Peter Zaitsev

Peter Zaitsev is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Percona, Coroot, FerretDB and other tech companies. As one of the leading experts in Open Source strategy and database optimization, Peter has applied his technical knowledge and entrepreneurial drive to contribute as a board member and advisor to several open source startups. Additionally, Peter is the co-author of the book “High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backup and Replication,” one of the most popular books on MySQL performance.

My Vision

Open the floodgates for knowledge and information and you produce rapid innovation, secure, intuitive, and adaptable software and technology. That’s the philosophy behind open source, and I thoroughly embrace it.

Why do I love the open-source philosophy, something I’ve embraced since founding my first startup? Open source is about freedom and giving everyone access to the world’s best ideas and discoveries.

I believe the principle of sharing ideas and information underpins the modern scientific and innovation process. Without the ability to share and improve upon the work of others, the wheel would have to be continually reinvented.