About the reviewers

Alexey Lesovsky has worked in web development and worked with Linux and related stuff in his early career as a system administrator. His favorite topics were and are KVM virtualization, monitoring systems, and Linux itself.

Being a system administrator, he was exposed to PostgreSQL in its early years. His interests then moved from system administration to pure database administration for PostgreSQL databases.

He has been with Data Egret for close to five years and has been a great asset for developing new Postgres utilities, including the famous PGCenter.

He is also a frequent speaker at various PostgreSQL events, among them PGCon, PGConf (dot) EU, and others.

He has also authored Getting Started with oVirt 3.3 by Packt Publishing.

Darren Douglas is Chief Instructor at PostgresCourse (dot) com. He has taught PostgreSQL for over 4 years and has trained professional DBAs from Fortune 500 companies as well as the US and Canadian federal governments.

Since first using PostgreSQL in 2008, he has since led database development and deployment with PostgreSQL across multiple industries including e-commerce, mining, mobile marketing, and insurance. He also consults on full-stack software development projects and DevOps initiatives.

He lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife Joanah. Together they spend time in volunteer projects and are learning the Swahili language.