As an accomplished speaker and presenter, Ronald combines two decades working in IT industry from government, education, military and medical sectors and detailed expertise in MySQL, Oracle and Ingres to deliver quality work.
I am available for MySQL consulting and contract opportunities.
2012
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2011 (32 presentations)
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2010 (30 presentations)
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2009 (7 presentations)
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2008 (8 presentations)
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2007 (8 presentations)
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2006 (5 presentations)
Upcoming
2012
- "MySQL Backup and Recovery Essentials" and "Explaining the MySQL Explain" at RMOUG Training Day in Denver, CO - May 2012
- "LAMP Performance Optimizations" at OTN Developer Day in New York - May 2012
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "MySQL Idiosyrancies that BITE" at Percona Live in Santa Clara - April 2012
- "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at Colorado MySQL Users Group at Broomfield, CO.
- "MySQL Security Essentials" at RMOUG Training Days 2012 in Denver, CO.
- "Upgrading to MySQL 5.5" at IOUC Leaders Summit 2012 in San Francisco, CA.
2011
- "Common MySQL Scalability Mistakes" and "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at NZOUG in Auckland, New Zealand - October 2011
- "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" and "Common MySQL Scalability Mistakes" at OTN APAC Tour in Manilla, Philipines - October 2011
- "Improving performance with Better Indexes" at OTN APAC Tour in Beijing, China - October 2011
- "Better MySQL Security and Administration" and "Mastering MySQL Performance Tuning" at Insight Out in Tokyo, Japan - October 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at MySQL Sunday at Oracle Open World San Francisco, California - October 2011
- "LAMP Performance Optimizations" at Joint Effective MySQL and Web Performance New York Meetup, July 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at Oracle OTN Tour in Montevideo, Uruguay - July 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at Oracle OTN Tour in Lima, Peru - July 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "Understanding MySQL Indexes" at ASUOC Oracle OTN Tour 2011 in Cartagena, Colombia - July 11, 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" and "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at Oracle OTN Tour in Quito, Ecuador - July 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" at KScope 2011 in Long Beach, California - Wed 29 June 2011
- "Reasons to Use MySQL 5.5" at EffectiveMySQL New York Meetup in New York, June 24, 2011
- "Explaining the MySQL Explain" at EMEA Harmony 2011 in Helsinki, Finland, May 19-20, 2011, Conference Details
- "Understanding MySQL Indexes" at EMEA Harmony 2011 in Helsinki, Finland, May 19-20, 2011, Conference Details
- "Improving Performance with Better Indexes" at Percona Live in New York, Thu May 26, 2011.
- "Successful Scalability" at EffectiveMySQL New York Meetup in New York, Wed May 25, 2011
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at EffectiveMySQL New York Meetup in New York, Tue April 26, 2011
- "The Art of Good SQL" Ignite Series Talk at MySQL User Conference 2011 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 2011
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers - Part 1" at MySQL User Conference 2011 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 13, 2011 Speaker Profile
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers - Part 2" at MySQL User Conference 2011 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 13, 2011 Speaker Profile
- "The most common MySQL Scalability mistakes" at IOUG Collaborate 2011 in Orlando, Florida - Apr 11, 2011
- "How Better Indexes Save You Money" at EffectiveMySQL New York Meetup in New York, Tue March 22, 2011
See also my Executive Presentation Series including the current talk "Adopting and embracing ideals for maximizing your technology ROI"
2010
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at UKOUG Conference in Birmingham, UK - December 2010
- "Common MySQL Scalabilty Problems" at UKOUG Conference in Birmingham, UK - December 2010
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at BGOUG Conference in Pravets, Bulgaria - November 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at BGOUG Conference in Pravets, Bulgaria - November 2010
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at DOAG Conference in Nuremberg, Germany - November 2010
Conference Agenda - "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at Costa Rica OTN Tour in San Jose, Costa Rica - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Costa Rica OTN Tour in San Jose, Costa Rica - October 2010
Download OTN Slides - "Common MySQL Scalability mistakes" at Costa Rica OTN Tour in San Jose, Costa Rica - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Ecuador OTN Tour in Quito, Ecuador - October 2010
- "Common MySQL Scalability mistakes" at Ecuador OTN Tour in Quito, Ecuador - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Columbia OTN Tour in Bogota, Colombia - October 2010
- "Common MySQL scalability mistakes" at Columbia OTN Tour in Bogota, Colombia - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Brazil OTN Tour in São Paulo, Brazil - October 2010
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at Uruguay OTN Tour in Montevideo, Uruguay - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Uruguay OTN Tour in Montevideo, Uruguay - October 2010
- "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at Chile OTN Tour in Santiago, Chile - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Chile OTN Tour in Santiago, Chile - October 2010
- "MySQL Best Practices for DBAs and Developers" at Peru OTN Tour in Lima, Peru - October 2010
- "The most common MySQL scalability mistakes, and how to avoid them." at Surge 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland - Sep 2010
Download Slides - "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at Oracle Open World 2010 in San Francisco CA - Sep 2010
Download Slides - "Successful MySQL Scalability" at SF MySQL Meetup in San Francisco - Sep 2010
Download Slides - "Increasing MySQL productivity from Design to Implementation" at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 in Washington DC - June 2010
Download Slides - "Capturing, Analyzing and Optimizing SQL" at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 in Washington DC - June 2010
Download Slides - "MySQL Idiosyncrasies That Bite" at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 in Washington DC - June 2010
Download Slides - "24+½ Questions about MySQL?" at ACE Director Briefing in Washington DC - June 2010
Download Slides Other ACE Director briefings - "IGNITION - MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA" at MySQL User Conference 2010 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 2010
Download Slides - "LIFTOFF - MySQLCamp for Oracle DBA" at MySQL User Conference 2010 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 2010
Download Slides - "10x performance improvements - A case study" at MySQL User Conference 2010 in Santa Clara, California - Apr 2010
Download Slides - "Dolphins, now and beyond" Opening Keynote MySQL Developers room at FOSDEM 2010 in Brussels, Belgium - Feb 2010
Download Slides - "10x performance improvements - A case study" at FOSDEM 2010 in Brussels, Belgium - Feb 2010
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2009
- "SQL v No-SQL" panel moderator at 2009 Open SQL Camp in Portland, OR - Nov 2009
Download Slides - "Drizzle: Status, Principles, and Ecosystem" at 2009 OSCON - Open Source Convention in Santa Clara, CA - July 2009
Download Slides - "The Ideal Performance Architecture" at Percona Performance Conference in Santa Clara, CA - April 2009
Download Slides, Watch Video - "Monitoring 101 - Simple stuff to save your bacon" at MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA - April 2009
Download Slides, - "Setting up MySQL on Amazon Web Services (AWS)" at MySQL Camp 2009, Santa Clara, CA - April 2009
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- "Best Practices for Migrating to MySQL from Oracle and SQL Server environments" at MySQL Federal Migration Boot Camp in Washington DC, Feb 2009
- "Extending the MySQL Data Landscape" at New York MySQL Meetup Group in New York, NY - January 2009
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2008
- "The Data Landscape" at GoDaddy Tech Day in Scottsdale, AZ - December 2008
- "Outsourcing Your Startup" at Ulta Light Startups in New York, NY - October 2008
- "Monetization Through Online Advertising" at Ultra Light Startups in New York, NY - September 2008
- "Best Design Practices for successful MySQL Applications - Part A" at New York MySQL Meetup in New York, NY - August 2008
- "A Panel on Cloud Computing" at Entrepreneurs Round Table in New York, NY - July 2008
- "MySQL Proxy. From Architecture to Implementation" at O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, OR - July 2008
- "Top 20 Design Tips Every MySQL Architect Needs to Know" at MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA - April 2008
- "MySQL for the Oracle DBA" at Federal Government DBA Day in Washington DC - January 2008
2007
- "Exhibitors Hall" at Oracle Open World in San Fransisco, CA - November 2007
- "Analyzing MySQL Status and your SQL" at New York MySQL Meetup in New York, NY - September 2007
- "MySQL Practical Performance Tips & Tricks - Part 2" at New York MySQL Meetup in New York, NY - August 2007
- "MySQL for the Oracle DBA" at DBA Bootcamp in New York, NY - August 2007
- "MySQL for the Oracle DBA" at DBA Bootcamp in San Francisco, CA - July 2007
- "MySQL Practical Performance Tips & Tricks" at New York MySQL Meetup in New York, NY - July 2007
- "Life as a Consultant & MySQL Conference Wrap Up" at Brisbane MySQL Meetup in Brisbane, Australia - May 2007
- "MySQL for Oracle Dudes" at MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA - April 2007
2006
- "MySQL Back to Basics" at Brisbane MySQL Meetup in Brisbane, Australia - October 2006
- "MySQL HackFest" at Brisbane MySQL Meetup in Brisbane, Australia - September 2006
- "MySQL for Oracle Developers" at MySQL Users Conference in Santa Clara, CA - April 2006
- "Know Your Competitor - A MySQL Developers Guide to Oracle 10g Express Edition" at Brisbane MySQL Meetup in Brisbane, Australia - March 2006
- "Overcoming the Challenges of Establishing Service and Support Channels" at Implementing Open Source for Optimal Business Performance in Singapore - February 2006
Copies of presentations can be found at Slideshare.
