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\nJonathan Kehayias is such a nice guy. After our recent perf tuning Immersion Event in Chicago last month he had an idea for each of us to pick someone who's attended a SQLskills class and offer general mentoring (career, technical, professional development – whatever) to them for a few hours a month for six months. After six months we each pick someone else. His thinking was that this would be a cool way for SQLskills to give back to the community outside of the purely company-related things we do like blogging and twitter.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nI think this is a really great idea. Back when I was at Microsoft I did a lot of mentoring when I managed teams there, plus in the company-wide mentoring program between senior and junior people in different groups. It's very rewarding to provide completely altruistic advice to someone and watch them grow.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nFurthermore, we all have had people help us with our careers so it's important to pay that help forward.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nSo we're doing it, starting today with me, Joe, and Jonathan.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\nJoe is going to mentor Luke Jian, who's attended our IE1 and IE2 classes in Chicago this year:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tLuke Jian is a well-versed IT professional with over 15 years of experience in the development and implementation of pharmaceutical and healthcare systems, demand driven supply chain management, ERP systems and technical infrastructure design. <\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke's current role is Sr. Solutions Architect with Physicians Interactive a leading resource for healthcare information, medication samples and medical decision support tools. Luke's experience include managing the IT Operations of over 50 clinics,  Oracle DBA for a supply chain software company, Teaching Assistant and Trainer.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke holds a Masters degree in software engineering from “Politehnica” University  of Timisoara, Romania with concentration on relational databases and  is fluent in English, Romanian, French and German. He became a US citizen in June 2011, the same week as his first public speaking engagement at SQL Saturday #82 in Indianapolis.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke writes at <\/font>http:\/\/blog.sqlpositive.com<\/font><\/a>  and he can be reached at <\/font>sensware@gmail.com<\/font><\/a> or on Twitter as @sensware. <\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nJonathan is going to mentor Steven Ormrod, who's attended our IE1, IE2, IE3, and IE4 classes in Dallas, Chicago, and Bellevue this year:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tSteven Ormrod has been working as a Database Administrator for an international purveyor of natural and organic foods for the past several years.  Recently, Steven accepted a position with a global provider of orthotics and prosthetics.  His environment contains hundreds of servers spread across three different countries.  Clustering and consolidation projects have been his primary focus.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has an MCITP for SQL Server 2008 in Database Administration and Development.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to working as a DBA he has been a software developer, system administrator, and a teacher.  He also spent a summer bartending and hitchhiking across Europe.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen he is not tinkering with technology, he enjoys cooking, traveling, and snorkeling. He blogs at <\/font>http:\/\/sqlavenger.wordpress.com\/<\/font><\/a> and is on Twitter as @sqlavenger.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nI'm going to mentor Brad Hoff, who's attended our IE1 and IE2 classes in Chicago this year:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tBrad is originally from WA and is working in TX as a Lead SQL and Oracle DBA for an international power development company and energy marketer.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBrad has a degree is in Electronic Engineering and his background includes Development, Network\/Systems\/SAN admin, and WAN\/T-Comm.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Brad's not working with SQL server, he enjoys philosophy, debate, brain-teasers, learning, anything that challenges his mind. He has a beautiful wife and an awesome 17-month-old son. He blogs at <\/font>http:\/\/www.sqlphilosopher.com\/wp\/<\/font><\/a> and is on Twitter as @sqlphilosopher.<\/font>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nI'd like to congratulate these three guys and look forward to us helping them out over the next six months!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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