Kendra Little
Staff Database Reliability Engineer
Rockland, Maine, United States
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Top SchoolKendra Little is a Staff Database Reliability Engineer with nine years of focused experience optimizing query performance and making data platforms more reliable and usable. She blends deep hands-on SQL Server tuning and high-availability operations with product and customer-facing roles—from founding Catalyze SQL to leading data adoption as a TPM at Stack Overflow. Her background spans enterprise-scale OLTP and VLDB systems at Microsoft and WildTangent, developer advocacy and product strategy at Redgate, and profitable independent training through SQL Workbooks. Known for “fighting query optimization crimes,” she pairs practical automation skills (PowerShell/C# and CI/CD content workflows) with a talent for translating technical complexity into teachable guidance. Based in Rockland, Maine, she combines entrepreneurial grit with a penchant for reducing toil and improving developer workflows across teams.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Humanities, BA, Humanities at Shimer CollegeMA, Philosophy, MA, Philosophy at Fordham University
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Github Skills (56)
microsoft10
microsoft-azure10
azure-sql10
azure-data-studio10
sql-server-data-tools10
sql-server10
microsoft-sql-server10
azure10
ssms10
postgresql9
electron9
typescript9
databases9
sql9
sp-blitz9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
LitKnd/GitForDBAs
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:37 commits, 39 PRs, 36 pushes in 3 months
LitKnd/TSQLBeginners
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
A TSQL Course for Beginners
Contributions:68 commits, 4 PRs, 56 pushes in 1 month
tsql
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