SPEAKER PROFILE

Roger joined MariaDB in June 2016. He has more than 20 years of experience building and delivering innovative products to market, as well as deep expertise and knowledge of database architectures. Roger holds several patents for database and middleware technology. His experience leading product development and engineering teams includes 12 years with Oracle’s Database and Application Server development organization where he pioneered products that delivered heterogeneous interoperability, as well as several years as SVP of product operations and engineering at Apple’s PowerSchool division. Roger served as GM at 10gen (now MongoDB Inc.). He was a founder and CEO at software company UpThere, Inc. Roger also held leadership positions at OuterBay and Efficient Frontier. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Saxion Hogescholen in the Netherlands and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.