Steve Watkins
About Steve Watkins
Steve Watkins is a Database Architect with extensive experience in SQL performance and data structure optimization. He has worked at Homecare Homebase since 2012 and previously held positions at Ceridian and Fidelity National Information Services.
Work at Homecare Homebase
Steve Watkins has been employed at Homecare Homebase as a Database Architect since 2012. In this role, he is part of the application architecture team, focusing on re-modeling data structures to enhance performance and horizontal scalability. His contributions include authoring and managing multiple custom performance jobs, such as an Update Statistics job and a job to retrust untrusted constraints. His expertise in database architecture plays a crucial role in optimizing the company's data management strategies.
Education and Expertise
Steve Watkins holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wabash College, which he completed from 1981 to 1985. He furthered his education at the University of Louisville, where he earned a Master of Arts in English Literature from 1989 to 1992 and pursued a PhD in Rhetoric & Composition, achieving ABD status from 1993 to 1996. His educational background supports his teaching of four internal classes focused on SQL performance, including 'SQL Performance Tuning from Diagnosis to Release' and 'Safe SQL: Changing & Querying Live Production Data'.
Previous Work Experience
Before joining Homecare Homebase, Steve Watkins worked at Ceridian as a Storage Architect from 1998 to 2010. He also served as a Senior SQL Server DBA at Fidelity National Information Services from 2010 to 2012 in the Louisville, Kentucky area. During his tenure at Fidelity, he developed a custom 'time-out recompiler' job designed to detect out-of-tolerance stored procedures and recompile them, thereby enhancing system performance.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Steve Watkins is recognized for his technical skills in database management, particularly as an expert user of MSSQL SQL Trace and Extended Events. He utilizes these tools for system performance analysis and troubleshooting. His work includes developing custom performance jobs that significantly improve database efficiency, showcasing his ability to enhance operational capabilities within the organizations he has worked for.