Brent Ozar
Managing Director at Smart Postgres
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Top SchoolBrent Ozar is a database performance expert and entrepreneur with 14+ years optimizing Microsoft SQL Server environments and leading database-focused businesses from small companies to enterprise-scale SANs. As Managing Director of Smart Postgres and Brent Ozar Unlimited, he combines deep hands-on tuning, architecture and operational experience with public speaking and training at major SQL Server conferences. His career includes roles improving availability and scalability for multi-terabyte systems, data warehouse migrations, and building web reporting platforms that replaced costly paper workflows. Known for translating complex performance problems into practical fixes, he also automates deployments and source control for database change management. Based in Las Vegas, he pairs technical rigor with a passion for teaching and travel, and has an intriguing off-duty hobby collecting vintage sports cars.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Accounting, Accounting at University of HoustonPre-Collegiate, Pre-Collegiate, Pre-Collegiate, Pre-Collegiate at Whitehall High School
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Github Skills (107)
woocommerce10
postgresql10
windows10
diffusion-models10
db210
cosmosdb10
backup10
image-generation10
inpainting10
tsql10
r10
microsoft-sql10
wordpress10
linux10
azure-sql-database10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
BrentOzarULTD/SQL-Server-First-Responder-Kit
Apr 2012 - Dec 2022
sp_Blitz, sp_BlitzCache, sp_BlitzFirst, sp_BlitzIndex, and other SQL Server scripts for health checks and performance tuning.
Contributions:61 releases, 237 reviews, 1766 commits in 10 years 9 months
health-checkssp-blitzsql-serverserver-scriptsmicrosoft-sql-server
BrentOzar/sqlblogs
Apr 2016 - Jul 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 5 years 4 months
sqlsql-server
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