Larry Burns has worked in IT for more than 30 years as a database developer, DBA, data modeler, application developer, consultant, and teacher. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Washington, and a Master's degree in Software Engineering from Seattle University. He currently works for a global Fortune 500 company as a Data and BI Architect and Data Engineer (i.e., data modeler). He has written numerous articles for TDAN.com and DMReview.com, and is the author of Building the Agile Database (Technics Publications LLC, 2011). His interests include music, gardening, and landscaping. He is also an active member of Toastmasters, the international public speaking organization. He lives in Kent, Washington with his wife Becky.
