Summary
Matthew Oates is a seasoned consulting systems engineer with 25+ years of hands-on experience designing, operating, and tuning large-scale SQL Server and Azure data platforms for healthcare and enterprise customers. Based in Redwood City, he leads Azure DataOps, SQL Server architecture, and critical incident remediation at HCA/HealthTrust, bringing deep expertise in data warehousing, performance tuning, and cloud-native services like DataBricks and CosmosDB. He combines strong operational discipline (DevOps, release management, ITIL) with advanced query, index, and server tuning training from SqlSkills and Brent Ozar, enabling measurable performance and reliability improvements. Known for building cross-functional teams and capacity plans, he also blends agility and inclusion with a long record of supporting mission-critical environments at massive scale. An analytical mathematician by training (The Citadel) with MIT coursework in big data, he pairs rigorous technical depth with a community-minded, collaborative leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Graduate Certificate, Tackling the Challenges of Big Data, Professional Graduate Certificate, Tackling the Challenges of Big Data at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Certificate, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, 20 Continuing Education Units, Graduate Certificate, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, 20 Continuing Education Units at Vanderbilt University - School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics at The Citadel
Honors, College Prep, Honors, College Prep at Hume-Fogg Academic High School