Brian is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), and served as a member of the original Reporting Services development team as a consultant to Microsoft. In that role, he contributed to the original code base of Reporting Services. A respected speaker, Brian has presented at national conferences and events, including the SQL Server Magazine Connections Conference, the PASS Community Summit and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference. He has also provided training and mentoring on business intelligence and Reporting Services across the country. Brian is the author of "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services" and "Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server 2008" both from McGraw-Hill Professional, and has been a past contributor and columnist for SQL Server Magazine.