Appendix C. About the Author

MIKE HOTEK is the vice president of MHS Enterprises, Inc., a U.S. corporation, and president of FilAm Software Technology, Inc., a Philippine corporation. An application developer for about three decades and a Microsoft SQL Server professional for almost two decades, he has consulted on over 1,000 SQL Server projects over the years and develops products and solutions that span every feature within SQL Server—relational, ETL, reporting, OLAP, and data mining. He is proficient in over 40 development languages or platforms ranging from Cobol, RPG, Fortran, and LISP through Powerbuilder, Delphi, .NET, and PHP. He has authored or co-authored eight books, seven of those about SQL Server, along with writing dozens of articles for various trade magazines. When he isn’t consulting on SQL Server projects, speaking at conferences, delivering seminars, building software, or teaching classes, you can find him behind a lathe in his woodworking shop.