Tim Mitchell

Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence consultant, author, and trainer. He has been building data solutions for over 20 years, and is a 13-time recipient of the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award (2010-2022). He is the founder and principal data architect at Tyleris Data Solutions.

Tim has spoken at international and local events including the SQL PASS Summit, SQLBits, SQL Connections, along with dozens of tech fests, code camps, and SQL Saturday events. He is the author of the book The SSIS Catalog: Install, Manage, Secure, and Monitor your Enterprise ETL Infrastructure, coauthor of the book SSIS Design Patterns, and is a contributing author on the charity book project MVP Deep Dives Vol 2.

You can visit his website and blog at TimMitchell.net or follow him on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/tmitch.net.
  • Interests: SQL Server, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Architecture, Python, Dbt

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Give Us TRIM()!

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