Floor Drees

Principal Program Manager

Floor is a Principal Program Manager at EDB. She previously worked in Developer Relations roles at Aiven, Grafana Labs, and Microsoft. She organizes PGDay Lowlands, is a member of the PostgreSQL Code of Conduct Committee, and a member of the PostgreSQL Europe Diversity Committee. She's a member of DevOpsDays Core (current Co-chair) and organizes the DevOpsDays Amsterdam conference. Approach with chicken/dinosaur content.

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Technical Blog

Developer U: Exercising Cohesion and Technical Skill in PostgreSQL

It’s been roughly a year since Andrew Dunstan first proposed an internal training program designed to mentor the next generation of PostgreSQL developers. Last week, the inaugural "Developer U" cohort gathered in for their second in-person session. I caught up with the trainers and participants to get the inside scoop on how the program is evolving.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Florin Irion

In 2025 we started a program to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. In this post we highlight Florin's journey, a Staff SDE at EDB based in Italy.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Mark Wong

In 2025 we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet Mark Wong, wearer of many hats.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Manni Wood

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Manni's manager is responsible for his participation in the program. He always assumed that he didn’t have the skills, but taught himself some x86 assembler and C in his spare time, and when it came to apply, she encouraged him to give it a shot.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Mario Gonzalez

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Mario Gonzalez is based in Chile, and works in the TPA (Trusted Postgres Architect) team at EDB. In past years he also worked on edb-python, Barman and repmgr.
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PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Nishant Sharma

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet: Nishant Sharma, Staff SDE, who maintains a list of places in the world he has yet to visit.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Bryan Green

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet Bryan Green, working on the Platform Operations team at EDB, who just enjoys understanding how things work at the lowest levels.
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Vaibhav Dalvi

Earlier this year we started a program (“Developer U”) to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet Vaibhav Dalvi, Staff SDE, who, prior to joining EDB had no experience with databases! And now look at him!
Technical Blog

PostgreSQL Contributor Story: Akshay Joshi

Earlier this year we started a program ("Developer U") to help colleagues who show promise for PostgreSQL Development to become contributors. Meet one of the participants: Akshay Joshi, a Principal Engineer and Engineering Manager at EDB.
Culture

Barcelona beginnings: onboarding new PostgreSQL contributors

PostgreSQL is at the core of what we do at EDB, and several people here work on PostgreSQL full-time. However becoming a contributor and being successful in your contributions is not an easy task. That’s why PostgreSQL powerhouse Andrew Dunstan kicked off a program to help folks that have the ambition to become contributors take their first steps.