Selena Deckelmann

Selena Deckelmann is a major contributor to PostgreSQL. She specializes in open source software development and product management. She's an internationally recognized speaker on open source, PostgreSQL, and developer community. She founded Postgres Open, a conference dedicated to the business of PostgreSQL and disruption of the database industry. She founded and co-chaired Open Source Bridge, a developer conference for open source citizens. She founded the PostgreSQL Conference, a successful series of east coast/west coast conferences in the U.S. for PostgreSQL. She's helped run other conferences like WhereCampPDX, BarCampPDX, and PG Days. She is currently on the organizing committees for PgCon and OSCON. She's a contributing writer for the Google Summer of Code Mentor Manual and Student Guide.