Jeff has been consulting on and performing technical training for MS SQL Server since 1989, Version 4, on OS/2, and Sybase ASE since release 4.0.1. Since then, he has worked extensively with each release of the product, specializing in performance and tuning, from concept through legacy system, on systems of all sizes, from small start-up company applications to multi-terabyte data warehouses. Jeff has been working on large-scale systems for most of that time, having tuned a 100-gig/week throughput application on MS SQL Server 6, and created one of the first ASE data warehouses. Jeff's background includes work experience from PC's to Mainframes and back again, in all aspects of IT, from developer, to DBA Manager, to IT Executive. His specialty is performance and tuning with a special emphasis on large-scale projects with very large databases. He is very well known in the industry, having spoken at user conferences and user groups for many years, written articles and columns for many magazines nationally and internationally, as well as having written over a dozen books.

Ray Rannala, Director of Business Development

Ray Rannala, Soaring Eagle’s Director of business development has nearly 15 years of experience in the professional services industry.  Drawing upon this experience, Ray holds primary responsibility for leading sales, marketing and growing  the company to the next level.  Prior to joining the leadership team at Soaring Eagle Consulting, Ray was a Regional Sales Director for Ernst & Young LLP a “Big 5” consulting responsible for leading a sales team in selling consulting services to middle market clients in the Southeast.  After E&Y Mr. Rannala was a sales leader for the Professional Services group at Computer Associates where he sold complex technology solutions to customers based in Florida and the Caribbean.  More recently, Ray was Vice President of Business Development and partner at PSSI, a startup project management consulting firm specializing in MS Project Server implementations and MS Project training.  Ray’s sales leadership grew the business from startup to being a significant industry force in under two years.

Ray lives with his wife of 30 years, Toni in Tampa bay and is a passionate and accomplished gourmet chef, sailor, cartoonist and enjoys training his 2 year old Border Collie.

Alvin Chang, Consultant Extraordinaire
Alvin has over 15 years of experience as a Sybase, Microsoft & Oracle DBA. He has co-authored many books and articles. Alvin has taught Adaptive Server and Microsoft SQL Server throughout the United States. Currently specializing in Sybase Adaptive Server and Microsoft SQL Server Administration. Alvin has over 15 years of DBA experience, and is skilled at maintaining, tuning and developing applications. Alvin is very sought after for his training ability. Many customers will ask for him specifically, once he has been in their classroom.

Peter Dobler, Dobler Consulting,
Accomplished IT professional with more than twenty two years of experience in software development, database management and infrastructure management with proven ability to successfully implement cutting edge technology, managing multiple complex technology projects and implementing procedures and policies to improve efficiencies and reduce cost. Multilingual information technology expert with extensive business experience owning and operating a consulting company in Switzerland and the United States.

Doug Sharkey, Sharkbyte Consulting

Doug Sharkey has been developing software applications for over 20 years. Doug started as a junior programmer in the days of Structured Programming and is pleased to see the industry evolve to the Object Oriented Methodologies in acceptance today. Along the way Doug has performed as a Programmer, Technical Lead, Director Of Order Processing Development, Certified Database Administrator, Database Manager, and System Architect. Most of Doug's experience is in the Wall Street Community but he also has experience in Media Research and Reporting. Doug has a long history of leading teams to the delivery of software applications.

Mike Delay, Staffing Expert

Abhay Trivedi, PHD., PMP, CSSBB, Sr Management Consultant

Dr. Trivedi is a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience assessing complex business problems, evaluating alternatives, and implementing technology solutions in multiple industries:  automotive, oil & gas, transportation, consumer, electronics and   services.  He is skilled at formulating business systems strategies to leverage technology investments.    In recent years, he has focused on business process assessment, strategic planning, product life cycle management, profit assessment, and six sigma.  He is PMP certified by PMI; Six Sigma Black Belt certified by ISSSC; and holds a Professional Logistics/Supply Chain Certification from The Logistics Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology.  He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering.

Prior to joining Soaring Eagle Consulting, Inc., Abhay was a Management Consultant in the Project Management and Systems Engineering practice of Solving International New York).

In his role as Management Consultant he has consulted with some of the largest Fortune 100 companies including Visteon Corporation, Intel, Siemens, Motorola, BMW-MG Rover, Eaton Corporation and British Petroleum (BP) on issues such as six sigma strategy, cost reduction, project management and systems engineering. In addition he has been a NASA and ORNL Summer Research fellow.  Project Management / Six Sigma Management and Workshops/Courses Taught

Ravi Nanda is a Database Technology Specialist for Soaring Eagles’ Database Architecture and Database Administration Division.

Ravi Nanda is a Database Technology Specialist for Soaring Eagles’ Database Architecture and Database Administration Division. Ravi has over 13 years of MS SQL Server experience going back as far as Version 6.0 when SQL Server and Sybase split off. Ravi’s background includes working in disparate industries such as Consulting, Health Care, Payroll, Retail, State Government, and Telecom. He has hands-on experience working on projects and in production environments with multi-terabyte database systems. He has extensive experience in database development, database administration, database modeling, and in database architecture. His range of experience includes working with Replication, data archiving, SAN disk architecture, Clustering, and Performance tuning. One of Ravi’s’ recent accomplishments was delivering and executing an architecture plan to migrate a client to SQL Server 2008 on a clustered environment using 64 bit technology and sql replication. He also has experience with setting up, configuring, monitoring of Precise i³ monitoring tool to troubleshoot and offer solutions to alleviate contention in SQL Server. Ravi actively participates in online blogs like SQL Server Central, newsgroups, local SQL Server user group meetings, and volunteer for local not for profit organizations like SQL Saturday.

Authors

 Jeff Garbus

Plamen Ratchev

Joe Celko
Alvin Chang