Working on database-backed, internet-based systems for over a decade, Robert is a long-time user, developer, and advocate for open source technologies. Best known for his work in the Postgres community, he has contributed to numerous industry groups and organizing committees. An international speaker on databases, open-source, and web operations at scale, he has spoken at industry conferences including Surge, OSCon, SCaLE, Velocity, Highload++, PGCon, PGConf.EU, The Open Power Summit, and numerous DevOpsDays events. By day he works as President of credativ U.S., and he occasionally blogs at https://xzilla.net.