Taras Onishchuk

Taras has studied Mechanical Engineering and holds a Master's Degree in Aircraft Engines and Power Plants, but has always been passionate about computers and IT. As a junior student, he started working in the web hosting industry. Since 2012, Taras has been part of the DB Ops team in a tech company, managing software databases; and has also received a diploma in Software Engineering. Before joining Percona in early 2019, he worked for 5 years as a MySQL and Elasticsearch DBA in the geolocation/geofencing and fraud prevention industry.
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