Expertise
- SQL
- SQL and Database development
- data
- Database
- SQL Server
- Azure
- Data Analytics
Summary
Derek Colley is a qualified and experienced IT professional based in Manchester, England. Expert in SQL Server, he has experience managing everything from backups and monitoring to performance tuning, query rewriting and schema design. A graduate of Brunel University with an Honours degree in Computer Science, holder of an MSc and PgDip in Computing, and a PhD (Computer Science) candidate, he has worked for blue-chip clients including IBM, Capital One, AstraZeneca and IPSA, and has successfully provided IT consultancy for a wide client base since 2006. He is available now for remote project work in SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL. Contact him today at enquiries AT optimalcomputing DOT co DOT uk or visit www.optimalcomputing.co.uk for a free initial consultation and to find out more.
Expertise
SQL Server 6.0, 7.0, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, Azure DB, Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, RMAN, DataGuard, Streams, MySQL, PHP, VB.NET, .NET Framework, HTML 4.0, CSS, VBScript, Windows Server administration.
Experience
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Optimal Computing Ltd.
Director
- Current
Education History
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BSc Computer Science with Honours
Brunel University
2003 - 2006Covering all aspects of Computer Science, I concentrated on relational database management systems and applications of artificially intelligence, producing a final project entitled 'An alternative image-recognition system for bomb-disposal robotics' coded in Python and PostGreSQL, which earned maximum marks.
Qualifications
Certified 'Oracle Streams' Practitioner Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (SQL Server 2008 Administration) Microsoft Certified IT Professional - MCITP (SQL Server 2008 Administration), Microsoft Certified Professional (2012), MBCS
