Stijn Wynants
Microsoft Customer Engineer
I am a Microsoft Customer Engineer in Data & AI, former-MVP & a dataMinds (Belgian Data Platform User Group) core member. Next to my day to day jobs, I am also one of the organisers of the local user group sessions & the yearly event called DataMinds Connect (SQL Server Days).
My perfect day is spend by tuning SQLPools & solving problems with the data platform. My main focus is SQL Server Core and Azure Data Solutions, but I have also done various BI & ETL projects. I get my kicks out of Column Store indexes & tuning queries.
My perfect day is spend by tuning SQLPools & solving problems with the data platform. My main focus is SQL Server Core and Azure Data Solutions, but I have also done various BI & ETL projects. I get my kicks out of Column Store indexes & tuning queries.
Kevin Conan
Microsoft Customer Engineer
I love data and making queries run fast. The thrill of taking that long running query and making it run in under 10 seconds is amazing! It’s a great time to be a Data Engineer with all the exciting new and evolving tools in Azure.
There is an old saying – “Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime.”. As much as I enjoy tuning systems, I find far more satisfaction from helping others learn how to do what I do. I would not be where I am in my career or life without all the help that I have received along the way, so paying it forward is very important to me!
Customer Engineer – Microsoft
- December 2018 – Present
Teacher – Hack Your Future
- HackYourFuture is a not-for-profit coding school for refugees and other people that have limited access to education and the labor market. Currently active in The Netherlands, Canada, Belgium, and Denmark, HackYourFuture believes in a world where education and quality jobs are accessible for all.
- January 2020 – Present
Dataminds Core Member
- DataMinds, the SQL Server User Group Belgium is a public user group that brings together the Belgian MS SQL Server community. Our goal is to share experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge about the Microsoft Data Platform
- April 2016 – Present
Lead Data Platform Consultant
- Working with the Data Platform in all its aspects, from development to DBA work. I worked on various projects like SQL Server Consolidation, Disaster Recovery testing & development, SQL Server Performance tuning, Query Performance Tuning, SQL Server monitoring, Operational DBA work, SQL Server Auditing, Development of Maintenance Solutions, Development of a DWH,…
- November 2013 – December 2018