The SQL Server

The SQL Server 'Guru' ABN: 17085334460
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Introduction

That guy there is me, Algis Kuliukas at the age of 45. I've lived here in sunny Perth, WA since 2003 and trade under the name "The SQL Server 'Guru'". (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
Before then, whilst working in the UK I went by the name 'Customised Training Solutions' which was equally pretentious but rather vague. The name implied that I could put together any training course on anything, when the reality was all I knew was databases, and really only two of those to any degree (Microsoft Access and SQL Server.) So 'down under' I wanted to chose a name that better reflected my specialisation in databases, notably Microsoft SQL Server. I'm not claiming to be a real guru on the product (please note the inverted commas!) but I have been working with the product since it came out in 1988, when I joined Ashton Tate

(makers of dBase) specifically as their trainer/consultant for 'advanced products' and have given over 500 courses and trained almost 3,000 people on it. I was therefore, technically, the first trainer of the PC version of SQL Server (as opposed to the UNIX/VMS version sold by Sybase) in the UK. I also did give many of Microsoft UK's early internal and external courses, as well as many of their associated ATECs. So I do know the product quite well. Anyway, it's only a name, so who cares? My favourite product, in any case, in good ol' Microsoft Access which I suppose I will continue to defend against real database gurus until I die.

Career Highlights (Reverse Chronological Order)
2006 - Implemented database solutions at:
                The AMA (Australian Medical Association) Access front-end to SQL Server back-end;
                Perth Airport - SQL Server Database Auditing System
                Curtin University - Two Access databases
        - Gave Database Training Courses for New Horizons, AlphaWest and independently for Calibre Global pty.

2005 - Worked as part-time DBA (about one day a week) at Perth Airport.
        - Implemented database solutions at:
                Curtin University - Two Access Databases
        - Gave Database Training Courses for New Horizons and AlphaWest.
           Taught part of degree-level computer course on behalf of AlphaWest at Murdoch University

2004 - Implemented database solutions at Curtin University - Two Access databases
- Gave Database Training Courses for New Horizons, AlphaWest and HandsOn Training
Taught part of degree-level computer course on behalf of AlphaWest at Murdoch University

2003 - Implemented database solutions for The Community Midwifery Program (Access)
- Gave Database Training Courses for New Horizons, AlphaWest and Curtin University.

Training Services Provided
- Microsoft SQL Server product training (Microsoft Official Curriculum and my own courseware.)
- Microsoft Access product training (All levels, any version)
- Short-term DBA/Performance tuning problem solving.
- Short-term programming/consultancy work.

Contacts
- E-mail me - algis@kuliukas.com
- Phone me - 08 93547151 (or 0405 650 633)

	That guy there is me, Algis Kuliukas at the age of 45. I've lived here in sunny Perth, WA since 2003 and trade under the name "The SQL Server 'Guru'". (It seemed like a good idea at the time.) Before then, whilst working in the UK I went by the name 'Customised Training Solutions' which was equally pretentious but rather vague. The name implied that I could put together any training course on anything, when the reality was all I knew was databases, and really only two of those to any degree (Microsoft Access and SQL Server.) So 'down under' I wanted to chose a name that better reflected my specialisation in databases, notably Microsoft SQL Server. I'm not claiming to be a real guru on the product (please note the inverted commas!) but I have been working with the product since it came out in 1988, when I joined Ashton Tate
(makers of dBase) specifically as their trainer/consultant for 'advanced products' and have given over 500 courses and trained almost 3,000 people on it. I was therefore, technically, the first trainer of the PC version of SQL Server (as opposed to the UNIX/VMS version sold by Sybase) in the UK. I also did give many of Microsoft UK's early internal and external courses, as well as many of their associated ATECs. So I do know the product quite well. Anyway, it's only a name, so who cares? My favourite product, in any case, in good ol' Microsoft Access which I suppose I will continue to defend against real database gurus until I die.