Derek Downey

Vice President of Customer Engineering @Planetscale

Knoxville, TN, US
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WORK HISTORY

Apr 2025 — Present

Vice President of Customer Engineering @Planetscale

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Knoxville, TN, US

EDUCATION

2000 — 2004

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor, Computer Science

SKILLS

MysqlApachePerformance TuningHigh AvailabilityUnixSqlDatabase DevelopmentProxyDatabase DesignAmazon Web Services (Aws)SecurityDockerMongodbDatabase AdministrationAnsibleDatabasesHaproxyNginxRelational DatabasesDatabase ManagementPhpReplicationShell ScriptingDisaster Recovery

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.

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