Simon RiggsSimon Riggs is the CTO of 2ndQuadrant and an active PostgreSQL committer. He has contributed to PostgreSQL as a major developer for more than 12 years, having written and designed many new features in every release over that period. His feature credis include replication, performance, business intelligence, management, and security. Under his guidance, 2ndQuadrant is now a leading developer of open source PostgreSQL and a platinum sponsor of the PostgreSQL Project, serving hundreds of clients in USA, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Simon is a frequent speaker at many conferences and is well known for his speeches on PostgreSQL Futures and different aspects of replication. He has worked with many different databases as a developer, architect, data analyst, and designer with companies across USA and Europe for nearly 30 years. Read More Read Less