Alex Millstone
Lead Architect
PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server architecture with a focus on resilient design and clean handoffs.
PostgreSQL
Oracle ACE
Fun fact: keeps a whiteboard full of index ideas.
About Emerald Database Solutions
We don't just manage databases—we treat yours like our own.
We're the database team that answers the phone—and knows your name. Emerald Database Solutions is a Spring Lake, NC-based database consulting firm built on brutally honest advice, transparent pricing, and systems that simply work.
Founded
2016
Certified DBAs
8
Recognition
Best Partner 2023
Local, responsive, accountable
Mission
Data without drama.
No buzzwords. No upselling. Just careful database design, disciplined maintenance, and practical support from a trusted database partner that keeps your operations moving.
- ►Transparency: clear scopes, clear pricing, and no mystery work.
- ►Accountability: when you call, a real DBA picks up.
- ►Local focus: we stay small by design so response times stay fast.
- ►Technical excellence: we optimize for stability first, speed second, and noise never.
Team
Meet your DBA team
A small, senior group by choice—so the people who plan your database are the same people who support it later.
Brianna Wilder
Optimization Specialist
She tunes slow systems, removes bottlenecks, and turns noisy dashboards into useful signals.
Performance Tuning
Monitoring
Fun fact: can spot a bad index from across the room.
Daniel Rowe
Maintenance Lead
Backups, patching, replication, and maintenance schedules that keep your environment boring in the best way.
Backup Strategy
HA
Fun fact: enjoys a perfectly clean restore test.
Elena Voss
Client Success
She translates technical decisions into plain English and keeps projects moving with calm follow-through.
Support
Planning
Fun fact: remembers every client’s preferred shorthand.
Local commitment
Rooted in Spring Lake.
We support local businesses with discounted rates for non-profits and startups, stay active in the chamber of commerce and NC technology council, and keep our office open for practical whiteboard sessions.
Office
1033 East Manchester Road, Spring Lake, NC 28390
Call
+19157535263
Email
hello@.
Spring Lake base
Close enough for in-person strategy, remote enough for efficient support.
“
Why did we choose Emerald Database Solutions? Because they explained the risks, fixed the mess, and stayed responsive long after the first project was done.
Arliya Florin, Operations Director, Cape Fear Medical Group