Paul Turley (Vancouver, WA) is a Manager of
Specialized Services for Hitachi Consulting Education Services.
Paul manages the Business Intelligence training team and teaches
classes for companies throughout the world on Microsoft SQL Server
technologies. He works with companies to design architecture for
and build BI and reporting solutions. He has been developing
business database solutions since 1991 for companies like
Microsoft, Disney, Nike, and Hewlett - Packard. He has been a
Microsoft Certified Trainer since 1996 and holds several industry
certifications, including MCTS and MCITP for BI, MCSD, MCDBA, MSF
Practitioner, and IT Project+.
Paul has authored and coauthored several books and courses on
database, business intelligence, and application development
technologies. He is the lead courseware developer for the Hitachi
Consulting courses: " SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence
Solutions " and " SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Solutions. "
His books include
Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting
Services ,
Professional SQL Server Reporting Services (SQL
Server 2000) ,
Beginning Transact - SQL with SQL Server
2000 and 2005 ,
Beginning SQL Server 2005
Administration ,
Beginning Access 2002 VBA ,
Data
Warehousing with SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services , and
Professional Access 2000 Programming - all from Wrox. He
is also a contributing author to
SQL Server 2005 Integration
Services Step by Step from Microsoft Press.
Thiago Silva (Dallas, TX) is a Manager of
Specialized Services for Hitachi Consulting. Thiago has also been
designing and developing custom .NET, business intelligence, and
Reporting Services solutions since the early days of .NET and SQL
Server 2000. He is a part of the Microsoft Strategic Alliance
leadership group within Hitachi Consulting, where he helps create,
manage, and deliver internal training materials and intellectual
capital around the Microsoft technology stack. He also teaches the
SQL Server Reporting Services course offered by Hitachi
Consulting.
Thiago has been a featured guest on the talk show podcast .NET
Rocks and is an active member of the .NET development
community, frequently writing on his blog Silvaware, at
http://silvaware.blogspot.com. Thiago holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree in Management Information Systems from Texas
A & M University, and a MCAD.NET technical certification.
Bryan C. Smith (Irving, TX) is a Manager of
Specialized Services for Hitachi Consulting. Bryan has been
developing and administering database solutions since 1997 for
clients in a variety of industries. These days, he focuses on
helping clients build Business Intelligence solutions using the
Microsoft SQL Server product suite. Bryan holds MCITP, MCTS, MCDBA,
A+, Network+, and Server+ certifications, and serves as an
instructor for Hitachi Consulting ' s SQL Server Analysis Services
course.
Ken Withee (Seattle, WA) is a Senior Consultant
with Hitachi Consulting. He earned a Master of Science degree in
Computer Science studying under Dr. Edward Lank at San Francisco
State University. Their work has been published in the LNCS
journals and was the focus of a presentation at the IASTED
conference in Phoenix. Their work has also been presented at
various other Human Computer Interaction conferences throughout the
world.
Ken has more than 7 years of professional computer and management
experience working with a vast range of technologies.
Ken is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and is certified
with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SQL Server 2005,
and has passed the certification exam for .NET 2.0.