Since getting the DBA title I've moved into a few more niche areas of the profession specifically PowerShell and its integration with SQL & SAN products. After completing a set of initial scripts for various estate health checks I've moved on to collecting WMI counter information with the aim to have a repository of performance data which can be layered to show performance metrics - SQL, VMWare, NetApp and Windows Server.Technologies Used:• SQL 2000• SQL 2005• SQL 2008 (R1)• SSRS• SSIS• PowerShell• NetApp• Windows Server 2003• Windows Server 2008• Windows Clustering• Database Mirroring• ReplicationEmployee of the month awarded for Nov 2011!

My move to ThinkMoney was one that brought together my previous skills from both jobs, my t-SQL from Qbase and from CPS my general SQL knowledge, report writing and debugging. Since working at ThinkMoney I’ve made further steps in using all available technologies and have used some of my own skills to help give visibility to our estates health by combining SSIS & SSRS. There’s always work to be done and interesting projects to pick up and run with which are adding to an ever increasing portfolio of skills. Technologies Used:• SQL 2000• SQL 2005• SQL 2008 (R1)• SSRS• Windows Server 2003• Windows Server 2008• SharePoint 2010

My role at Qbase was to help run marketing campaigns by making sure the data selected was the best it could be, I was involved from the off – consolidation of multiple data sources, data loading, data hygiene routines, merge process to help de-duplicate the data & run analysis to make sure the data being selected was the best target for the client. Once the outputs were complete I also ran analysis to see how the data selected had performed against previous data ouputs. Genuinely, this was a fantastic role and company which had me fully submerged in t-SQL and helped me build strong coding skills and standards over the span of two years.Technologies Used:• SQL 2005• SQL 2008• SSIS (BIDS)• FastStats

The role was generated to help provide stable releases of software to clients, whilst working in this role I picked up a variety of skills which gave me a vast experience across many platforms. The first versions of software were written to work with SQL 2000 which gave me a good exposure to the basics, moving forward we developed a CMS which used SQL 2005 during which time I was tasked to write statistical & financial reports for the system. Once implemented I was tasked with testing new code releases, debugging issues beyond support capable of engineers and writing custom reports. Technologies Used:• SQL 2000• SQL Profiler• SQL 2005• SSRS• .NET• IIS 5.0