About the Technical Reviewers

Louis Davidson has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years as a corporate database developer and architect. He has spent the majority of his career working with Microsoft SQL Server, beginning in the early days of version 1.0. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in computer science, with a minor in mathematics. Louis is the data architect for Compass Technology (Compass.net) in Chesapeake, Virginia, leading database development on their suite of nonprofit-oriented customer relationship management (CRM) products, which are built on the Microsoft CRM platform and SQL Server technologies.

Alex Grinberg is a senior SQL Server database administrator (DBA) with more than 20 years of IT experience. He has been working on Microsoft SQL Server products since version 6.5. Alex currently works in the Pennsylvania branch of Cox Automotive, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. His primary duties are to provide architecture, tuning, optimization, analysis, operational, and development services; to create new applications; to convert legacy technologies (SQL Server, VB.NET, and C# ); and to provide on-site training with the latest Microsoft technologies including .NET (VB and C#), SSRS, and SSIS. Alex is a frequent speaker at professional IT events, including SQLSaturdays, Code Camps, SQL Server User Groups, and other industry seminars, where he shares his cumulative knowledge. He is the guest author for SQLServerSentral.com and is also the cofounder of HexaArt Inc., an IT consulting services company for small and mid-size corporations. For any questions or consulting needs, Alex can be reached at [email protected].