MSSQLTips Author Voting

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Author of the Year

Eligibility = 10+ tips published in 2022.

author of the year candidate
Maria Zakourdaev (Category = DEV) has been working with SQL Server for more than 15 years and also manages other database technologies such as MySQL, Postgresql, Redis, RedShift, CouchBase, and ElasticSearch. She has contributed 25+ articles and in 2022
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Ron L'Esteve (Category = Cloud) is a seasoned Data Architect who holds an MBA and MSF. Ron has delivered 90+ in-depth tips on Azure related topics and was awarded the MSSQLTips Rising Star award in 2021 and the author of the year award in 2021.
author of the year candidate
Kenneth A. Omorodion (Category = BI) has had 45+ articles published on MSSQLTips related to Power, BI DevOps and Azure. In 2021 he was awarded the MSSQLTips Trendsetter Award.
author of the year candidate
Fikrat Azizov (Category = Cloud) has contributed over 65 tips related to Azure, Azure Data Factory and other topics. He was recognized as a Rising Star in 2021. Fikrat has been contributing to MSSQLTips.com since 2015.
author of the year candidate
Rajendra Gupta (Category = DBA) has been sharing SQL Server Database Administration tips since 2011. He has written many articles related to SQL Server Management Studio, AWS, and Azure. He has contributed 130+ tips. In 2020 he was recognized as a MSSQLTips
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Pablo Echeverria (Category = DBA) has delivered 40+ tips on SQL Server Database Administration topics such as PowerShell, Monitoring, Configurations, Daily Operations, and more. In 2019 he was given the MSSQLTips Trendsetter Award.
author of the year candidate
Rick Dobson (Category = DEV) has been contributing SQL Server DBA and Development tips since 2011 with over 150 articles. In 2020, Rick was awarded the MSSQLTips Champion Award with his many articles related to finance and using SQL Server.
author of the year candidate
Aaron Bertrand (Category = DBA) has been an author on MSSQLTips since 2010 with 210+ tips on SQL Server 2022, design, development and performance topics. In 2016, Aaron was recognized as a MSSQLTips Champion and Author of the Year.
author of the year candidate
Hristo Hristov (Category = DEV) started writing in 2021 and has 35+ articles published around Power Apps and Python. He was awarded the Trendsetter Award in 2022.
author of the year candidate
Daniel Calbimonte (Category = DBA) has written many articles for DBA, Developer, Professional Development and BI. Daniel has delivered 130+ tips since 2012 and has been recognized as an MSSQLTips Champion.
author of the year candidate
Manvendra Singh (Category = DBA) has contributed 150+ tips on SQL Server Database Administration, Management Studio, Security, AlwaysOn, Interview Questions and more. Manvendra has been recognized as an 2018 MSSQLTips Champion.
author of the year candidate
Joe Gavin (Category = DBA) is a SQL Server DBA from Greater Boston focusing on DBA topics, Azure, Health Checks and more. Joe has written 59 articles. In 2021 he was the author of the year and in 2022 was given the MSSQLTips Rising Star Award.
author of the year candidate
Aubrey Love (Category = DEV) has contributed tips on many aspects of T-SQL, triggers, administration, and more. He started writing articles for MSSQLTips in 2020.
author of the year candidate
John Miner (Category = Cloud) has been helping the community with 90+ tips on SQL Azure, Power BI and more since 2015. John was recognized as a 2021 MSSQLTips Achiever and was the author of the year in 2019.
author of the year candidate
Eric Blinn (Category = DBA) has contributed tips on DBCC's, System Databases, Triggers, Indexing and more. So far he has contributed 40+ articles as well as presented several webinars on various topics. In 2021 he was given the Trendsetter Award.
author of the year candidate
Koen Verbeeck (Category = BI) was recognized as the 2014 MSSQLTips Author of the Year. He has contributed tips on SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, MDS, R and more over the last eight years. Koen was awarded the first MSSQLTips Leadership award in 2021 and has written 230+ a
Rookie of the Year

Eligibility = First tip published in 2022 with 5+ tips published.

rookie of the year candidate
Jared Westover (Category = DEV) started writing in 2022 and has written 13 articles this year about various aspects of development, design, performance and more.
rookie of the year candidate
Levi Masonde (Category = DEV) started writing in 2022 and has several articles related to Python and databases.
rookie of the year candidate
Hadi Fadlallah (Category = BI) started writing in 2022 and has written several articles related to SQL Server Integration Services best practices.
rookie of the year candidate
Jan Potgieter (Category = DEV) started writing in 2022 and has written 15 articles this year about various aspects of database development.
rookie of the year candidate
Harris Amjad (Category = DEV) started writing in 2022 and has articles related to Power BI, TSQL and more.