Kendal began working with SQL Server 7.0 as a developer in 1999. He has spent the last 9 years as a production DBA working on systems that process hundreds of millions of transactions per day. He is currently Senior DBA at Channel Intelligence in Celebration, FL where he is responsible for the management, monitoring, and performance of 40+ SQL Servers. Kendal stays active in the SQL Community by speaking at events such as SQL Saturday, .NET Code Camp, and OPASS (Orlando PASS chapter). Kendal is known as @SQLDBA on Twitter and is a contributor to the forums on SQLServerCentral.com. Kendal also maintains a technical blog on SQL Server topics at http://kendalvandyke.blogspot.com.