Michael Lawson

Michael Lawson is a Database and Virtualization Specialist at the IBM Center for Microsoft Technologies in Kirkland, WA. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information Sciences and Mathematics from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Michael has 31 years of experience as a database administrator, the last 15 years with the Microsoft SQL Server. Since joining IBM in 1999, he has supported IBM customers running SQL Server on System x servers, especially very large NUMA configurations. He was the principal IBM SQL Server DBA for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He is a regular speaker at the IBM Executive Briefing Center in Kirkland, WA. He hosted a Windows Solution Lab technical engagement resulting in the largest Microsoft ERP solution in the United States. He holds the Microsoft Certified Database Administrator certification. Michael is also an author of other IBM Redbooks publications, including Running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on the IBM System x3950 M2, REDP-4476, and the four other IBM Redguides in this series.