Marek Chmel is an IT consultant and trainer with more than 10 years of experience. He's a frequent speaker who specializes on Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, and security topics. Marek writes for Microsoft's TechnetCZSK blog, and since 2012 he's been an MVP: Data Platform. Marek is also recognized as a Microsoft Certified Trainer: Regional Lead for Czech Republic for few years in a row, he holds many MCSE certifications, and on the top of that he's a ECCouncil Certified Ethical Hacker and holder of several eLearnSecurity certifications.
He earned his MSc (business and informatics) degree from Nottingham Trent University. He started his career as a trainer for Microsoft server courses. Later, he joined AT&T as a senior database administrator with a specialization in MSSQL Server, data platforms, and machine learning.