Sveta Smirnova is a world-renowned MySQL expert. She is the author of the books “MySQL Troubleshooting” and “MySQL Cookbook, 4th Edition”, a MySQL support engineer with decades of experience, and a frequent speaker at international events, including Oracle OpenWorld, Percona Live, FOSDEM, and HighLoad. Currently, Sveta works as a Principal Support Engineering Coordinator at Percona. Her responsibilities include the software bug prioritization process, the development of tools for Percona services teams, and the maintenance of Percona Toolkit.