Some Of Our Key Staff

Rob Farley is the Owner and Principal Consultant of LobsterPot Solutions Pty Ltd. He has been consulting in database technologies since completing a Computer Science degree with first class honours. He is a regular conference presenter both around Australia and overseas, heads up the Adelaide SQL Server User Group and holds several Microsoft certifications including Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award for SQL Server every year since 2006, and a past Branch Executive Committee member of the Australian Computer Society. Rob was on the Board of Directors of the PASS organisation from 2011 to 2013, and is a published author, his books including Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting, SQL Server MVP Deep Dives and SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2. Rob works across all areas of SQL Server, from system design and performance tuning, through to business intelligence and data analysis. His understanding of system internals is excellent, and he is often called upon to improve the performance of systems, whether they be transactional systems or data warehouses.

Martin Cairney is our Melbourne lead, and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional awardee. He is a highly experienced Database Administrator and Developer with extensive experience in SQL Server. Before joining LobsterPot he had worked across many industry sectors including London’s global financial institutions and both State and Federal Government Departments. He is also an experienced conference presenter. He has presented a number of times at SQLBits in the UK, at Microsoft Ignite in Australia, at various SQL Server User Groups in Australia, the US and the UK, and at the PASS Summit 2014, the largest SQL Server event in the world. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, holds the MCSE:Data Platform, MCITP and MCDBA certifications, and co-ordinates the SQL Server Social events and SQL Saturday events in Melbourne, which is the largest SQL Server event in Australia.