Dave Campbell
Biography:
David Campbell is the Microsoft SQL Server General Manager of the Data Engine and Access Technologies. Dave has been professionally wrestling with data for close to 20 years after spending the first several years of his career attempting not to inadvertently break things while developing robotic workcell software. During his data foray, Dave has developed PLM and Engineering Data Management software for a division of Lockheed and then, in 1990, he joined Digital Equipment Corporation and worked on both their CODASYL database product (DEC DBMS) and their relational database product, Rdb. Since 1994 Dave has been working in the SQL Server team at Microsoft where he has held the role of Developer, Architect, and various management roles. Currently, David oversees the product development of XML, core relational engine, Data Access, and replication technologies. Dave holds several patents in the data management, schema and software quality realms. He is a frequent speaker at industry and research conferences on a wide variety of data management and software development topics.
