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1. Short Bio - Former developer, database administrator and currently owner of  MicroTraining a consulting and training company.
2. Community - Cofounder of ITBoard and founder and president of Romanian SQL Server User Group an official chapter of Pass.
3. Work - Author, Subject Matter Expert, technical writer and reviewer for SQL Server Professional, ASPToday, Apress, Wiley, Simple-Talk, Microsoft E-Learning etc.

Authoring and Reviewing Highlights

1. Books
   • SQL Server 2008 - New Features - Author (Romanian).
   • SQL Server 2008 - Pocket Guide - Author (published by SQL Server Magazine in May 2008)
   • MCITP Developer: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Data Access Design and Optimization Study Guide: Exam 70-442 (Paperback) - co-author
2. Content Development
   • SQL RAMP (internal Microsoft Courseware) (in development)
   • Exam 70-432 TS: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008—Implementation and Maintenance
   • Exam 70-448 TS: Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance 
3. Review
   • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Blueprinting of Exam 70-433 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development
   • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Blueprinting of Exam 70-450 PRO: SQL Server 2008, Designing, Optimizing, and  Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution
   • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Blueprinting of Exam 70-451 PRO: SQL Server 2008, Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions
   • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Blueprinting of Exam 70-452 Pro: Designing a Business Intelligence Infrastructure by Using Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008
   • Subject Matter Expert for Blueprinting of Exam 70-432 TS: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008—Implementation and Maintenance
   • Subject Mater Expert for Collection 5327: Implementing and Maintaining SAP on Microsoft® SQL Server 2005
   • Subject Mater Expert for course 2790 - Troubleshooting and Optimizing Database Servers Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
4. Articles
   • TechNet Romania - SQL Server 2008 - Elemente noi în Transact-SQL (RO)
   • TechNet Romania - SQL Server 2008 - inovatii in domeniul securitate (RO)
   • TechNet Romania - Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2008 (RO)
   • TechNet Romania - Integrarea PowerShell cu SQL Server 2008 (RO)
   • TechNet Romania - SQL Server 2008 – Backup Compression (RO)
5. Events and Contributions 
   • ROSQL Meeting - Data Mining (Meeting Bogdan Crivat) (2008-10-18)
     
   • ROSQL - Heroes Community Launch (2008-05-10)
   • ISV@Night -  Discover SQL Server 2008 (2008-02-06)
   • ROSQL Meeting (2008-02-23)
   • Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the chat rooms of the new Heroes Happen Here Virtual Launch Experience (2008-02-27)
   • ROSQL Meeting - Meeting Daniela Florescu  (2008-03-19)
   • The short story of XQuery with Dr Daniela Florescu, architect at Oracle Corporation
   • Pass Europe 2008 (2008-04-14 - 2008-04-16) - Interview with Bob Ward
   • Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Remus Rusanu
   • Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Marco Russo (SQL BI)
   • Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Chris Webb
   • Pass Europe 2008 - Interview with Greg Low
   • ISV Innovation Day (2008-04-23) (SME for session SQL Server 2008 opportunities).
     
6. Media
   • Articles, Images etc
7. Business Card