Melanie Plageman

Melanie Plageman is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, specializing in database internals engineering for open source PostgreSQL since September 2020. As a significant contributor to the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Melanie has held various roles, including Committer and Major Contributor, since August 2018. Previous experience includes a Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware, where major feature improvements and PostgreSQL development were undertaken, and Staff Software Engineer at Pivotal, where interdisciplinary collaboration and query optimization were a focus. Additionally, Melanie's background includes roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Data and Analytics Consultant and co-founding ventures such as Bomba and Motaavi. Melanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Duke University.