'd been unable to tune any further. Some of them were extremely complex SQL, but he broke them down and found ways to make each one of them better. Between everything we did, we brought our database waits down to be half of what they were, and everything's running like a top now. He then took a look at our SQL Server (not really having problems, but I wasn't very familiar with it), and he made some great recommendations on there as well. Besides being technically savvy, Dean is professional and extremely trustworthy and reliable. He only charged us for exactly what he worked, and I basically just left him on his own or working remotely for long periods of time. He doesn't need monitoring or babysitting - just tell him what you need him to do, and off he goes. I really appreciated him being available to come help us, right when we needed it the most. I couldn't recommend anyone higher. Thanks, Dean!" and "Dean Richards is, without a doubt, one of the most technically savvy and customer-centric professionals I've had the pleasure to work with. Dean has an uncanny way of understanding customer needs while being able to communicate effectively and concisely to all stakeholders within an organization. I worked with Dean for 5 years and saw his technical, sales, and management skills have a dynamic impact on our growing company. It would be an honor to work with Dean again and he is a huge asset to any company fortunate enough to have him."