Thank you again to everyone who entered this year’s Exceptional DBA Awards. We had a record number of responses this year, and we really appreciate the time everyone took to enter.

We’re delighted to announce this year’s five finalists are:

• Thomas Hill of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
• Jeff Moden of DiscoverReady
• Scott Shaw of Mercy Health
• Colin Stasiuk, independent consultant
• Chris Taylor, independent consultant

You can find out more about each finalist and vote for your winner on the Exceptional DBA website.

The judges were really impressed with the quality of the entries, and had a tough time narrowing it down to just five finalists. As Brad McGehee says, “Judging this year’s Exceptional DBA of the Year Award has been the most difficult since it first began. The number of quality entries was very high, and selecting the top five was very hard indeed. Best of luck to the top five during the community voting process.”

Vote now and help choose this year’s winner!

Don’t forget you can still download your free eBook from Brad McGehee, and try out the SQL DBA Bundle, which contains five high-performance SQL Server tools to save you time and budget.