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CULTURE WE’RE TRULY PROUD OF

Mission
To be a company that employees want to work for, and companies want to work with

Inside the walls of our office lies a culture created around our Core Values

 

  • 1Accountability: We hold ourselves and our team accountable in all the work we do
  • 1 Flexibility: Every client is unique as is every employee
  • 1 Teamwork: We support each employee and help others succeed
  • 1 Dedication: We go above and beyond to get the job done
  • 1 Reputation: We take pride in our reputation and work hard to uphold
With these values in mind, we uphold a flexible, supportive and fun culture that keeps our customer and employee retention rate at nearly 98%. This approach has also given us the honor of being included on VA Chamber's Virginia Fantastic 50 List, and Inc. Magazine's list of Fastest Growing Companies in America and Virginia Business's list of the Best Places to Work in Virginia for four years in a row.

Meet the Solvarians

Grounded in well-practiced processes and a commitment to excellent client service delivery, the team of Solvarians we've built brings expert tailor - made database solutions to any IT environment. our careers

Greg Samuels

As CEO, Greg has spent his 25 years in the IT industry focused on solving business issues using information technology. He utilizes his past experiences in technology to guide companies in making sound technology investments in people, process and hardware.

Greg Samuels
CEO
Pamela Craven

Pamela Craven leads the sales and service efforts for our data base consulting practice as the Vice President of Client Services, working closely with each client and the Solvaria technical team to architect enterprise – class database services.

Pamela Craven
VP of Client Service Delivery
Angel Smith

Angel Smith works as Vice President of Client Engagement, working with both Solvaria’s team and our our clients teams to bring full – time and supplemental database support to customers.

Angel Smith
VP of Client Engagement
Jenn Frayser

As Solvaria’s first VP of Marketing, Jennifer leads the company’s marketing, branding and communications initiative while also working closely with the sales and count teams to support business development.

Jenn Frayser
VP of Marketing
Geri Samuels

Geri Samuels handles Solvaria’s financing, and works with each client to provide accurate invoicing, time reports, and budgeting.

Geri Samuels
Finance
John Whitehead

John brings his leadership ability, hardworking attitude and willingness to provide long – lasting client solutions to his role as SQ L Server Practice Lead, making him an invaluable resource to both Solvaria and his customers.

John Whitehead
Senior SQL Server DBA, SQL Server Practice Lead
Ra Osolage

As a Senior SQL Server DBA, Ra Osolage delivers database solutions that optimize business processes to clients across Virginia and beyond.

Ra Osolage
Senior SQL Server DBA
Rakesh Gujar

Rakesh Gujar works with clients as a Senior SQL Server DBA to bring strategy and planning to their database environment.

Rakesh Gujar
Senior SQL Server DBA
Doug Johnson

A Senior SQL Server DBA, Doug provides remote and on – site SQL Server consulting services and assists clients with SQL Server performance problems

Doug Johnson
Senior SQL Server DBA
Jeff Sparrow

Jeff serves as a senior database administrator on our SQL Server team delivering remote and on – site support to our clients.

Jeff Sparrow
Senior SQL Server DBA
Ralph Mast

Ralph Mast works on our SQL Server team and works closely with our clients to bring efficient supplemental and full-time database support to their environment.

Ralph Mast
Senior SQL Server DBA
Greg Mays

With more than 20 years of experience in database management, Greg leads Solvaria’s Oracle Database practice where he manages our team of Oracle experts while also serving clients across a broad range of industries.

Greg Mays
Senior Oracle DBA, Oracle Practice Lead
Veronica Perez

As a Senior Oracle DBA, Veronica Perez serves clients from a variety of industries and manages their Oracle databases.

Veronica Perez
Oracle DBA
Matt Edwards

With nearly 20 years of experience in database management, Matt provides expert supplemental and full-time Oracle consulting services to our clients in varying industries

Matt Edwards
Senior Oracle DBA
Tracy Deuell

Tracy Deuell is a technology and strategy professional who thrives on driving positive change, delivering transformative results and helping organizations develop their cultural potential.

Tracy Deuell
Principal Consultant, fCIO
Karen Inman

Karen Inman acts as a fractional CIO, Trusted Adviser, and Subject Matter Expert with a proven track record for delivering outstanding customer experiences for a number of our clients.

Karen Inman
Principal Consultant, fCIO
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A key difference between Solvaria and other database vendors is availability. It is reassuring that if I have a deployment or upgrade and I reach out to the team and ask if anyone is available, I always get back a friendly response that Solvaria is ready when we need them.

Andy, Retail Strategy Company

Our main issue was that we were consistently running into smaller problems that ended up having larger impacts. Our DBA team at the time was not up to speed on the latest database technologies and was not proactive in recommending certain changes. Solvaria jumped right in and made a point to become part of our company, not just an outsourced vendor. They quickly brought our systems up to speed and put the monitoring in place we needed.

Andy, Retail Strategy Company

Our company had grown to the point where we needed a more professional database administration team. We had tried hiring DBAs but there was not enough consistent work to warrant having a full-time employee. When I approached my executive team with the cost estimates for replacing our previous DBA vendor with Solvaria, it was a no brainer.  We were essentially getting three resources for less than what we were paying for just one from the previous vendor. And all three Solvaria resources have played an active role in our company’s growth with database technologies.

Andy, Retail Strategy Company

Before working with Solvaria, our company had poor database server performance and insufficient internal knowledge and skills to fix and maintain it. The Solvaria team brings the skills and knowledge we need, but lots of companies could do that. Their highly-responsive, customer-centric approach sets them apart from other data services organizations and they make me feel appreciated as a client. We get everything that we would need from a full-time DBA at a fraction of the cost.

VP of North American Operations, Energy Forecasting Company

We’re a small company that doesn’t always need a full time DBA in house, but our highly complex platform with critical performance and availability SLAs requires an experienced 24×7 DBA readily available. Solvaria is great to work with on everyday tasks as well as complex projects, and it’s helpful to work with a DBA team and company that is local. The face-to-face team approach combined with the knowledgeable, experienced, and responsive people at Solvaria is hard to beat.

Nathan, Product Optimization Company

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