Kevin S. Goff, a Microsoft MVP award recipient for 2007, is the founder and principal consultant of Common Ground Solutions, a consulting group that provides custom Web and desktop software solutions in .NET, VFP, SQL Server, and Crystal Reports. Kevin is the author of Pro VS 2005 Reporting using SQL Server and Crystal Reports, published by Apress. Kevin has been building software applications since 1988. He has received several awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for systems automation. He has also received special citations from Fortune 500 Companies for solutions that yielded six-figure returns on investment. He has worked in such industries as insurance, accounting, public health, real estate, publishing, advertising, manufacturing, finance, consumer packaged goods, and trade promotion. In addition, Kevin provides many forms of custom training. Contact Kevin at kgoff@commongroundsolutions.net

Articles Authored

• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 new Features in SQL Server Integration Services 2012 (Part 2 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 New Features in SQL Server 2012 (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous SQL Server Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Transact SQL Programming Tips
• MVP Corner: Leadership Is a Verb, Not a Noun
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Power Tips for Using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Building OLAP Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Using Microsoft PowerPivot and DAX Formulas
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 More Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous C#, SQL, and Business Intelligence Development Tips
• MVP Corner: A Baker’s Dozen of Reflections
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for SQL Server 2008 and SSRS 2008
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Database Web Applications Using ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Dashboards with Microsoft BI Tools
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Querying OLAP Databases with MDX
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Comparisons Between Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Transact-SQL 2005
• The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Using LINQ
• MVP Corner: 13 Steps for Building an Article
• The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• Chapter 10
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Steps for Building a Lookup Page Using ASP.NET 2.0, SQL 2005, and C# 2.0
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Moving from VFP to .NET
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Crystal Reports Redux
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Generating PowerPoint Presentations
• MVP Corner: A Baker’s Dozen of Reflections
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 2 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen Doubleheader: 26 Productivity Tips for Managing Data (Part 1 of 2)
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Remoting in Visual Studio 2005
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Building a .NET Distributed Application
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Database Development Using Transact-SQL
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for the Windows Forms DataGrid
• The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Crystal Reports and .NET
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Generating PowerPoint Presentations
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Transact SQL Programming Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Miscellaneous C#, SQL, and Business Intelligence Development Tips
• The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Reasons for Upgrading to Visual Studio 2005

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