Matt Lord

Matt Lord is a seasoned engineer with extensive experience in database management and infrastructure. Currently serving as Principal Engineer for Vitess at PlanetScale and maintainer for the Vitess project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Matt has a solid track record of developing scalable solutions. Previous roles include Staff Database Infrastructure Engineer at Etsy, where Matt focused on MySQL management on Google Cloud Platform, and Engineering Manager at WeWork, where Matt founded and led the SRE Storage team. Earlier in the career, Matt held significant positions at MongoDB, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, MySQL, Bangstate, Inc., and Web Design Group, contributing to the development of various database technologies and management frameworks.