Chris Skorlinski
Executive Technical Advisor at Microsoft
Clover, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolChris Skorlinski is an Executive Technical Advisor at Microsoft with over three decades of experience in SQL Server, cloud and Windows technologies, and a 25-year tenure in SQL Server Support. He moved from hands-on escalation engineering into leadership and management, most recently serving as an acting Support Engineering Manager and now guiding executive technical escalations and prioritization across complex migrations and deployments. His deep technical specialties include SQL Server Replication, Performance Optimization, Always On Availability Groups, Change Data Capture/Tracking, and Azure database technologies, balanced with a passion for coaching and customer-focused service. Chris regularly presents technical and career-development sessions at SQLSaturdays and user groups, blending practical troubleshooting insights with mentorship. Based in Clover, South Carolina, he is known for turning high-pressure support cases into strategic proposals that influence senior stakeholders. An often-overlooked strength is his longevity in frontline escalation work, which gives him rare institutional knowledge and credibility when advising on large-scale cloud and Windows transitions.
9 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Winona State University
Github Skills (14)
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mssql10
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data-tools9
jekyll7
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
ReplTalk/sql-docs
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc.
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 3 months
data-servertechnical-documentationsqlserversql-serversql-server-management-studio
ReplTalk/ReplScripts
May 2017 - Jan 2021
ReplTalk Blog related Scripts
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 3 years 9 months
tricksthunderbirdjekyllrepltalk
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