Wayne Sheffield started working with databases in the late 1980's, using DBase, Foxbase and FoxPro. With over twenty years in the IT industry, he has worked with SQL Server database systems (starting from version 6.5) since the late 1990's in various development and administration roles, with an emphasis in performance tuning. He is author of several articles at www.sqlservercentral.com, and enjoys sharing his knowledge by presenting at various SQL PASS events and posting on his blog at ttp://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne.