Currently, thomas is a technical evangelist for confio software. Currently serving as a senior dba for confio software, he has progressed through several roles in his career, including programmer, analyst, and dba. By thomas larock, technical evangelist and head geek. Larock has spent much of his career focused on data and database administration, which led to his election as a technical evangelist for confio software in 2010, where his research and experience helped create the initial versions of the software now known as solarwinds database performance analyzer dpa. He has over 15 years experience in the it industry in roles including programmer, developer, analyst, and database administrator. Thomas larock technical evangelist and senior dba confio software 51120 confidential internal use only 1. His many microsoft accreditations include sql server mvp, mcsm, mcm, mct, mcitp, mcts, mcdba and mcp whew. Dba survivor become a rock star dba thomas larock apress. Thomas larock speaker profile sqlbits 2020 29 sep 2020. Larock joined the solarwinds family through the acquisition of confio in 20.
If you dont have a methodology for researching questions and resolving issues then you need to get one, and soon. Thomas larock thomas larock is a seasoned it professional with over a decade of technical and management experience. Thomas is the happy maker and provider of afternoon ignite at confio software and joey is the principal architect at comcast cable. Thomas is a senior dba at confio software, currently serves on the board of directors for the professional association for sql server pass, and is a sql server mvp. Build your own dont recycle old hardware for use as a new production host if the hardware is old now, imagine how old it will be in another 18 months due to licensing costs, it may be. Thomas larock from confio came to give us this really good talk on waits and queues. Larock has spent much of his career focused on data and database administration, which led to his being chosen as a technical evangelist for confio software in 2010. Confio software 4772 walnut street, suite 100 boulder, co 80301. Thomas joined solarwinds through the acquisition of confio software, where he was a technical. Thomas larock is a head geek at solarwinds and a microsoft certified. He has over 20 years experience in the it industry as a programmer. Solarwinds introduces database head geek thomas larock. Apr 30, 2014 solarwinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable it management software, today introduced thomas larock as the newest member of the head geek team, bringing his expertise in database.
He helped to create the ignite database performance management solution that. Larock joined the company in 20 with the acquisition of confio software, where he was a technical evangelist. Thomas also serves on the board of directors for pass as vice president of marketing. And as an added bonus, the entire pass board was here to listen. Thomas joined solarwinds through the acquisition of confio software. Past events western mass development technology users group. I am a microsoft certified master, data platform mvp, vmware vexpert, and a microsoft certified trainer alumni. Develops database performance tools for database administrators, it managers, and database developers, operating in both physical and virtual server environments. Solarwinds take on the borderless datacenter and cloud dbas. Apr 30, 2014 austin, tx, apr 30, 2014 marketwired via comtex solarwinds swi, 0. While at confio, his research and experience helped to create the initial versions of the software now known as solarwinds database performance analyzer.
Sep 03, 2011 thomas larock is a seasoned information technology professional with over a decade of technical and management experience. Currently serving as a senior dba for confio software, thomas has progressed through several roles in his career including programmer, analyst, and dba. This role allows for him to work with a variety of customers to help solve questions regarding database performance tuning and. Thomas is a senior dba at confio software, currently serves on the board of directors for the professional association for sql server pass, and is.
View thomas larocks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Views table valued functions are you certain about the rowcounts. Swi, a leading provider of powerful and affordable it management software, today introduced thomas larock as the newest member of the head geek team, bringing his expertise in database administration and all things sql server to support the everchanging challenges and needs of it professionals everywhere. He has over 20 years experience in the it industry as a programmer, developer, analyst, and database administrator. He has over 15 years of it experience, holding various roles such as programmer, developer, analyst and database administrator. Thomas larock microsoft sql server certified master and sixtime microsoft sql. A white paper by confio software, now part of the solarwinds family 2 sql server query tuning. Thomas joined solarwinds through the acquisition of confio software, where he was a technical evangelist. Thomas larock is a head geek at solarwinds and a microsoft certified master, sql server mvp, vmware vexpert, and microsoft certified trainer. He helped to create the ignite database performance management solution that became.
Performance tuning thomas larock, confio software and jason strate, digineer life is all about choices, and when it comes to sql server it is no different. Thomas larock he has over 20 years experience in the it industry in roles including programmer, developer, analyst, and database administrator. Thats where my solarwinds story begins, as i was included with the confio purchase. This is the official blogger disclosure resource for thomas larock. A white paper by confio software, now part of the solarwinds family 2. Tables and rowcounts are you certain they are tables. I was with confio since 2010, working as a sales engineer, customer support, product development, and corporate marketing. Thomas larock, author at orange matter page 5 of 5. Thomas larock is a head geek at solarwinds and a microsoft certified master, microsoft data platform mvp, vmware vexpert, and former microsoft certified trainer. View thomas larocks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional. Sql query tuning for sql server confio, ignite, ignite 8, sql server. This role allows for him to work with a variety of customers to help solve questions regarding database performance tuning and virtualization. Get the full 12step approach from tom larock, senior confio dba and mvp. Past events western mass development technology users.
Thoughts on the vividcortex acquisition thomas larock. Thomas larock, the database management head geek, solarwinds thomas larock is a head geek at solarwinds and a microsoft certified master, sql server mvp, vmware vexpert, and a microsoft certified trainer. Tom larock will be coming in to present on sql server audit. By thomas larock, technical evangelist and head geek confio software 4772 walnut street, suite 100 boulder, co 80301. Head geek, solarwindsas a head geek for solarwinds, thomas works with a variety of customers to help solve problems regarding database performance tuning and virtualization. Thomas larock is a seasoned it professional with over a decade of technical and management experience. Aug 16, 20 12 steps to sql server query performance tuning 1. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover thomas. Solarwinds has introduced thomas larock as the newest member of the head geek team, bringing his expertise in database administration and all things sql server to support the everchanging challenges and needs of it professionals everywhere. Thomas larock is a seasoned information technology professional with over a decade of technical and management experience.
Currently serving as a senior database administrator for confio software, thomas has progressed through several roles in his career including programmer, analyst, and database administrator. Larock has spent much of his career focused on data and database administration, which led to his being chosen as a technical evangelist for confio software in 2010, where his research and experience helped to create the initial versions of the software now known as solarwinds database performance analyzer. If you dont have a methodology for researching questions. Larock has spent much of his career focused on data and database administration, which led to his being chosen as a technical evangelist for confio software. Thomas larock technical evangelist and senior dba confio software 3620 confidential internal use only 1. Mar 20, 2018 view thomas larocks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Currently serving as a senior database administrator with confio software, thomas has progressed through several roles including programmer, analyst, and dba. Solarwinds take on the borderless datacenter and cloud. Larock technical evangelist and senior dba confio software. Nov 27, 2012 in this weeks episode of people talking tech which was recorded at sql saturday 145, im joined by thomas larock and joey dantoni. Currently serving as a technical evangelist for confio software, thomas has progressed through several roles in his career including programmer, analyst, and dba.
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