Avinash Vallarapu
Avinash Vallarapu is the CEO and Chief of Products at HexaCluster, where he leads the development of PostgreSQL extensions and an end-to-end database migration tool called HexaRocket. Before HexaCluster, Avi founded MigOps and served as a PostgreSQL Tech Lead at Percona, and as a Database Architect at Dell. Avi is a frequent conference speaker, presenting at dozens of events around the world. He has spoken at four past Percona Live conferences, delivering 15+ hours of Percona Live sessions to date, and continues to share practical, field-tested lessons from real customer transformations.
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Avinash Vallarapu is the CEO and Chief of Products at HexaCluster, where he leads the development of PostgreSQL extensions and an end-to-end database migration tool called HexaRocket. Before HexaCluster, Avi founded MigOps and served as a PostgreSQL Tech Lead at Percona, and as a Database Architect at Dell. Avi is a frequent conference speaker, presenting at dozens of events around the world. He has spoken at four past Percona Live conferences, delivering 15+ hours of Percona Live sessions to date, and continues to share practical, field-tested lessons from real customer transformations.
A long-time PostgreSQL enthusiast and contributor to Ora2Pg and multiple other tools, Avi has played a key role in supporting contributions to 50+ PostgreSQL tools and extensions across the ecosystem. He is the author of multiple PostgreSQL books and is known for translating database internals into actionable guidance for DBAs and engineering teams. Across a 21-year career, Avi has worked hands-on with PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, Sybase, and DB2, leading initiatives in architecture, performance, operational reliability, and large-scale modernization.
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