OUR TEAM
At Solid Quality Mentors, we don't have trainers or consultants in the traditional sense - people who teach a packaged class but don't do the hands-on work or consultants who perform a consulting engagement and then disappear. Instead, we have mentors- people who combine database expertise and training skills with real-world experience in demanding SQL Server environments and bring that knowledge to you.
Solid Quality Mentors offers a broad range of technical proficiency across the entire Microsoft SQL Server spectrum. Our mentors, who are located all around the globe, include more than 40 winners of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, 7 Microsoft Regional Directors, and speak a variety of languages including: English, Spanish, Catalan, Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, French, Gallego, German, Hebrew, Hindu, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian and Swedish.
Whatever your challenge, our mentors can help you solve it!
Our Mentors
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Steve
Abraham
Mentor
Steve Abraham
is a Solid Quality Mentor with over 10 years of experience developing SQL Server based software and 8 Microsoft certifications including MCP, 2 MCITP, 2 MCPD , 3 MCTS. ...
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Itzik
Ben-Gan
Founder and Mentor
Itzik Ben-Gan is a Principal Mentor and Founder of Solid Quality Mentors. A SQL Server Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 1999, Itzik has delivered many training events around the globe focused on T-SQL Querying and Programming, Performance Tuning, and Internals. An accomplished author, Itzik has written many articles for SQ ...
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Randy
Dyess
Mentor, Program Manager: Strategic Initiatives
Randy has a variety of experiences dealing with SQL Server over the past 9 years and has worked with environments with Terabytes of data and environments that had over a 1000 databases with only a few megabytes of data in each database. Currently Randy is the founder and owner of Dyess Consulting Inc. a SQL Server mentoring and training c ...
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Fernando
Guerrero
CEO, Founder and Mentor
Fernando G. Guerrero is one of the founders of Solid Quality Mentors. He has worked with SQL Server since 1993, and for more than 20 years he has been designing information systems, providing training and mentoring in many countries worldwide. His teaching experience started in 1981 when he was a lecturer at the Universidad Politéc ...
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Jay
Hackney
Mentor
Jay Hackney is a mentor and consultant for Solid Quality Mentors with a focus on business intelligence solutions. He has been consulting on business intelligence and development projects for the past 8 years and was a software developer for 5 years prior to that. Jay is a speaker at conferences such as the PASS Community Summit and is a c ...
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Ashton
Hobbs
Mentor
Ashton Hobbs is a MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE, MCAD, OCDBA, as well as a member of MENSA International. He specializes in Database and Data Warehousing architecture as well as SSRS, SSAS, and .NET architecture. Ashton has worked in a broad range of environments including finance, insurance, manufacturing, scientific, governmental, and medical. In a ...
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Richard
Hundhausen
Mentor
Richard Hundhausen, a Solid Quality Mentors mentor, travels and mentors developers worldwide. He has over 20 years of software and database development experience and over 14 years of training experience. His main area of interest is the ever-expanding intersection between .NET and SQL Server. As a result of this constant evangelism, he b ...
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Tibor
Karaszi
Mentor
Tibor Karaszi has been working with SQL Server since 1988, staring with connectivity between SQL Server and DB2. He is an independent consultant focusing on SQL Server and he has a long record as a SQL Server trainer, the last years in charge of the SQL Server courses at Sweden's largest CTEC. Tibor is a regular speaker for Microsoft Swed ...
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Andrew
Kelly
Mentor
Andrew J. Kelly is the Practice Manager for Performance & Scalability with Solid Quality Mentors and lives in Plaistow, New Hampshire. He has over 20 years experience with relational databases and application development on both UNIX and Windows platforms but his main focus now is SQL Server. In addition to general SQL Server training ...
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Mario
Korbar
Mentor
Mario started his career as a mathematics teacher, just after graduating mathematical engineering, but very soon he switched over to IT world, where he spent last ten years. He started the IT journey as a database designer, MS SQL Server 6.5 DBA and a Visual Basic 5.0 developer. However, after several projects, he slightly moved towards s ...
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Brian
Lawton
Mentor
Brian Lawton is an independent consultant, the owner of Redtail Creek Software, and a contributing editor for SQL Server Magazine. Working primarily in the Baltimore, MD / Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas, Brian holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science and over 12 years of industry experience. Since 1995, he has specialized in providing ...
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Eric
Lofstrom
Mentor
Eric Lofstrom is a Business Intelligence Mentor for Solid Quality Mentors with over 13 years of technology experience in a wide variety of roles including Data Architect, Data Warehouse Architect, ETL Developer, OLAP Developer, Solution Architect, and Director of Business Intelligence. Eric has substantial experience designing, developing ...
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Chris
Love
Mentor
Chris Love has over 14 years of experience in software design, development and architecture. He has been the principal developer for over 250 small and medium ASP and ASP.NET web sites over the past 7 years. These projects have exposed Chris to a wide range of Microsoft related technologies to solve real business problems for his clients. ...
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Douglas
McDowell
Managing Partner
Douglas McDowell is a Managing Partner and the Director of Business Intelligence for Solid Quality Mentors. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server, an MCT, MCTS, MCSE, MCDBA, a charter member of the Professiona ...
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Rushabh
Mehta
Mentor
Rushabh Mehta is a Mentor for Solid Quality Mentors' global Business Intelligence Division and the Managing Director for Solid Quality India. Rushabh has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since 1998 and has been designing and developing large-scale BI systems on the Microsoft platform since 2001, including predictive analysis system, ...
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Brian
Moran
Founder and Managing Partner
Brian Moran is one of the founders of Solid Quality Mentors, a partnership devoted to offering the most in-depth, high quality SQL Server training in the world, where he is the Director of Business Development and a Principal Mentor. Brian has been working with SQL Server and related technology since 1990. Brian was a senior architect wit ...
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Jessica
Moss
Mentor
Jessica Moss is a mentor with Solid Quality Mentors and focuses on Business Intelligence. An MCDBA and an MCTS: SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence, Jessica has been working with the SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence suite for the past several years. While working at a major clothing retailer, she had the opportu ...
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Peter
Myers
Mentor
Peter Myers has nine years' solid experience working in OLTP database design and development, DBA support and Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence with SQL Server. Specializing in developing custom data-focused applications and reporting solutions, he provides architecting, development, implementation and support services at all tiers o ...
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Tim
Peterson
Mentor
Working with Analysis Services, PerformancePoint Server, and MDX, Tim Peterson is a mentor and trainer with Solid Quality Mentors. He is the author of two books in the field of Microsoft Business Intelligence - Microsoft OLAP Unleashed and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services. Ti ...
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Scot
Reagin
Mentor
Scot Reagin has more than twenty years of technology experience serving in a wide variety of roles including: Software Designer, Solution Architect, and Operations and General Manager. Mr. Reagin has substantial experience architecting, designing, and implementing complete analytic solutions for organizations of many sizes and in diverse ...
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Ken
Spencer
Mentor, Program Manager: Development Platform
Ken has been developing and managing application development with VB since the days of VB 1.0 Ken spends his time these days providing software design guidance and teaching in various venues. He also developed tools to migrate applications to .NET such as large Access applications. He also works with a great team to provide technology to ...
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Ron
Talmage
Founder and Mentor
Ron Talmage is a co-founder and principal mentor with Solid Quality Mentors. He has over 20 years experience in the IT world, and 8 years with SQL Server. Ron has been providing mentoring, teaching, and conference presentations on SQL Server for the past six years. He is a SQL Server MVP, current president of the Pacific Northwest SQL Ser ...
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Craig
Utley
Mentor
Craig Utley is a Mentor and senior architect with Solid Quality Learning, where he focuses on business intelligence (BI), .NET application development, and developer productivity issues. Craig has been working with Microsoft database technologies since 1993 and with Microsoft development tools since 1991. He is the former president of a c ...
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Erik
Veerman
Mentor
Erik Veerman is a Mentor for Solid Quality Mentors focusing on training, mentoring and architecting solutions on the SQL Server BI platform. His industry recognition includes Microsoft's Worldwide BI Solution of the Year and SQL Server Magazine's Innovator Cup winner. Erik has designed dozens of BI solutions across a broad business spectr ...
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Miguel
Egea
Mentor
Miguel Egea is a Mentor Asociado of Solid Quality Mentors Iberoamericana, a Computer Engineer with over 12 years of experience. He is a SQL Server MVP, and he works as a DBA for important companies with complex database systems in Spain. Miguel Egea is a well known speaker, presenting at many Microsoft events. He has taught Microsoft tech ...
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Francisco
González
Francisco A. González works for Solid Quality Mentors. He earned is master degree in computer Science at University of Murcia, Spain and Kennesaw State University, GA. His Master project was “Automatic support answerer with BizTalk Server and SQL Server BI technologies”. Now he combines his work in Solid Quality Mentors ...
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Fernando
Guerrero
CEO, Founder and Mentor
Fernando G. Guerrero is one of the founders of Solid Quality Mentors. He has worked with SQL Server since 1993, and for more than 20 years he has been designing information systems, providing training and mentoring in many countries worldwide. His teaching experience started in 1981 when he was a lecturer at the Universidad Politéc ...
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Alejandro
Leguizamo
Mentor
Alejandro Leguízamo has been working with SQL Server since 6.5, and with MS Access since Office 97. His core area is Data warehousing and Business Intelligence, plus ETL. He is certified in SQL Server 2000 and has wide experience in deployment and training in Business Intelligence Strategies. He is an Independent Consultant on BI, ...
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Jesús
López
Mentor
Jesús López, also known as SqlRanger, is a Mentor Asociado of Solid Quality Mentors Iberoamericana, specialized on .NET Development. He has been a developer and a trainer since 1991, covering many different Microsoft technologies. His main areas of expertise are SQL Server and .NET Development, for which he received the MVP ...
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Javier
Loría
Mentor
Javier Loria is a Solid Quality Mentors Mentor based in Costa Rica. He began his professional career in 1992, as a software developer and system engineer. His career evolved rapidly to the training side, especially in the XML and OLAP world, training customers at different locations in Latin America. He is a software architect, and Busine ...
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