Kevin S. Goff, a Microsoft MVP, wrote The Baker's Dozen productivity series in CODE Magazine from 2004 - 2019, and in 2020 he began the Stages of Data productivity series in CODE Magazine.

Kevin has been an applications developer, architect, and technology mentor since 1987. Kevin has worked in many lines of business, including insurance, manufacturing, health care, consumer packaged goods, accounting and finance, advertising, and many others. Along the way, Kevin has won several awards in both the public and private sector for applications development. Additionally, Kevin has taught SQL Server, Business Intelligence, and Data Warehousing classes to hundreds of students over a period of five years and has built numerous custom courseware modules along the way.

Kevin has authored one book on reporting development and contributed chapters on MDX programming to a second book. He is currently developing a set of commercial video training courses for SQL Server and BI topics. He has been a SQL Server MVP since 2010 and was previously a .NET/C# MVP from 2005 to 2009.

Kevin is a frequent speaker at User Group and other community events (SQL Saturday, SharePoint Saturday, Code Camp) in the Mid-Atlantic region, and speaks occasionally at conferences. In 2012 Kevin worked with Microsoft TechNet Radio on a 13 week webcast series on new features in SQL Server 2012.

For more information, check out Kevin’s main site at http://www.KevinSGoff.net, or email him at kgoff@kevinsgoff.net

Articles Authored

• A SQL Programming Puzzle: You Never Stop Learning
• Baker's Dozen--Business Intelligence Developers
• Better Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) Practices in Data Warehousing (Part 2 of 2)
• Chapter 10
• MVP Corner: A Baker’s Dozen of Reflections
• MVP Corner: 13 Steps for Building an Article
• MVP Corner: A Baker’s Dozen of Reflections
• MVP Corner: Leadership Is a Verb, Not a Noun
• Refactoring a Reporting Services Report with Some SQL Magic
• SQL Server Reporting Services: Eight Power Tips
• SQL Server Reporting Services: Eight Power Tips
• SQL Server Reporting Services: Seven Power Tips
• Stages of Data #1: A New Beginning
• Stages of Data: A Playbook for Analytic Reporting Using COVID-19 Data
• Stages of Data: A Playbook for Analytic Reporting Using COVID-19 Data, Part 2
• Stages of Data: COVID Data, Summary Dashboards, and Source Data Tips
• Stages of Data: Some Basic SQL Server Patterns and Practices
• Stages of Data: The DNA of a Database Developer, Part 1
• The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Windows Azure SQL Database
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 New Features in SQL Server 2012 (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 new Features in SQL Server Integration Services 2012 (Part 2 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 2 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Queries (Part 2 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen State of the Union: 13 Points on SQL Server Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Database Web Applications Using ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Querying OLAP Databases with MDX
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for SQL Server 2008 and SSRS 2008
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Comparisons Between Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Differences Between Analysis Services OLAP and Tabular
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Examples Using XMLA to Update Analytic Databases
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Great Things to Know About SQL Server 2016
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous C#, SQL, and Business Intelligence Development Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous SQL Server Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous Transact-SQL Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 More Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Power Tips for Using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Building OLAP Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Crystal Reports Redux
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Generating PowerPoint Presentations
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Generating PowerPoint Presentations
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Moving from VFP to .NET
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Remoting in Visual Studio 2005
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Transact-SQL 2005
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Using Microsoft PowerPivot and DAX Formulas
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Reasons for Upgrading to Visual Studio 2005
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13- SQL Server Interview Questions
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Steps for Building a Lookup Page Using ASP.NET 2.0, SQL 2005, and C# 2.0
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Steps for Building a SQL Server Analysis Services 2012 Tabular Model
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Basics of Data Warehousing and Dimensional Modeling
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Better Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) Practices in Data Warehousing (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Dashboards with Microsoft BI Tools
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Transact SQL Programming Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 26 Productivity Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Queries (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Question Pop Quiz of SQL Server Items
• The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Using LINQ
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Building a .NET Distributed Application
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Crystal Reports and .NET
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Database Development Using Transact-SQL
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for the Windows Forms DataGrid

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