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Chad Reese

Chad Reese is a president of Americas sales and global channel at SolarWinds. A technology industry veteran with 25 years of experience serving in leadership positions at IBM® and, most recently, VMware®, Reese now leads sales at SolarWinds for the enterprise, mid-market, and SMB markets and the public sector in the Americas and is responsible for the company’s global channel ecosystem.

The Latest Posts Featuring Chad Reese

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026
Database
The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams
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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.
SolarWinds: On a journey of transformation and innovation to be your best partner in the digital future
May 26, 2023
News
In March, we concluded our Partner Summit in-person and virtual series – the first time we have held an in-person event since pre-COVID. We are thrilled over 700 partner attendees…