I have over 15 years of hands-on database administration experience, using the MySQL® database server from versions 3.23 to 8.0. This has involved data migrations from other RDBMSs and upgrades between MySQL database server versions.

I have set up several MySQL master-slave replicated clusters, for both performance and backup reasons. This has involved not only the initial setup of the cluster, but also the monitoring and repair of broken slave servers.

Certifications

I have successfully achieved the following certifications: