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Eric Smith

Eric Smith is the DevOps Engineering Manager at SentryOne. Eric's team focuses on optimizing the process and tooling used by our delivery teams and evangelizes DevOps practices at SentryOne. He originally joined the SentryOne team in 2011 as an intern. Eric has had the pleasure to grow with the company, and has held a variety of roles including Support, Documentation, and Quality Assurance. Eric is a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant during his six-year term as an Avionics maintainer for F15s (AFSC 2A0X1A).

The Latest Posts Featuring Eric Smith

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.