Education & Certifications

Self-taught through relentless hands-on problem solving — earning entry into elite engineering programs and a portfolio of advanced certifications.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certifications

OCI Architect Professional

Oracle

2023

OCI Architect Associate

Oracle

2023

OCI Foundations Associate

Oracle

2023

OCI Operations Professional

Oracle

2023

OCI Developer Professional

Oracle

2023

OCI Autonomous Database Professional

Oracle

2021, 2023

Microsoft Certifications

Azure Data Engineer Associate

Microsoft

2019

Microsoft Data Science Professional

Microsoft

2016–2019

Parallel Data Warehouse Master

Microsoft

2012

MCITP: Database Administrator

Microsoft

2005–2019

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist — SQL Server

Microsoft

2005

Education & Professional Development

Microsoft — PDW Incubation Engineering Program

Parallel Data Warehouse & Azure Cloud Infrastructure

2010

Invitation-only, eight-week intensive engineering program reserved for top-tier engineers working on one of Microsoft's most complex and foundational cloud systems — the precursor to Azure Synapse Analytics.

Continuing Technical Education

Cloud, Data, AI, Security & Enterprise Architecture

1997–Present

Annual engineering conferences, advanced certification programs, and in-depth technical training spanning 25+ years — staying ahead of emerging technologies and evolving enterprise needs throughout a career defined by continuous learning.

Southern Utah University

Music

1992

Peter J. Constantine

Consulting Technical Manager @ Oracle

I worked with Dana in Oracle's Cloud Engineering group supporting an innovative database and vm migration automation platform for over a year. We also collaborated on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certification preparation for ourselves and our team. Dana is very organized and methodical in her approach to solving complex business problems. She demonstrates deep understanding of data integrity and security issues facing the digital world and is committed to finding new ways to safeguard against data manipulation and abuse. She possesses an enthusiastic persona with a 'can-do' attitude and I look forward to working with her again.

Zaheer Tanveer

President @ OpenText Public Sector Solutions, Inc

Dana is a very unique technologist. She is smart, intelligent and extremely competent at her job. She is humble yet does not succumb to pressure. While working for me at Microsoft, she always demonstrated her desire to do what is right for the customer. Sometimes, this meant disagreeing with the customer but she had the skills to make her customers see the value in her architecture and overall benefits in the business solution she was recommending. I truly enjoyed working with her and highly recommend her for technical leadership positions. I am available for discussion with potential employers. Thank you, Dana. I, and your customers, remain indebted. -Z

Danny Wunder

Customer Success Lead @ Lantern

I worked with Dana for just a short period of time, but in that time Dana showed great potential. She didn't hesitate to jump in to help lead and deliver for complex customers. She was respected by her team and her peers and would be a valuable addition to any team.

Channa Wijesinghe

Data + AI Capability Lead @ Cognizant Microsoft Business Group

Dana is an amazing resource to any team. She has a solid background in database design and maintenance. She has been able to transfer those skills to Azure and Microsoft's modern data services, to help companies achieve their full potential in the cloud

Patty Delafuente

Data Scientist, Solution Architect for Public Sector @ NVIDIA

I had the privilege of working with Dana in the trenches when we both were working on a project to implement enterprise level data management services at a federal agency. I was one of the database engineers for the federal agency and Dana was the solution architect for Microsoft. I was impressed with Dana's breadth of knowledge and and she had the deep knowledge of the Microsoft Platform that we needed to successfully plan out our strategy. I have found a kindred spirit in Dana as it is not often I come across fellow women in the technical arena. that has her level of expertise. I am honored to recommend Dana for any technical, complex data and analytical project that comes her way.

Dana Piermarini

Industry Advisor, Workday Federal

Dana has a brilliant mind with the ability to solve complex problems.

Tamer Farag

Global Partner Ecosystem Lead @ Microsoft Fabric

I've known data for more than ten years, she is an expert on the data platform and database technologies. She did an excellent job supporting some of the largest SQL Server and PDW customers in the world. Dana has amazing work ethics and deep technical expertise. She is a real team player and a great mentor for her coworkers. I would highly recommend her for any customers looking for an Data Architect.

David McDonald

Technical Leader and Solutions Architect @ Microsoft

I've known Dana for many years at Microsoft. She's a rock star Data architect. She is well known to have deep technical knowledge and experience. She has unique skills in being able to connect technology and solutions to our customer's business needs. She's passionate about the Microsoft's Data platform. She brings energy along with great knowledge to solve our customer's most challenging problems.

Marty Larsen

Senior Service Delivery Manager @ Microsoft

Love my work with Dana. A great team player, very inclusive, resourceful and effective.

James Herring

Principal Content PM @ Microsoft

I've had the pleasure to work with Dana on several tough customer projects during my time in product incubation at Microsoft. Dana is an engineer that is all about customer obsession and her ability to quickly establish technical credibility removed many barriers that could delay success by months. Dana exemplifies the type of resources I look for when building successful teams and is just an amazing person to work with.

Abraham Samuel

Director Specialist, Cloud Solutions @ Microsoft

Dana is a seasoned technology professional with a understanding for relating technology to customers and clients. I had the pleasure of working with her on the Microsoft Services Support and Escalation team for data warehousing appliances. She is a team player, with a inclusive mindset. We supported similar customers for data warehousing and Azure data technologies and collaborated on a number of different customer and team projects. She always had a great attitude and it was a pleasure to work alongside her!

Miro Flasza

Principal Development Lead @ Microsoft

I enjoyed working with Dana in her role as a technical support engineer for the SQL Server Analytics Platform System. Beyond being a seasoned professional, well versed in distributed data processing and cloud computing, Dana deeply cares about her customers and coworkers. Her commitment to understanding, translating and addressing customer requirements and issues is exemplary.

Ka Wo Fong

Senior Software Engineer II, Generative AI @ Qarik Group

I have worked with Dana in the same team since I joined Microsoft for a year now. Coming from Premier Field Engineer background, she is equipped with deep technical expertise on the Azure data platform, SQL Server, and business intelligence technologies. Whenever I have questions on any of those areas, Dana is my go-to person. When I first joined the team, I learned so much from her through her active and periodic contribution of Azure best practices to the team. Moreover, she exhibited excellent leadership in hosting the "What The Hack" series for both internal and external audience. Most importantly, she is never afraid of stepping out of her comfort zone. When I was working with her, she was eager to learn continuously by volunteering herself to work on customer engagements where she knew she could learn from. It is difficult to find someone like Dana who has many years of technical experience while continuing to remain humble and learn. She was a true pleasure to work with.

Devin Jaiswal

Principle Cloud Solution Architect @ Microsoft

While working with Dana, I have learned a lot about technology, she is a great teacher, who strives to share her knowledge and experience with her peers. Dana is very proficient with the Azure Data Service stack, SQL Server, NoSQL and many more.

Aubrey Truex

System Administrator @ FFVA Mutual Insurance Co

Dana is a detail-oriented DBA who would listen to our needs and work on fulfilling the requirements until they were complete. She had a great attitude and was very personable. Plus, she knew her stuff! A great resource for anything related to SQL Server.

Todd Albers

Information Security Engineer

I worked with Ms. Dana Rivkind at InCharge Institute where she worked as Database Administrator. She is knowledgeable and experienced in the area of Database Administration. Dana is also very easy to work with in the corporate setting. I always knew Dana as a friendly and professional co-worker during the time that we worked together.

Esteban Garcia

CEO (US) - Microsoft Services @ Xebia

Dana is a strong DBA that is always looking for pro-active ways to improve existing processes and servers/databases. She is always willing to work with others to arrive at the best solution to a problem. She is also always looking to learn and understand new technologies, which makes her a valuable asset to any team.

Tom Andraszek

Senior Software Developer @ Touchpaper

Dana is a committed database administrator. She is enthusiastic about her work, and she strives to be the best.

Steven Schreiber

Senior Investment Consultant @ Newport Group

I would highly recommend Dana Rivkind. She distinguished herself from the rest of her group by being the most dependable person when work needed to be completed. Whenever I needed any type of IT help I would request to work with Dana. She was easy to work with and she always did what was necessary to get the job done on time and done correctly.

Hubert H. Rivera

Executive, Bank Sales and Service @ USAA

Dana is a highly capable and experienced individual that would make an asset to any organization. Her ability to manipulate systems to retrieve the desired results was second to none. She was always willing to go the extra mile and was always courteous and very professional in every project she managed. I highly recommend Dana.

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