Speaker: Brent Ozar
Brent Ozar, a consultant who specializes in slow servers, will share his most recently hair-tearing moments and how they were easily improved.  If you've got these design patterns in your environment, you'll be armed with quick ways to go from zero to hero.

About Brent:
Brent was the fifth Microsoft Certified Master of SQL Server 2008 in the US outside of Microsoft. He's a Principal Consulting Partner with SQLskills.com and is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP. Brent has a decade of broad IT experience, performing SQL Server database administration, systems administration, SAN administration, virtualization administration, and project management. In his current role, Brent specializes in performance tuning, virtual and cloud-based database servers, and disaster recovery. Previously, Brent spent 2 years at Quest Software as a SQL Server expert and 2 years at Southern Wine & Spirits, a Miami-based wine & spirits distributor. Brent has experience conducting training sessions, has written several technical articles, and blogs prolifically at http://www.BrentOzar.com.