Lori Gagnon

I joined VividCortex back in 2019 as a BDR and then began working with our customers as an account manager. After being acquired by SolarWinds at the start of 2020 I took over our renewals initiative for DPM and partner with our SWO sales team to discuss DBO with our customers. Since then, I now handle a few of our Appman renewals and now will be leading our SWO renewals initiative.

The Latest Posts Featuring Lori Gagnon

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.

Database Observability Provides the Features Customers Need for Effective Monitoring

December 13, 2023

Database

I began working with database customers back in the day with VividCortex until it was purchased by SolarWinds. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to work with tons of our…