SQL Server MVP, Microsoft Regional Director and founder of SQLskills.com (1995) - which she now runs with her husband Paul Randal. Working together, Kimberly and Paul enjoy the ability to work on different types of projects – from consulting to speaking to writing to presenting. Kimberly is a writer/editor for SQL Server Magazine; authored multiple whitepapers on SQL Server 2005; authored the Index Internals chapter of the MSPress release SQL Server 2008 Internals and acted as an editor for SQL Server MVP Deep Dives. Kimberly has presented lectures and seminars since 1996 and is consistently top-rated both on quality of technical content and presentation style. Kimberly helps customers tackle their availability and performance problems as well as design and architect appropriate solutions.