Simon Sabin

Simon is Director of his own data consultancy company Onarc Consulting that specialises in data related systems. He part of SQLKnowHow a leading SQL Server training and consultancy company and is also a Developer Skills Partner with SQLSkills.

He has a particular expertise in the world of search, distributed architectures, business intelligence and application development. He has worked with SQL Server since 1998 and has always focused on high performance reliable systems.

Simon was awarded as an MVP in 2006. He runs the UK SQL Usergroup in London and founded the SQL Bits the largest SQL Server conference in the Europe in 2007. He is a regular speaker at SQL Server events as well as writing for his blog http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons . He recently co-developed SQL Server 2008 training for Microsoft and has been involved in writing and reviewing SQL Server 2008 certification exams.

Chris Webb

Chris Webb, has been working with Microsoft's Business Intelligence tools since 1998. He is a well-known figure in the Microsoft Business Intelligence community, regularly contributing to newsgroups and online discussion forums, and has spoken at several international conferences. He is a co-author of the "MDX Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 and Hyperion Essbase". Chris has extensive experience of implementing Business Intelligence solutions on the Microsoft platform across a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, banking, engineering, manufacturing and market research. He has worked as a consultant (including three years with Microsoft Consulting Services) and as a permanent employee on internal development teams, and understands the different demands of each role.

Darren Green

Darren is the joint owner of Konesans Ltd, a small UK based consultancy specializing in SQL Server, and most importantly SQL Server Integration Services. Having been working with SQL Server from 6.5 onwards he has extensive experience in many aspects of SQL Server, but now focuses on BI and SSIS. He has been a SQL Server MVP, a frequent poster on the MS SSIS forums as well as running the SQLDTS.com and SQLIS.com resource sites.