https://postgresql.life/Recent content on PostgreSQL Person of the Weeken-usThis work is copyright by Andreas ScherbaumMon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/curt_kolovson/Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/curt_kolovson/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Curt Kolovson: I grew up in the Boston area. I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area and have resided here for over 40 years.https://postgresql.life/post/shlok_kumar_kyal/Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/shlok_kumar_kyal/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Shlok Kumar Kyal: My name is Shlok Kumar Kyal. I live in Bangalore, India. I am currently part of the PostgreSQL Open Source team at Fujitsu.https://postgresql.life/post/polina_bungina/Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/polina_bungina/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Polina Bungina: I am Polina, a PostgreSQL database engineer at Zalando, located in Berlin, Germany. However I am originally from St. Petersburg, Russia.https://postgresql.life/post/peter_zaitsev/Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/peter_zaitsev/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Peter Zaitsev: I was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, graduated from Moscow State University and had my first startup there. In 2004 I moved to the US while working at MySQL AB.https://postgresql.life/post/dian_fay/Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/dian_fay/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Dian Fay: I live in Michigan with my partner Trent, a cat named Bread, and a tarantula named Carmilla. I’m originally from the Florida panhandle, but I moved up here for school lo these many years ago and wound up sticking around – it’s nice having seasons. My mother taught me how to type on her old Selectric when I was six or seven (my handwriting never recovered), and my father taught me BASIC when I was eight by copying code listings out of his Sky & Telescope magazines. In other words, I never stood a chance.https://postgresql.life/post/josef_machytka/Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/josef_machytka/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Josef Machytka: I was born in Czechia and lived most of my life there. However, for the last 12 years, my family and I have been calling Berlin, Germany, our home. It is an open-minded place that gives people a lot of freedom, we like it here very much.https://postgresql.life/post/samed_yildirim/Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/samed_yildirim/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Samed YILDIRIM: I’m originally from Turkey. The last city I lived in Turkey was Istanbul. I am now living in Riga, Latvia for more than 5 years already.https://postgresql.life/post/suraj_kharage/Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/suraj_kharage/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Suraj Kharage: My name is Suraj Kharage and I am from Pune, India. I have over 10 years of experience with the Postgres database and got introduced to Postgres during my first professional experience at NTT DATA back in 2014. I am an internal database developer working with EDB and mostly contribute to EDB’s proprietary product EDB Advanced server (EPAS).https://postgresql.life/post/nisha_moond/Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/nisha_moond/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Nisha Moond: Hi! I’m Nisha Moond, based in Bangalore, India - the tech hub. I have over 8+ years of experience in databases. I started my journey tweaking Oracle’s query optimizer and now contribute to the PostgreSQL OSS team at Fujitsu.https://postgresql.life/post/teresa_lopes/Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/teresa_lopes/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Teresa Lopes: I am Teresa Lopes, born in Lisbon, Portugal. While living in Portugal, I always divided my time between Lisbon (house/school/work) and Sertã, Castelo Branco (weekends/holidays). At the end of 2023, I decided to move to Berlin and more recently relocated to Amsterdam (got to love the EU 💙💛).https://postgresql.life/post/dilan_tek/Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/dilan_tek/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Dilan Tek: My name is Dilan. I was born in Ankara, the capital of Turkiye. I love my city very much! Although I lived in Istanbul for a while for work, I returned to Ankara.https://postgresql.life/post/dirk_krautschick/Mon, 26 May 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/dirk_krautschick/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Dirk Krautschick: I am Dirk, living near Aachen in Germany and I am actually a Senior Solution Architect with Aiven and a former DBA, Trainer, Consultant and Sales Engineer in several companies but alway related to databases - first Oracle only, later Oracle together with PostgreSQL.https://postgresql.life/post/adam_hendel/Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/adam_hendel/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Adam Hendel: My name is Adam Hendel and I live in Minnesota (USA). I grew up playing ice hockey and it was a very important part of my life up until age 21. Then I went on to get bachelor degrees in finance and physics and a masters in data science. I served in the U.S. Army military intelligence corps after college. I’ve been working in data science, machine learning, and software engineering ever since.https://postgresql.life/post/frederic_delacourt/Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/frederic_delacourt/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Frédéric Delacourt: I live in Normandy, France. I’m sure you know the place since it is where „D-Day - 6th june 1944 The battle of Normandy in France“ took place.https://postgresql.life/post/akshat_jaimini/Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/akshat_jaimini/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Akshat Jaimini: Hi! I am Akshat Jaimini, a final year undergraduate currently based out of Dehradun, India. I am working as an SDE Intern at a fintech firm called ION Group and will graduate soon in June, 2025.https://postgresql.life/post/shruthi_k_c/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/shruthi_k_c/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Shruthi K C: My name is Shruthi K C, and I live in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. I work as a Database Developer at EnterpriseDB, with over 15 years of experience in databases. The last 4 years I have been primarily focused on PostgreSQL.https://postgresql.life/post/emma_saroyan/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/emma_saroyan/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Emma Saroyan: I’m Emma Saroyan, a Developer Advocate from Yerevan, Armenia. Since graduating from university, I’ve been working with tech startups and actively contributing to open-source communities by mentoring, giving talks, and organising meetups.https://postgresql.life/post/doug_ortiz/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/doug_ortiz/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Doug Ortiz: Consider myself a Technologist first and foremost that enjoys immersing into new and emerging technologies and trends. As to where I am from, I am originally a New Yorker that has moved around multiple continents and the USA.https://postgresql.life/post/ayse_bilge_ince/Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/ayse_bilge_ince/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Ayse Bilge Ince: Hello! I’m Bilge Ince. Originally from Turkey, I now call London home. I’m currently a Machine Learning Engineer at EDB, which is also how I began connecting with the PostgreSQL community.https://postgresql.life/post/rushabh_lathia/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/rushabh_lathia/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Rushabh Lathia: My name is Rushabh Lathia, I am recognized as a PostgreSQL Contributor. Originally, I hail from the vibrant state of Gujarat, India, known for its rich culture, delectable cuisine, and warm hospitality. However, for the past few years, I have been residing in the beautiful city of Pune, Maharashtra. While I cherish my roots in Gujarat, Pune has become my second home, a place where I’ve found my stride, forged lasting connections, and embarked on new adventures.https://postgresql.life/post/yurii_rashkovskii/Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/yurii_rashkovskii/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Yurii Rashkovskii: I was born and raised in Ukraine, and moved to Canada in 2008 without knowing much about it. I wanted to go as far west as I could to explore. That move changed my life a lot, and I now live on beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia.https://postgresql.life/post/vasilis_ventirozos/Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/vasilis_ventirozos/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Vasilis Ventirozos: My name is Vasilis Ventirozos. I’m from Athens - Greece. I am 44 years old. A homeworker since 2013, a PostgreSQL DBA and performance engineer since simpler times.https://postgresql.life/post/nicolas_payart/Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/nicolas_payart/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Nicolas Payart: I live in Brittany, France and work as a Database System Engineer for OVHcloud. My wife, daughters and I live in a house in the countryside with our cats (official and otherwise).https://postgresql.life/post/andrew_atkinson/Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/andrew_atkinson/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Andrew Atkinson: I’m a programmer, dad, and husband, and live with my family in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a northern state in the USA. I’ve worked remotely as a software engineer for more than 15 years at big companies like Microsoft and Groupon, and many small and mid-sized startups, scaling up their platform.https://postgresql.life/post/sarah_conway/Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/sarah_conway/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Sarah Conway: I live in Southern California, where I’ve spent a lot of time hiking in the beautiful local deserts and pursuing many creative endeavors (including music, art, & crafting). I’m the founder of Talk to Me About Tech where I help companies like Data Bene with developer relations consulting & services.https://postgresql.life/post/philippe_noel/Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/philippe_noel/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Philippe Noël: My name is Philippe. I was raised in the woods of Québec, in a small town called Rivière-du-Loup. I moved to the US for university, and since then have lived a bit all over the place, but I’m primarily based in NYC.https://postgresql.life/post/amul_sul/Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/amul_sul/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Amul Sul: I am Amul Sul, and I grew up and completed my university studies in Mumbai. I did my master’s in computer application from VJTI, Mumbai. In 2012, NTT DATA brought me on board through campus placement. For three years, I dived deep into PostgreSQL, working on NTT DATA’s internal PostgreSQL project.https://postgresql.life/post/ozgun_erdogan/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/ozgun_erdogan/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Ozgun Erdogan: I’m originally from Istanbul. After college, I moved to the Bay Area for grad school and then up to Seattle for my first programming gig at Amazon. After about four years, I wanted to learn more and co-founded Citus Data with two of the smartest guys I know.https://postgresql.life/post/grant_zhou/Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/grant_zhou/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Grant Zhou: I was born in Qingdao, China, and have been living in Vancouver, Canada since 2013. I am the founder of Highgo Software North America and lead the company’s PostgreSQL open source development team, focusing on PostgreSQL contributions and the IvorySQL project. Additionally, I serve as the secretary of the International Consultant Committee of the PostgreSQL China Association and as the Organizer & Asia Liaison at PostgresConf.https://postgresql.life/post/dilip_kumar/Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0100https://postgresql.life/post/dilip_kumar/PostgreSQL Person of the Week Interview with Dilip Kumar: My name is Dilip Kumar, and I reside in Bangalore, India. I am recognized as a PostgreSQL contributor, having made significant contributions to the core features of the PostgreSQL open-source project, mainly in areas of Parallel Query, Logical replication, Performance improvements, and SLRU.