A blog about SQL Server, SSIS, C# and whatever else I happen to be dealing with in my professional life.

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About me

I'm just a Bill. Yes I'm only a Bill And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill...

I'm a "technology enthusiast" as a coworker tagged me in SharePoint. I've been programming computers in some fashion since I bought my first book when I was 7 years old at our school book fair, "Basic Fun: Computer Games, Puzzles, and Problems Children Can Write" ISBN 0380806061. I was 7 or 8 at the time and still own it. My friends were buying Go dog Go and I bought a computer book. Fortunately for me, that decision has lead to an enjoyable life behind a keyboard.

I love to solve problems of all shapes and sizes but I find I'm most effective with a SQL Server database in my pocket and SSIS in my hand. I am a member of SQL PASS, a SQL Server MVP,the organizer of the Kansas City SQL Saturday and have traveled the country bringing the good news of SQL Server to the masses.

Community

I am a firm believer in the power of SQL Server community.

User group activity

Kansas City SQL Server User Group

  • 45 new language features for 2005/2008 - October 2010
  • 2012 new language features - February 2012
  • Type More, Click Less: Programmatic construction of SSIS packages - October 2013

Lincoln SQL Server User Group

  • Kama Sutra of SSIS - April 2011
  • 2012 new language features - July 2012

Adelaide SQL Server User Group

  • Type More, Click Less: Programmatic construction of SSIS packages - November 2013

SQL Summit 2011

  • First Timers program mentor

SQL Summit 2012

  • Lightning talk on new 2012 SSIS deployment model (LT101)
  • Hosted a Birds of a Feather lunch table on SSIS
  • First Timers program mentor

SQL Summit 2013

  • Type More, Click Less: Programmatically Build SSIS Packages
  • First Timers program mentor

SQL Saturday

Kansas City

Omaha

Lincoln

Oregon

Chicago

Madison

St. Louis

Colorado Springs

Denver

Below is a link to my StackExchange profile where I try to help others with their SSIS challenges.

profile for billinkc on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&A sites

A copy of my resume is on DropBox