About the Authors

Jason Brimhall is first and foremost a family man. He has 15+ yrs experience in IT and has worked with SQL Server starting with SQL Server 6.5. He has worked for both large and small companies in varied industries. He has experience in performance tuning, high transaction environments, large environments, and VLDBs. He is currently a Principal Consultant, Microsoft Certified Master, and an MVP for SQL Server. Jason regularly volunteers for PASS and has been the VP of the Las Vegas User Group (SSSOLV). You can read more from Jason on his blog at: http://jasonbrimhall.info.

Jonathan Gennick is an Apress Assistant Editorial Director with responsibility for database topics. He is line-leader for Apress’ Oracle and SQL Server lines. He also publishes carefully-chosen database books of a general nature. He maintains a keen interest in books across all lines that touch upon relational databases.

Outside of the day-job Jonathan looks to family and community. He serves actively in his local church as First Elder. He is an avid mountain-biker and trail builder, and a member of the Munising Bay Trail Network. For several years he served his local community as an Emergency Medical Technician for the Alger County Ambulance Service.

Wayne Sheffield, a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server, started working with xBase databases in the late 80’s. With over 25 years in IT, he has worked with SQL Server (since version 6.5 in the late 90’s) in various developer and administration roles, with an emphasis on performance tuning. He is the author of several articles at www.sqlservercentral.com, and enjoys sharing his knowledge by presenting at SQL PASS events and blogging at http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne