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Speakers

Ben Miller

Employers on the program

  1. 2026Factory2 talks
  2. 2024–2026DBAduck2 talks
  3. 2019MaritzCX2 talks
Events10
Conferences4
Talks14
Years active2019–2026
Miles between events14,66910 in-person events · 2 countries

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • SQLSaturday
  • DataTune
  • AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)
  • SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Sep 23, 2026AI Engineer Paris 2026AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)workshopBuilding Your Own Software Factory
as Factory
Learn how to build a Software Factory with AI agents that allow you to delegate more work to agents. In this hands-on session, you’ll work through a real…Show less

Learn how to build a Software Factory with AI agents that allow you to delegate more work to agents. In this hands-on session, you’ll work through a real project but also learn about the baselines you need to set in order to safely build out a Software Factory.

Sep 23, 2026AI Engineer Paris 2026AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)expo sessionFundamentals to build your Software Factory
as Factory
Everyone is talking about building Software Factories, but less is spoken about how to set up everything you need in order to be able to do this. This session…Show less

Everyone is talking about building Software Factories, but less is spoken about how to set up everything you need in order to be able to do this. This session will run through the baselines you will need in order to set up a Software Factory properly.

Jul 18, 2026Day of Data Baton Rouge #1141SQLSaturday—Beyond “Set and Forget”: Mastering the Ola Hallengren Maintenance Solution
The Ola Hallengren Maintenance Solution is installed on thousands of SQL Server instances, yet most environments rely on default jobs and hope for the best.…Show less

The Ola Hallengren Maintenance Solution is installed on thousands of SQL Server instances, yet most environments rely on default jobs and hope for the best. While those defaults work, they rarely align with real-world workloads, availability requirements, or maintenance windows.

Jul 18, 2026Day of Data Baton Rouge #1141SQLSaturday—PowerShell DBA Dream dbatools Workshop
This full day class will take you through the most essential DBATOOLS module commands and teach you all you need to know to hit the ground running. We will go…Show less

This full day class will take you through the most essential DBATOOLS module commands and teach you all you need to know to hit the ground running. We will go over the dbatools ecosystem and the common concepts that will help you get the most out of this module.

Mar 6, 2026DataTune 2026DataTunetalkBuilding a SQL Server Recovery Strategy
as DBAduck
Jul 26, 2025SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1110SQLSaturday—SQL Server 2025: an enterprise AI-ready database platform
Come learn about the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server 2025, with AI built-in, powered by industry proven security, performance, and…Show less

Come learn about the latest release of Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server 2025, with AI built-in, powered by industry proven security, performance, and availability, and connected and integrated to Azure and Microsoft Fabric.

Jul 26, 2025SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1110SQLSaturday—SQL Server Configuration Best Practices
Ever wondered why SQL Server can be slow when the engine is just installed and left at default settings? Ever wonder what goes into figuring out what to set the…Show less

Ever wondered why SQL Server can be slow when the engine is just installed and left at default settings? Ever wonder what goes into figuring out what to set the settings to and which ones to change?

Jul 7, 2025SciPy 2025SciPy Conference (Scientific Computing with Python)speakerRydIQule: A Package for Modelling Quantum Sensors
Rydberg atoms offer unique quantum properties that enable radio-frequency sensing capabilities distinct from any classical analogue; however, large parameter…Show less

Rydberg atoms offer unique quantum properties that enable radio-frequency sensing capabilities distinct from any classical analogue; however, large parameter spaces and complex configurations make understanding and designing these quantum experiments challenging. Current solutions are often developed as in-house, closed-sourced software simulating a narrow range of problems.

Jul 27, 2024SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1076SQLSaturday—dbatools PowerShell Module Deep Dive

DBAs now have PowerShell as a tool in their toolbox. Dbatools is a module that was written for the SQL Server DBA.

Jul 27, 2024SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #1076SQLSaturday—SQL Server Configuration Best Practices
Ever wondered why SQL Server can be slow when the engine is just installed and left at default settings? Ever wonder what goes into figuring out what to set the…Show less

Ever wondered why SQL Server can be slow when the engine is just installed and left at default settings? Ever wonder what goes into figuring out what to set the settings to and which ones to change?

Mar 8, 2024DataTune 2024DataTunetalkAdding PowerShell to your DBA toolbox
as DBAduck
Nov 2, 2019SQLSaturday Oregon #920SQLSaturday—Tips and Tricks for the PowerShell DBA [VIDEO]
as MaritzCX

Do you have more than 1 server that you manage? More than 1 database?

Jun 1, 2019SQLSaturday Dallas #841SQLSaturday—Tips and Tricks for the PowerShell DBA
as MaritzCX

Do you have more than 1 server that you manage? More than 1 database?

Apr 6, 2019SQLSaturday Madison #842SQLSaturday—Tips and Tricks for the PowerShell DBA (Double session length)

Do you have more than 1 server that you manage? More than 1 database?

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Kevin Feasel7—2026
Chris Hyde5—2026
Jason Romans5—2026
Erik Darling4—2026
Joshua Higginbotham4—2026
Kellyn Gorman4—2026
Ava McClain3—2026
Calvin Fabre3—2026
George Mauer3—2026
Grant Fritchey3—2026
Hasan Savran3—2026
Ian Trimble3—2026
James Davis3—2026
Jeremy Knight3—2026
John Kerski3—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.