Bob Beauchemin
SQLskills.com

Bob Beauchemin is an independent Consulting Partner of SQLskills.com. He is a database-centric application practitioner and architect, instructor, course author, writer, and  has worked with computers since 1977. He's been an application developer and DBA with relational databases like Microsoft SQL Server™, Oracle, Sybase, and DB2 as well as non-relational databases including IMS/DB, IDMS, and others. Over the past two years he's been teaching his SQL Server 2005 course to premier customers and Microsoft personnel worldwide through the SQL Server 2005 Ascend program. He's provided SQL Server 2005 training to over 500 developers through this program.

 

Bob is lead author of two books on SQL Server 2005, A Developer's Guide to SQL Server 2005 and A First Look at SQL Server 2005 For Developers, and sole author of Essential ADO.NET and has another book, SQL Server 2005 Developer's Guide, in the works for Addison-Wesley publishers. A First Look at SQL Server For Developers has also been made available in a custom CD format. He's written articles on database, data access and XML technologies for MSDN magazine, MSDN online, SQL Server Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Java Developer's Journal and others. His latest articles include a pair of articles on SQL Server 2005 XML topics and a series of six articles on ADO.NET 2.0 for MSDN online.

 

Bob has devoted as least part of his time training developers, DBAs, and administrators since 1992, when he presented a course on the Kerberos security system for Open Computing Security Group (now Cybersafe). He's written courses on Microsoft technologies since 1994 including courses in Active Server Pages (ASP), Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), and SQL Server for Microsoft internal training. His latest courses have been database and data access focused, including OLE DB, ADO, ADO.NET, Java Data Access, SQL Server 7/2000 for Developers, Oracle for .NET Developers, SQL Server Notification Services, SQL Server 2005 for Developers, and Programming Scalable Applications with SQL Server 2005.

 

Bob's has presented lectures and day-long seminars at a variety of conferences including Microsoft's Tech Ed, DevDays, ITForum, and PDC as well as internal Microsoft conferences, SQLPass, WinDev, WinSummit, VS-Live, Oracle World and others. The talks are consistently highly rated. Bob has been assisting customers and providing consulting services related to the implementation of technologies such as SQL Server 2005, Biztalk and Web Services, Web development, and assisted in computer security audits. You can contact Bob at bobb@SQLskills.com

 

 

Awards and Conference Highlights

Bob named a Microsoft MVP - 2001-2006
The Microsoft MVP program is an another exciting program in which Bob is a member. Being named an MVP occurred because of my support in the community through my assistance to other developers on  newsgroups and other forums. To see more about the MVP program check out http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/.


A First Look At SQL Server 2005 for Developers voted "Best Book of 2005" Readers of SQL Server Magazine voted A First Look At SQL Server 2005 for Developers the Best SQL Server Book of 2005.



June 2005
Bob was named "Database Geek of the Week" in June 2005 by Douglas Reilly/Red Gate Software.

From WinDev - Boston Massachusetts - Oct 2004
Bob was database track chairperson and had some of the most highly rated sessions at WinDev 2004.

June 2004
Bob's blog was given an award as best SQL Server 2005 expert blog by the Microsoft SQL Server Ascend program.