SQL SERVER INSTRUCTOR

Peter Avila

“My goal in class is to help students get what they came to get by providing them with an experience. When you have an experience, things stick with you, and you have something to draw on.”

Biography

SQL Server, Transact-SQL, DTS, Integration Services, Reporting Services, .Net

Career

  • Current consultant using SQL Server and .Net in database design and development and building web and Windows-based applications
  • Former course designer and instructor of database management systems and database applications development at Harvard University; WebTech (SQL, .NET) program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; database design and computer programing at UC Berkeley Extension
  • Specialized instruction methods and intuitive, productive learning experiences
Peter Avila has taught database design for more than 10 years and has worked as a consultant since 1991, using SQL Server and .NET for database design and applications development.
He is the author of “An Intuitive Approach to Database Design: An Introduction to Data Modeling.”
Peter says he’s an advocate for including an intuitive style with formal instruction in database design and applications development.
“I believe in helping students get familiar with database design using concepts they already understand, as they learn an approach that closely mimics the way databases are designed in the real world,” Peter says. “Only then do we look at the formal approach of normalization to verify our results. Students get the most out of it that way because they rely on their intuitive sense first.”

Blog

Beyond your Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Posted February 22, 2012

You just spent the required 35 hours in a classroom and 4 grueling hours taking (and passing) the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional Credential exam. Now what? Read the PMI logo guidelines and determine how and where you may use … Continue reading →

Problem using Active Directory Web Services?

Posted February 20, 2012

So, a friend of mine emailed me that he was having a problem running the active directory cmdlets. Here is what he received:   It’s an interesting problem, one that I had seen in the past in a few of … Continue reading →

The Value of Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Posted February 17, 2012

Life is change. Project managers are proactive about change, and therefore about life. A recent Project Management Institute (PMI) survey suggests that 20 million people globally are directly involved in project management work. An additional 1.2 million jobs will be … Continue reading →