Hamish Watson
Hamish is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with a passion for efficient database & application deployments using DevOps methodologies.
He has formed his own company – Morph iT – based in Christchurch, New Zealand and provides consultancy services for many clients in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and NZ
He has 20 years IT experience in managing and deploying large scale databases on SQL Server technologies. He has been managing SQL Server since SQL Server 2000 and pragmatic approaches to delivering business value to end users is his career passion.
Educating and helping others learn is a driver for Hamish and he is a User Group Leader, International speaker and a repeat guest lecturer at universities.
Hamish Watson's Sessions
Database Reliability Engineering - the new DBA?SQLBits 2022
A session for DBAs considering where their career needs to go.
Test Driven Development in SQL Server, safer code deploysSQLBits 2020
Testing data in SQL Server is hard, but it is easier than having to restore your database. This session will show how easy it is to test database code using industry frameworks, tools and processes
Culture is vital for DevOps Success.SQLBits 2020
Why do most DevOps projects fail? Typically it is not because of tool choice or cloud vs on-prem deployments
It is because people don't understand what culture is or how to work towards a common business goal.