Jeremiah Peschka’s Resume

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5 Things I’ve Done for Other Companies That I Can Do for You

  • Designed fast, reliable, multi-datacenter replication solutions.
  • Reliably improve database performance by examining hardware, software, and storage configuration.
  • Provide consulting around scale up and scale out database solutions.
  • Design and deliver custom training.
  • Tune T-SQL to increase application performance and concurrency.

4 Things I Do All the Time, Just for Fun

  • Deliver presentations for user groups and conferences on a variety of database and storage topics.
  • Conduct webcasts on SQL Server.
  • Evaluate alternate databases to augment SQL Server’s capabilities.
  • Develop CorrugatedIron – an open source library for communication with the distributed key/value database Riak. 

3 Areas of Expertise

  • SQL Server development and performance tuning.
  • Multi-tenant database design, scalability, and administration.
  • Architecture and design of scalable solutions based on SQL Server.

2 Certifications

  • MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Database Developer
  • MCITP: SQL Server 2008 DBA

1 Award

Professional Experience

Founder/Owner, Brent Ozar PLF, 2011 – Current

  • Help companies build fast, reliable, solutions using SQL Server
  • Analyze and tune SQL Server for various workloads.
  • Recommend hardware, configuration, and architectural changes to improve SQL Server performance.
  • Deliver presentations about SQL Server at local, regional, and national conferences.

Emerging Technology Expert, Quest Software, 2010 – 2011

  • Developed strategy around Quest’s NoSQL and cloud computing products.
  • Editor-in-Chief of NoSQLPedia.com
  • Delivered presentations about cloud computing, NoSQL, and new developments in databases.
  • Work with customers and community members on beta software.

Senior DBA, Cass Information Systems, 2009 – 2010

  • Designed, developed, and implemented multi-tenant database applications.
  • Created database design and development standards and review processes.
  • Researched and designed proof of concept data storage applications for non-relational data.
  • SQL Server performance tuning – many queries and reports were made to run between 5 and 500 times faster.

Senior Consultant, HMB Information System Developers, 2006 – 2009

  • Developed and delivered training material for employees and clients.
  • Designed, developed, and implemented high performance data driven applications using SQL Server and C#.
  • Provided database architecture, design, and development best practices and recommendations.

Developer, CareWorks Technologies, 2005 – 2006

  • Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for clients.
  • Led a team of software developers to design and build an application to support project managers and provide business intelligence based on project data.
  • Worked with end users to define software requirements and build design documents.

Consultant, Quick Solutions, 2004 – 2005

  • Performed software development, systems analysis, design and implementation.
  • Migrated multiple Access applications to rich internet applications.
  • Designed and developed features for custom CRM applications.

Software Engineer, Qwest Communications, 2000 – 2004

  • Application administration for 24/7 FCC mandated software
  • Designed, developed, and implemented custom software for the daily support and maintenance of mission critical software and servers.