Andy Brown

Andy Brown
Andy Brown is a director of Wise Owl, a UK training company, and creator of many SQL Server blogs, tutorials and videos.

Andy has been a database and website developer and trainer since before SQL Server was a twinkle in Bill Gates’s eye.  After a short spell as a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers he co-founded Wise Owl Business Solutions, a company providing training in SQL Server and other Microsoft applications in the UK.  Andy is also the author of numerous blogs and tutorials (especially on SQL and Reporting Services); you can read Andy’s blogs at http://www.wiseowl.co.uk/blog/author/AndyBrown.htm  , and contact him via the Wise Owl website.
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