Roy Caldwell began his career as a Database Consultant at Oracle, advising Fortune 500 clients on Oracle RAC and Data Guard, and leading performance‑tuning and disaster‑recovery initiatives that halved recovery time objectives. He later joined Google Cloud as a Senior Database Engineer, where he architected Cloud Spanner, Cloud SQL, and Bigtable solutions—reducing query latency by 45% and boosting throughput by 60% with automated failover pipelines. As Lead Database Architect at Vinchin, he now designs scalable, high‑availability infrastructures with proactive monitoring to sustain 99.99% uptime and enable zero‑downtime feature releases.
I love playing basketball and trying new taco recipes. I enjoy board games with friends, biking on nearby trails, and hiking in the woods. I also kayak on the lake, take photos of the stars, tinker with small robots, and hunt for the best cup of coffee.
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