Bradley Ball
Sr. Technical Program Manager - Business Strategy Data & Analytics
Florida, United States
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Top SchoolBradley Ball is a seasoned data and cloud leader with 20+ years of hands-on experience in SQL Server, Azure data platforms, and enterprise migrations, now serving as Senior Technical Program Manager for Business Strategy in Data & Analytics at Microsoft. He has guided global FastTrack initiatives, driven product-preview adoption for Azure SQL and Microsoft Fabric, and led large documentation and private-preview efforts that materially increased customer migrations and product support. Bradley pairs deep technical expertise—spanning SQL Server internals, Synapse, Fabric, Databricks and Vector DBs—with program-level strategy, stakeholder alignment, and LT reporting to turn complex platform goals into measurable adoption. A former SQL Server MVP and long-time community builder, he co-founded the Tales from the Field YouTube channel and regularly speaks at major conferences, blending technical evangelism with practical customer delivery. Based in Florida and a father of four, he balances high-velocity global program work with community mentoring and a penchant for comic books and roller coasters—evidence of his energetic, people-first leadership style.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
CIS, Computer Information Systems, CIS, Computer Information Systems at Western Carolina University
Github Skills (32)
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microsoft-sql-server10
ssms10
azure8
arm8
powershell8
arm-templates6
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twitter-search5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sqlballs/MicrosoftFabricPre-Con
Sep 2023 - Nov 2024
This is the full day pre-con for Microsoft Fabric - Introduction to Finished Product
Contributions:22 PRs, 67 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 1 month
sqlballs/SQLScripts
Mar 2023 - Apr 2024
Contributions:15 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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