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Dr. Humberto Amador

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Senior Director of IT, SolarWinds

Dr. Humberto Amador

Dr. Amador spent ten years as a systems engineer focused on virtualization and storage systems. He holds a bachelor’s in forensic science with a focus on cybercriminal investigations and counterterrorism, has an MBA in IT project management, and received his Doctor of Information Technology degree from Capella University. His goal is to help businesses achieve high performance through internal alignment.

The Latest Posts Featuring Dr. Humberto Amador

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.

BetterSecurity_blog
The Evolution of Security: From Good to Better to Best 
March 15, 2023
Monitoring and Observability
Security is a never-ending journey that evolves as you add new products and applications. There’s no such thing as being 100% secure because things constantly move and adjust within your…
Monitoring for Managers: More Than a Cost Center — SolarWinds TechPod 063
April 19, 2022
Podcast TechPod
SolarWinds own Senior Director of IT, Brad Cline, and Director of IT, Dr. Humberto Amador, join Head Geek Chrystal Taylor to discuss expanding the business’ view of IT as a…
How To Build A Cross-functional Hybrid IT Team
How to Build Unified Cross-Functional Teams in Today’s Hybrid IT Landscape
April 12, 2022
Monitoring and Observability
Data continues to be a major driver of business operations, and as a result, it’s becoming more common to see cross-functional teams working within IT. In 2022, for example, data-related…
Monitoring For Managers: Business Alignment – The Bridge to UnITy — SolarWinds TechPod 060
February 8, 2022
Podcast TechPod
While IT handles layered problems and often speaks in acronyms among other technical terms, we’re also challenged to collaborate with other departments who seemingly speak in a different language. How…