Valentino Vranken
Valentino Vranken is a Senior SQL Server Consultant working for Ordina, Belgium (Europe). Since the start of his career he's been gathering experience using various programming languages to manipulate data in SQL Server databases. Nowadays his focus is mainly on Business Intelligence implementations, still using SQL Server.
Valentino is a MCP with two MCITP (BI & DEV) and three MCTS (BI, DEV & DBA) certifications on SQL Server 2008 and has also passed 2/3 exams to reach MCSA on SQL Server 2012. Besides writing articles and blogging, he's active on some forums and is also a Board Member of the Belgian SQL Server User Group (www.sqlug.be).
In 2014 he got awarded with SQL Server MVP and got renewed in 2015. In 2016 this award became Data Platform MVP which he was happy to receive as well.