If you’re looking to start your career as a speaker, trainer, security or database guru, or a writer, I can help you.
I do offer paid consulting and pro-bono assistance for compelling projects and individuals. Schedule a meeting with me today and let’s talk.
Areas I Can Help You In
I’m not an expert in every technology that exists, but there are some areas where people find my experience especially beneficial:
- Writing: I do have expertise in writing for numerous well-known websites such as Severalnines, Redgate, DbVisualizer, dbWatch, and others, and if you’d like me to, I can distill my expertise to help you achieve your goals.
- Database engineering: if you’re facing issues with MySQL or MariaDB, I can assist you reach your desired goals.
- Open source intelligence (OSINT): if your goal is to gather information from publicly available sources, contact me and we’ll make something work. I run a data breach search engine used for OSINT purposes too!
- Security: if you’re looking for advice on how best to secure web applications from specific attacks targeting your organization now or in the future, let me know and we’ll find a solution.
Companies I’ve Worked With
I’ve built and currently maintain BreachDirectory – one of the biggest & fastest data breach directories & OSINT data breach search engines on the planet that also doubles as a cyber news bulletin.
I’ve built the MySQL monitoring functionality within the dbWatch’s database monitoring tool as well as authored blog posts focused around the implementation of MySQL monitoring functionality and other database observability topics.
I’m glad to have worked with Severalnines – Severalnines mostly consists of former MySQL staff and people who have been in the database industry since 2001.
I’ve helped Arctype as a technical editor, developer advocate, and a database consultant. I have ideated database-related blog post topics, worked with freelance technical writers to maintain semiweekly publication cadence, authored in-depth MySQL-related articles for the Arctype blog, managed Arctype’s Discord community, and assisted the Arctype team with schema and query optimizations for the product’s tech stack. Nowadays, Arctype is a part of ClickHouse.
DbVisualizer is the database client with the highest user satisfaction on the market. I ideate database-related blog post topics, work with freelance technical writers, author in-depth database-related articles for DbVisualizer’s “TheTable” blog, and provide consulting around the marketing of the tool & database functionality monitored in the product.
Redgate Software provides world-class resources to streamline database development as well as maintains community websites like Simple-Talk, SQL Server Central, and DB-Engines. I can be found in the Simple-Talk section of Redgate where I frequently author in-depth database-related articles for Redgate’s “Simple Talk” blog.
Most of the companies I’ve worked with were related to the database space and to that effect, I’ve also authored a book on MySQL titled Hacking MySQL: Breaking, Optimizing, and Securing MySQL for Your Use Case. The book is releasing early 2025.
Contact Me Today!
Think I can help you achieve your goals? Contact me or schedule a meeting today and let’s discuss how best to work together!
