About Rob Farley

Rob Farley, a mentor/trainer with Solid Quality Learning Pty Ltd, has been consulting in IT since completing a Computer Science degree with first class honours in 1997. He lives in Adelaide, but has also worked in consultancies in Melbourne and London. He heads up the Adelaide SQL Server User Group, sits on the South Australian Branch Executive Committee of the Australian Computer Society and holds several Microsoft certifications including MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS, MCPD and MCITP. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and is a recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for SQL Server.

Since 2006, Rob has made multiple trips to Microsoft HQ in Redmond to assist with the content for many of the new generation Microsoft certifications, including the exams required to earn MCTS, MCITP and MCPD certification.

Rob has been involved with Microsoft technologies for most of his career, but has also done significant work with Oracle and Unix systems. Despite this, his preferred database is SQL Server and his preferred language (other than T-SQL) is C#.

Over the years, Rob's clients have included BP Oil, OneLink Transit, Accenture, Avanade, Australian Electorial Commission, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Royal Borough of Kingston, Help The Aged, Unisys, Department of Treasury and Finance (Vic), National Mutual, the Bible Society and others.

His blog is at http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley, and his MVP profile is at http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/rob

Despite his avatar being Batfink, his wings are not actually a shield of steel.