At the invitation of the group, Allan Mitchell will arrive especially for the PLSSUG Communities 2 Communities conference. Allan is an enthusiast and practitioner of SQL Server from version 6.5. He is currently specializing in the improvement of tools for Business Intelligence, offered from SQL 7.0. He is doing so as co-owner of a small but very professional British consultancy firm, Konesans Ltd.
His motto is "to obtain the highest quality with the right data from the right people at the right time". This idea is in fact often overlooked in the implementation of many Business Intelligence projects.
Allan is a very active member of the SQL Server community, presenting highly interesting issues at numerous conferences around the world. He also assists with the organization of the SQL Bits conference (this year already in its fourth edition). Allan has held the title of SQL Server MVP continuously since 2004, and also runs two very interesting sites:
SQL Server Integration Services - SSIS
Data Transformation Services on the web