Valentine Gostev

QA Engineer

Valentine joined Percona in January 2011. In his role as a quality assurance engineer, he performs testing on all Percona products. He came to Percona from Parallels, where he first worked as a technical support engineer serving enterprise customers and a large installation owned by a U.S. hosting provider. Later he was promoted to team leader of a support group. Prior to joining Parallels, he had graduated from the Specialized Study Center of Novosibirsk State University and then worked there as an IT lab assistant.

Valentine makes his home in the city of Novosibirsk, Russia, which is where he grew up. He enjoys sharp shooting and has competed in local rifle competitions. During his time in the Russian army, he also fell in love with skydiving.