Brian Gayle
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Current City: Cary, NC
Education:
Bachelor of Science - Pharmacy; University of Illinois
Masters - Computer & Information Science; University of Florida
Languages spoken: English
Using SAS since 1982 Teaching SAS since 2006
Professional experience:
A Chicago native, Brian started upon a diverse number of career paths first studying for, and practicing as, a Registered Pharmacist. Moving to Florida, Brian went back to school earning his Masters in Computer and Information Science developing a career as a Computer Programmer / Analyst / Database Administrator / Manager / Director for a large Florida Health System in its Information Technology department. He remained in Florida working at the Health System for 20+ years before coming to SAS in May of 2006. From that point up to today, he has been applying his years of SAS academic and health industry experience toward teaching others SAS programming concepts, while trying to provide some helpful and practical hints along the way. Brian is a SAS V9 Certified professional and currently teaches the core programming courses, from Intro to Macro and SQL, DS2, and the Introduction for using SAS with Hadoop.
Courses I teach include
What students are saying:
What is your favorite training course and why?
I enjoy teaching SAS programming at all levels. It is equally rewarding to help someone just starting out with SAS to understand its potential value, as well as someone who has used SAS for some time and is excited to apply a concept learned anew.
What is the best part about teaching?
SAS's programming flexibility and powerful built in features, makes it easy to demonstrate to students how it can help them more readily accomplish their own organizational tasks and goals.
Do you have any hobbies, favorite activities, or hidden talents?
Keeping a balance so there is time to enjoy life is important to me. Spending time with family and friends, and playing some tennis are some of my favorite activities.