Brad McGehee

Brad McGehee

Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software

Hawaiian Islands

Current
  • Director of DBA Education at Red Gate Software
  • SQL Server Industry Consultant at Brad M. McGehee (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
Education
  • Drury University
  • Drury University
  • Valdez High School
Connections
430 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

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 2007Present (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 2006Present (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 2000August 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 2000July 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)

    19992000 (1 year )

  • Microsoft Certified Trainer

    Empower Trainers & Consultants

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

    June 19961999 (3 years )

  • Computer Consultant

    Universal Systems House

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

    April 1995May 1996 (1 year 2 months)

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


Brad McGehee’s Education

  • Drury University

    MBA , Business , 19911992

  • Drury University

    BA , Economics, Business Administration , 19771981

  • Valdez High School

    19721976


Additional Information

Brad McGehee’s Websites:

Brad McGehee’s Interests:

Hawaii, astronomy, photography

Brad McGehee’s Groups:

SQL PASS

  •    Drury University Alumni
  •    SQL Server Professionals
  •    PASS Professional Association for SQL Server
  •    SQLDBA
  •    SQLServerCentral
  •    IndyPASS
  •    devLink Technical Conference
  •    SQLBits
  •    Best Practices Conference
  •    TechHui
  •    .NET Hawaii
  •    Microsoft MVP - Professional Group
  •    TulsaTechFest
  •    European PASS Conference Speakers
  •    SQL Bloggers
  •    Exceptional DBAs
  •    MSSQLTips

Brad McGehee’s Honors:

Microsoft SQL Server MVP


Brad McGehee’s Contact Settings

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