Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran currently serving as Technical Evangelist for database technology at SolarWinds. Kevin’s career has spanned large-scale database projects with NASA, the US Army, Deloitte, Quest Software, and SolarWinds. He has received many accolades over the years, such as Microsoft’s Data Platform MVP (2004-2022), AWS’ Data Community Hero award (2020-2022), and RedGate’s Top 100 Database Influencers (2021-2023). His database product designs have won numerous “Best of” and “Community Choice” awards.

Kevin was a founder and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). He has authored more than one dozen books, including the best-selling SQL in a Nutshell. Kevin is a top-rated speaker on technology and professional development topics at conferences worldwide such as Microsoft Ignite, AWS Re:invent, the PASS Summit, SQLBits, Oracle OpenWorld, and Live!360.