Sea Lion Champions Archives

Interview with Mark Callaghan, nominated in the Technical Excellence category.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Callaghan, recently nominated for the MariaDB Sea Lion Champions program in the “Technical Excellence” category. Mark is a respected figure in the database community, known for his in-depth performance analysis and contributions to the open-source dialogue.

The Interview

lefred: Mark, congratulations on your nomination as a MariaDB Sea Lion Champion. How do you feel about this recognition?

Mark Callaghan: I am always grateful for acknowledgment. But I’m a private person, so I’m not always comfortable standing out.

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Interview with Sumit Srivastava, nominated in the Adoption & Industry Impact category.

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sumit Srivastava, SVP Business Development & Products at Tayana, a Bangalore-based telecom software company. Sumit was nominated for championing MariaDB adoption in the telecommunications industry and its demonstration of open-source database delivering performance, scalability, and business impact in mission-critical systems. Like me, Sumit sits between technical and business — “the business people think I’m technical, and the technical people think I’m business,” as he put it. It made a lively conversation.

The Interview

Kaj: Sumit, Congratulations on your nomination.

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