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SQL Saturday Minnesota 2026 #1153

SQL Saturday Minnesota 2026 is a free in-person event for the tech community, organized by the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN). The event features sessions and networking opportunities focused on SQL Server and data platform technologies. Attendees can expect a full day of presentations, sponsor exhibits, and interaction with local professionals. Re…

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32Speakers
3Sponsors
30On the bill · sessions
21Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at SQL, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Cutshall, DHA, MSHI
Principal Data Architect, Population Health
Akshata Revankar
Senior Data & Applied Scientist · Microsoft
Andy Brown
Snowflake Data and AI Architect
Belinda Allen
Director of Enablement · iLink Digital
Chris Hyde
Owner and Principal Consultant · Hydrate Technologies LLC
Christian Henrik Reich
Sr Solution Architect · Microsoft
Doug Leal
VP Consulting, Data & Analytics · CGI
Ed Watson
Ambassador of Mayhem · Innovative Architects
Elayne Jones
Sr. Solutions Engineer · Microsoft
Erwin de Kreuk
Principal Consultant and Lead Data and AI, InSpark · InSpark
Fabiano Amorim
Principal Consultant · Pythian
Frank Geisler
Owner and CEO, GDS Business Intelligence GmbH · GDS Business Intelligence GmbH
Jared Kuehn
Data Engineer
Javier Villegas
IT Director - Microsoft MVP Data Platform · Mediterranean Shipping Company
Jeff Taylor
Principal Data Consultant
John Kerski
Director · Client First Technologies
John Miner
Senior Data Architect · Insight Digital Innovation
Kevin Feasel
Proprietor · Catallaxy Services, LLC
Kevin Kline
Kevin Pereira
Solutions Architect · SHI
Kevin Wilkie
Kyle Mueller
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ImprovingGold
MicrosoftGlobal Sponsor
Microsoft & AMDGlobal Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 30 sessions on the bill.
  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    AI-Ready: Preparing for and Using AI in Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Balance in Life with a Career

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Build AI applications using SQL database in Fabric

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Building agents with Microsoft Foundry IQ as a knowledge source

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Getting Started with DuckDB

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    It's Only a Model - Demystifying Row Level Security in Power BI

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Snowflake for SQL Server DBAs

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    The Integration Blueprint: Choosing the Right Path in Microsoft Fabric

  • 11:00 am → 60 min

    Where to Start With a Messy Model: A Practical Approach

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 21 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

21 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
2Sponsoringsponsor only
18Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Microsoft

Speakers by seniority

22% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite13%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of413%
  • Manager / Lead722%
  • Engineer · IC825%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Other roles928%

Of 32 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01MicrosoftSp·G5V
  2. 02ImprovingSp·G
  3. 03Microsoft & AMDSp·G
  4. 04SHI2V
  5. 05Apps Associates1V
  6. 06Azure Brasil1V
  7. 07Catallaxy Services, LLC1V
  8. 08CGI1V
  9. 09ChannelAdvisor Corp1V
  10. 10Client First Technologies1V
  11. 11Data Mozart1V
  12. 12GDS Business Intelligence GmbH1V
  13. 13Hydrate Technologies LLC1V
  14. 14iLink Digital1V
Sponsors by tier
gold1
33% of 3
global sponsor2
67% of 3

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