My Profession
I am presently a Managing Member at Hexagon Software
LLC and that is keeping me very busy so this page will probably evolve slowly.
Right now, I'm focused on changing how the industry builds its databases.
To that end, I've built DataConstructor™,
started consulting and training on the subject, published the
Rethinking Agility in Databases series of articles, and written Transition Testing:
Cornerstone of Database Agility. Transition Testing is an
e-book currently available through
InformIT and
Safari Books Online.
I'm working with Net Objectives, Inc.
to push database agility to the next level. Through them, I teach a course on agile
database development inventively named "
The Database Agility Online Training." This course focuses on the critical
technical skills required to allow a database's design to change frequently, safely,
and painlessly. While the public courses are run online, private sessions are available
onsite.
My Events
Last spring, I developed and led Net Objectives, Inc.'s public
Database Agility Online Training. It went very well; several students have
already changed the way they manage their databases.
I will be leading the
next one, which is scheduled to begin August 11, 2009. This course is broken
down into six one-and-a-half hour sessions to be held once a week. The time in between
each session will be used for discussion, reading, and exercises.
On August 25, 2009 I will be speaking at the
Agile 2009 Conference in Chicago, Illinois. The topic will be Transition
Testing. It's a forty-five minute
presentation so I will have to keep it compact. The focus will be on how
we codify and test database designs.
My Utilities
Sometimes I write software for my business, Hexagon Software LLC, that doesn't quite
fit into its product portfolio. I market these independently on behalf of the company.
Examples of the kinds of tools I market independently are my
game utilities.