Tate McDaniel

Tate joined Percona in June 2017 as a Remote MySQL DBA. He holds a Bachelors degree in Information Systems and Decision Strategies from LSU. He has 10+ years of experience working with MySQL and operations management. His great love is application query tuning. In his off time, he races sailboats, rides motorcycles on curvy roads, and can be found camping in remote locations in his RV.
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