Kimberly L. Tripp
SQLskills.com

Kimberly L. Tripp is a SQL Server MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director and has worked with computers since 1985. Her career with database technologies began with IBM in 1988 and with Microsoft SQL Server™ in 1990. Since 1995, Kimberly has worked as a Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Consultant for her own company SYSolutions, Inc. (aka SQLskills.com). Kimberly is a writer/editor for SQL Server Magazine; was a founding writer for T-SQL Solutions magazine; was a technical contributor for the SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit; and co-authored the MSPress title SQL Server 2000 High Availability Kimberly has presented lectures and seminars at Microsoft Tech*Ed and other SQL Server-related events since 1996 and is consistently top-rated both on quality of technical content and presentation style. Kimberly regularly consults with customers to help them tackle their availability and performance issues as well as works with Microsoft to provide new and interesting technical resources including the SQL Server 2000 High Availability DVD. The HA DVD was a great experience where Microsoft funded the recording, production and duplication for a DVD with roughly 9.5 hours of content covering SQL Server 2000 High Availability technology such as Log Shipping, Backup/Restore, Clustering and Administration. This DVD is available from your Microsoft contact; the part number is 098-96661. Currently, Kimberly is working to help create SQL Server 2005 (code-named "Yukon") content including whitepapers, course materials, and labs. Prior to starting SYSolutions, Inc. in 1995, Kimberly held positions at Microsoft including Subject Matter Expert/Trainer for Microsoft University and Technical Writer for the SQL Server Development Team. You can contact Kimberly at Kimberly@SQLskills.com.

Awards and Conference Highlights

Kimberly named a Microsoft Regional Director for the 2004-2006 RD Timeframe
Being an RD is really an exciting way of staying current on various technologies and creating a great world-wide team. RD's are not Microsoft employees - they're independant speakers, writers, consultants and trainers who are immersed in .NET-related technologies. There are 140 RDs worldwide and you can get information about all of the RDs and how the RD program works from the primary Microsoft RD site.

Kimberly named a Microsoft SQL Server MVP - 2003, 2004
The Microsoft MVP program is an another exciting program in which Kimberly is a member. Being an MVP because of my support in the community through my website and Q&A makes Kimberly want to continue to post helpful tips and tricks and answers to your questions. To see more about the MVP program check out http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/.

From the PASS Community Summit - Seattle, Washington - November 2003
Kimberly's "General Database Optimizations" session was selected as the overall best session of the PASS Seattle 2003 conference.

From Microsoft Tech Ed Europe - Barcelona, Spain - July 2003
Kimberly's was awarded as a Top 3 Speaker as the top SQL Server session speaker and the second highest rated conference speaker.

From Microsoft Tech Ed US - Dallas, Texas - June 2003
Kimberly's "Preserving SQL Server 2000 Performance Through Index Maintenance" was selected as the top conference sesssion out of 380 sessions! In fact, all five of Kimberly's sessions placed in the top 12. SQLskills (and Kimberly!) had a great time at Tech Ed in Dallas.

From the PASS Community Summit - Seattle, Washington - November 2002
Kimberly's "Disaster Recovery with Backup and Restore" was the top rated workshop at the PASS Community Summit.

From the PASS Community Summit - Denver, Colorado - January 2002
Kimberly's "Indexes from Every Angle" conference session was selected as the overall best session of the PASS Community Summit.