Peter Zaitsev

Co-Founder

Durham, North Carolina, United States27 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Co-founded multiple successful open source companies.
  • Expert in optimizing database performance across various platforms.
  • Published author and speaker on technology and open source.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on open source database solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Open SourceDatabases

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingDatabase DesignScalabilityHigh AvailabilityPerformance TuningSoftware DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentDistributed SystemsDatabase PerformanceCloud SolutionsStrategyHigh Performance ComputingCreative EntrepreneurshipShell ScriptingSoftware Engineering

About

Technology has an amazing ability to impact lives, and I've been drawn to it as long as I can remember. Since my earliest days, my passion has been to understand how things work, build them, and make them better. Now, as a published author, speaker, board member of several organizations, and CEO of a globally-recognized open source company, that same vision of making things work better underscores all I do. That vision, and the open source philosophy, also informs how we serve our customers at Percona. We are candid, forthright, and uncompromisingly customer-centric. Whenever I speak at an industry event, mentor board members, or advise customers, I share best practices, use cases, and industry trends that could deliver smarter alternatives for everyone. That's the promise of open source — and it's the promise of what Percona brings to our customers.

Experience

27 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
8 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
18 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Geeks go peaks

Founder

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Sharing my passion for Adventure with like-minded geeks around the world. At GeeksGoPeaks we organize premier adventures and experiences around the world, allowing a perfect mix of fun and relaxation with valuable networking opportunities

Coroot

Co-Founder

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Building State of Art, AI-enabled Open Source Observability for modern application deployments

Percona

2 roles

Founder

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

Founder, CEO

Jul 2006Oct 2022 · 16 yrs 3 mos

  • I co-founded Percona in 2006 with a mission to revolutionize the database industry with better value and performance for our customers. We've accomplished that goal — and continue to do so every day.
  • Since our early days as a two-person start-up, Percona has grown to employ more than 180 experts spanning over 30 countries, and we serve more than 3,000 customers. Our varied customer base includes companies large and small, from Fortune 500 firms to start-ups. Regardless of their industry or size, our customers are all looking to unlock rapid growth, deploy agile application development, and to scale and optimize database performance.
  • As more companies move to the cloud and employ multiple platforms — whether cloud, hybrid, or on-premise — running multiple databases in multiple environments can become cumbersome to manage, let alone optimize. Percona's solutions can optimize database performance in any environment and, with the flexibility of open source, enable any organization to scale, achieve high availability, and avoid downtime.
  • Since our founding in 2006, it's been our mission to change the way organizations utilize and manage databases — and we do it with world-class, innovative, open source strategies that deliver smarter and better solutions for our customers.
Open SourceDatabasesCloud ComputingDatabase DesignScalabilityHigh Availability+4

Ferretdb

Co-Founder, Member of the Board

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Helping to Build FerretDB - Truly Open Source MongoDB Replacement, Powered by PostgreSQL

Tigris data inc

Advisor

Dec 2021Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · Sunnyvale, California, United States

  • Doing my best helping Tigris Data to Succeed :)
  • Product Strategy, Open Source, Community

Eo raleigh durham

2 roles

Board Member, MyEO Chair

Promoted

Jul 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Durham, North Carolina, United States

  • Joined EO Raleigh Durham Board as MyEO Chair to give back to Enterpreneur Community

Proud Member

Jun 2017Present · 8 yrs 11 mos · Durham, North Carolina, United States

  • Member of Raleigh Durham Chapter of EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization) - Supporting Professional and Personal Growth of 10s of thousands Enterpreneurs Worldwide

Migops

Member of the Board

Jan 2021Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • MigOps believes in Open Source database freedom. Our experts at MigOps are known in the PostgreSQL world for providing customized and Open Source solutions to eliminate additional license costs and vendor lock-in while migrating to PostgreSQL.

Edgedb

Advisor

May 2019Present · 7 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • EdgeDB is an open-source object-relational database built on top of PostgreSQL. The goal of EdgeDB is to empower its users to build safe and efficient software with less effort.

Altinity

Co-Founder, Member of Board

Mar 2017Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Altinity is the leading software and service provider for ClickHouse – an open-source column-store analytic database. I co-founded Altinity and now serve on the Board.

Open database alliance

Founder, Board Member

May 2009Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • I co-founded and served on the board of the Open Database Alliance, a non-profit, vendor-neutral industry association with a mission to protect and grow the open source and free software databases ecosystem. The association also drives the development of open source databases and storage engines, participates in standardization activities, and represents the interests of its members to governments and international government organizations.

Ivinco

Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board

Jan 2009Present · 17 yrs 4 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • I am Chairman of the Board and co-founder of Ivinco, a provider of advisory and system development services that enable ultra-fast, full-text search for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies.

Sphinx technologies

Board Member

Nov 2007Present · 18 yrs 6 mos · United States

  • I serve on the board of Sphinx Technologies Inc., a privately-held U.S. Sphinx full-text search engine developer that provides deployment, integration, production support, consulting and training, emergency assistance, sponsored feature development, and commercial licensing.

Schooner information technology

Member of Advisory Board

Jun 2007Jun 2012 · 5 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I served on the advisory board of Schooner Information Technology, Inc., which was a provider of database management system appliances for Web 2.0, cloud computing, and data centers. The company was acquired by SanDisk in 2012.

Mysql inc

Senior Performance Engineer

Apr 2002Jul 2006 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • I leveraged my computer science degree and experience as co-founder of the website analytics firm SpyLOG in my role leading the High Performance Group at MySQL Inc, the company behind MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database

Spylog

Co-Founder,CTO

Jan 1999Jan 2002 · 3 yrs · Moscow, Russian Federation

  • I co-founded SpyLOG while majoring in computer science at Moscow State University. SpyLOG specialized in the collection and processing of website analytics. The company was purchased by MasterHost in 2007

Education

Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)

Masters — Computer Science

Jan 1996Jan 2001

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