Derek Downey

Database Enthusiast | Xoogler

Role
Vice President of Customer Engineering at Planetscale
Location
Knoxville, TN, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Derek Downey

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.\"- Proverbs 4:7As a technologist excited about open source database systems and the businesses that they power, I am enthusiastic about efficiency through automation, Operational Visibility, the adoption of Cloud Technologies, and Virtual/Augmented reality enabling #RemoteWork by default.Companies with a #RemoteFirst mindset understand the future of work goes where the talent is, and this enables the greatest form of diversity in the teams they build.

Experience

  1. Vice President of Customer Engineering

    Planetscale

    Apr 2025 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US

Education

  • Illinois Institute of Technology

    Bachelor, Computer Science

    2000 — 2004

Skills

  • Mysql
  • Apache
  • Performance Tuning
  • High Availability
  • Unix
  • Sql
  • Database Development
  • Proxy
  • Database Design
  • Amazon Web Services (Aws)
  • Security
  • Docker
  • Mongodb
  • Database Administration
  • Ansible
  • Databases
  • Haproxy
  • Nginx
  • Relational Databases
  • Database Management
  • Php
  • Replication
  • Shell Scripting
  • Disaster Recovery

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