Simon Riggs is a Postgres Fellow at EnterpriseDB (EDB), a member of the company's executive management team, and a Major Developer of PostgreSQL for over 15 years. At EDB, he contributes to technical strategy and works with key customers directly. Before this, Simon was the Founder and CEO of 2ndQuadrant, acquired by EDB in 2020. Simon has contributed widely to PostgreSQL across 17 years, initiating new projects, contributing ideas, and committing many important changes. He continues his work with the PostgreSQL community as a developer and on patch review. Simon is also a regular speaker at PostgreSQL conferences. Simon lives happily with his wife Karen in England.