Edward Pollack is a database administrator with over 15 years of professional experience in database design, optimization, server hardware, and public speaking. He has spoken at dozens of SQL Saturday events, as well as at 24 Hours of PASS and the PASS Summit. His passion for sharing knowledge also leads him to create and coordinate a SQL Saturday in New York’s Capital Region, where he has lived for the past 19 years. His long experience computing has lead Edward through many different fields of study, but data storage, security, and optimization has been the one area that has always been of most interest; it will continue to be so for as long as people continue to care about their data.