Brad McGehee

Current

Director of DBA Education at Red Gate Software
SQL Server Industry Consultant at Brad M. McGehee (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Owner at SQL-Server-Performance.Com (Sole Proprietorship)
DBA at Dairy Farmers of America
DBA at GeoAccess

Microsoft Certified Trainer at Empower Trainers & Consultants
Computer Consultant at Universal Systems House

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Education

Drury University
Drury University
Valdez High School

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Connections

430 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Brad McGehee’s Summary

Brad M. McGehee is a MCSE+I, MCSD, and MCT (former) with a Bachelors’ degree in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration. Currently the Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, Brad is an accomplished Microsoft SQL Server MVP with over 13 years’ SQL Server experience, and over 6 years’ training experience.

Brad is a frequent speaker at SQL PASS, European PASS, SQL Connections, SQLTeach, SQLBits, SQL Saturdays, TechFests, Code Camps, SQL Server user groups, and other industry seminars, where he shares his 13 years’ cumulative knowledge.

Brad was the founder of the popular community site SQL-Server-Performance.Com, and operated it from 2000 through 2006, where he wrote over one million words on SQL Server topics.

In 2008, Brad attended 16 conferences/user group events, presented 26 sessions, and had 1,402 people attend them.

A well-respected and trusted name in SQL Server literature, Brad is the author or co-author of more than 14 technical books and over 100 published articles. His most recent books include “How to Become an Exceptional DBA,” and “Brad's Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008: The Top Ten New Features for DBAs,” and “Mastering SQL Server Profiler.”

Brad McGehee’s Specialties:

Microsoft SQL Server MVP, MCSE+I, MCSD, MCT (former)

Brad McGehee’s Experience

Director of DBA Education

Red Gate Software

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Help provide SQL Server-related educational content for Red Gate Software and their customers.
SQL Server Industry Consultant
Brad M. McGehee (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

I provide SQL Server consulting to organizations of all sizes. Current clients include Red Gate Software, Dairy Farmers of America, SQL-Server-Performance.Com, and others.
Owner
SQL-Server-Performance.Com (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

June 2000 — August 2006 (6 years 3 months)

Owner of the website SQL-Server-Performance.com, the most popular website on the Internet devoted to SQL Server performance tuning. Sold website in 2006.
DBA

Dairy Farmers of America

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Dairy industry)

March 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 5 months)

SQL Server DBA, specializing in performance tuning and clustering.
DBA

GeoAccess

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Microsoft Certified Trainer

Empower Trainers & Consultants

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1996 — 1999 (3 years )
Computer Consultant

Universal Systems House

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1995 — May 1996 (1 year 2 months)

Installed and maintained computer networks and network software for small and medium-size businesses.