William Mayall

William Mayall is an experienced database administrator currently holding the position of Oracle/MySQL DBA at IdenTrust, Inc., where they focus on administering and optimizing Percona XtraDB Clusters deployed on Kubernetes. With a career spanning over four decades, William has previously served in notable roles at companies such as Wasabi Technologies, Viasat, and Sun Microsystems, where they specialized in MySQL, Oracle, and performance tuning across various database systems. Their early experiences living in a tribe in Kenya instilled a deep sense of discipline and resilience, which shapes their professional approach. William is dedicated to utilizing root cause analysis to enhance system reliability and prevent future incidents.