Kalen Delaney has been working with SQL Server since 1987, and provides advanced SQL Server training to clients worldwide. She has been a SQL Server MVP since 1993 and has been writing about SQL Server almost as long. Kalen has spoken at dozens of technical conferences, including almost every PASS conference in the US since the organization’s founding in 1999. Kalen is the author or co-author of many books on SQL Server, including SQL Server 2012 Internals, from Microsoft Press. She is one of the main editors for SQL Server Central’s SQL Server Stairways Series. Kalen blogs at www.sqlblog.com and her personal website and schedule can be found at www.SQLServerInternals.com.