Gianluca Hotz
Consultant at UGISS
Italy
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Top SchoolGianluca Hotz is an independent consultant, trainer and speaker with three decades in IT and over 25 years specializing in Microsoft SQL Server architectures, performance tuning, high availability and large-scale migrations. He has led training programs for one of Italy’s largest Microsoft Learning Partners, mentored at SolidQ since 2003, and served in executive and advisory roles including ad interim CEO and Data Platform director before founding his own practice in 2019. A long‑time community builder, he helped found Italian user groups UGISS and UGiDotNet, served as UGISS vice‑president and now president, and has been a SQL Server MVP since 1998. Practical, hands‑on in both classroom and production environments, he combines deep legacy knowledge (starting with SQL Server 4.21 on Windows NT) with ongoing public speaking and consulting across Europe.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Not achieved, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Not achieved at Università di PaviaBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Not achieved, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Not achieved at Politecnico di Milano70,51, European Baccalaureate, 70,51, European Baccalaureate at European School Varese
Italian, English, French
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Github Skills (89)
perl10
xmp10
azure-sql10
sql-server10
performance-tuning10
health10
iptc10
azure-sql-server10
azure-synapse10
microsoft-sql9
sql9
api9
cli9
azure9
reader-writer9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ghotz/PoSh-SQLIO
Apr 2014 - Oct 2022
Contributions:7 commits, 2 pushes in 8 years 7 months
ghotz/Presentations
Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
Contributions:132 commits, 139 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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