Warner is a SQL Server Team Lead at Pythian, a global Canadian-based company specialized in DBA services.
A brief stint in .NET programming led to his early DBA formation working for enterprise customers in Hewlett-Packard ITO organization.
From there he transitioned to his current position at Pythian, managing multiple customers and instances all the way from 6.5 to 2012 while leading a highly talented team of SQL Server DBAs.
He specializes on core engine features, performance tuning, scalability and high availability but has general interests from BI and data modeling all the
way to engine internals. When he's not working on some new client out of the office in Ottawa, Ontario he can be found in the sandy beaches of his home
country of Costa Rica.
Blog: http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/chaves/