About

Tim is a Principal Consultant and has worked with SQL server for the past 20+ years, in a variety of roles including DBA, Lead DBA, and multi-department manager, which have given him extensive experience planning and implementing large-scale environment changes and upgrades.

Tim is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has a whole collection of Microsoft and other industry certifications. His experience includes Cloud, HA/DR, virtualization, SSIS, SSRS, and performance tuning, among everything else SQL Server-related.

Tim answers questions as @tradney on Twitter, and blogs on his personal blog at http://timradney.com and his SQLskills blog at http://www.SQLskills.com/blogs/tim. Tim has also written and contributed to a number of books on SQL Server, which you can find on Amazon.

Tim is very active and passionate in the SQL Community. He runs the Cloud Data Platform Virtual Group, has been a PASS Regional Mentor for a number of years, was named a PASS Outstanding Volunteer in 2012, and is a frequent speaker at user groups, SQL Saturdays, SQLintersection, MSSQLCONF, Ignite, and PASS Summits. Tim has been a Friend of Redgate since 2011.

Outside of SQL Server, Tim is married with three kids and has a passion for electronics and messing around with a soldering iron. He also farms chickens, veggies, and fish in his spare time.

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