PASS Immediate Past President

Wayne Snyder has been a database administrator for development, production, and support environments since 1981. As a Managing Consultant for Mariner in Charlotte, NC, he provides information solutions to businesses using business intelligence tools and techniques. He has been using SQL Server since its first release and is a SQL Server MVP. His credits include articles for several magazines and a 35 video and CD training series for Learnkey. Snyder is also an MCT, MCSE, and MCDBA and has received several technical awards from Unisys for database strategies and techniques developed during his tenure at Unisys Healthcare Systems.
 

 PASS Director - CA Representative

Rick Bolesta is the Vice President of development for CA’s Distributed Database Management solutions. He has extensive experience in relational database technologies and is an author and speaker on database and performance topics. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for PASS and served as the senior board advisor to the International DB2 User Group (IDUG) from 2000 to 2004. Richard earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Northern Illinois University and his MBA from the University of Illinois.
 

 Leader of WIT Virtual Chapter

Denise McInerney has over eleven years experience as a SQL Server DBA. Denise's focus is design and performance tuning OLTP databases that support web-based applications. Denise is an MCDBA and an MCTS in SQL Server 2005.

Denise has been an active PASS volunteer for six years. She has served on the Program Committee and as Program Committee Manager. Denise founded the PASS Women in Technology SIG and currently serves as its co-chairperson. Denise was the recipient of the PASSion Award in 2007.
 

 PASS Director

Thomas LaRock is a seasoned IT professional with over a decade of technical and management experience. Currently serving as a Senior DBA for Confio Software, Thomas has progressed through several roles in his career including programmer, analyst, and DBA. He holds a MS degree in Mathematics from Washington State University and is a member of the Usability Professional’s Association. LaRock currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS), and is also a SQL Server MVP. Thomas can also be found blogging at http://thomaslarock.com and is the author of DBA Survivor: Become a Rock Star DBA (http://dbasurvivor.com).
 

 PASS Executive Manager (HQ)

Judy is the principal of Christianson & Company Event Management Ltd., the management team that is currently contracted to manage the Professional Association for SQL Server. Christianson & Company has been in business for over 15 years managing events for clients such as Electronic Arts, Kodak, Creo, The Steve Nash Foundation, The Mark Messier Family, and the Courtnall Celebrity Classic.

Judy brings over a decade of Association Management experience to the organization and has been on the Board of Directors as Managing Director for the Creo Users Association, Kodak Graphic Users Association, and now, most recently, the Professional Association for SQL Server. Judy’s main focus is providing the overall vision and leadership for PASS Headquarters while ensuring all resources are in place to support the needs of the Association, the Board of Directors, and the 50,000+ members of PASS.
 

 PASS Chapter Leader - Atlanta, Georgia

Stuart is a Senior Database Architect for Gladiator Technology, a ProfitStars Solution; he's worked in a variety of database oriented roles in the past, including Reports Analyst, Database Administrator, Database Developer, and Manager of Data Integrity (long story).  He also serves as one of the Chapter Leaders for Atlanta.MDF (http://atlantamdf.com), and blogs irregularly at http://codegumbo.com.  Stu has a B.A. in Radio Production, an M.A. in Communication, and a M.Ed. in Instructional Technology; he made the transition to information technology from public health research in 2000, and has worked with SQL Server since 7.
 

 PASS VP (Marketing)

Rick Heiges is a Sr. Solutions Consultant with Scalability Experts working with customers on solutions within the SQL Server environment and educating users on SQL Server 2005 by speaking at user groups, conferences, labs, and road shows across the USA, Europe, and Africa. He holds an MBA and a M.S. in MIS as well as a B.S. in Computer Science. In addition, he also has attained MCTS:SQL2005 and MCITP:DBA certifications. Rick has held a wide array of roles throughout his career including professor, developer, trainer, database administrator, and project manager/leader. Rick has been involved with PASS since the spring of 2001 and started up an Official PASS SQL Server user group in North Carolina as well as authoring several articles for the PASS technical journal, The SQL Server Standard. Rick has served on the PASS Board of Directors since January 2003. You can read his blog at www.sqlblog.com.