Jonathan Katz
Employers on the program
- 2024–2026Databricks4 talks
- 2022–2024Amazon Web Services10 talks
Appearances by year
- AWS re:Invent
- PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)
- Percona Live
- PGDay UK
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | panelist | 30 Years of PostgreSQL Retrospective as Databricks Date: 2026-05-20 Time: 16:30–17:30 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Beginner | |
| May 19, 2026 | PGConf.dev 2026 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | PostgreSQL as an open data format: 100x faster TPC-H queries through direct storage reads as Databricks Date: 2026-05-21 Time: 11:00–11:50 Room: Fletcher (1900) Level: Advanced | Slides |
| May 13, 2025 | PGConf.dev 2025 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Vector search is now boring, but PostgreSQL has ways to go as Databricks Date: 2025-05-15 Time: 13:30–14:20 Room: Regence B2C Level: Advanced | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | A practitioner’s guide to data for generative AI as AWS In this session, gain the skills needed to deploy end-to-end generative AI applications using your most valuable data. While this session focuses on the…Show lessIn this session, gain the skills needed to deploy end-to-end generative AI applications using your most valuable data. While this session focuses on the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) process, the concepts also apply to other methods of customizing generative AI applications. | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for querying vector data for gen AI apps in PostgreSQL as AWS PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) use cases with the pgvector extension.…Show lessPostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help you deliver a high-performance experience to your customers. | Video |
| Dec 2, 2024 | AWS re:Invent 2024 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build generative AI–powered search with Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS [REPEAT] as AWS The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and…Show lessThe integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and efficient solution for optimizing the product catalog similarity search experience. | |
| Sep 11, 2024 | PGDay UK 2024 | PGDay UK | speaker | Vectors: Building support for a nasty data type as AWS | |
| May 28, 2024 | PGConf.dev 2024 | PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon) | speaker | Vectors: how to better support a nasty data type in PostgreSQL as Databricks Date: 2024-05-30 Time: 11:30–12:20 Room: Fletcher(1900) Level: Advanced | SlidesVideo |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | AWS open source strategy and contributions for PostgreSQLPostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database that is available on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora and also helps power Amazon.com. Given the importance…Show lessPostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database that is available on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora and also helps power Amazon.com. Given the importance of PostgreSQL to Amazon and AWS users, AWS is committed to investing in PostgreSQL to help both the project and its builder community be successful. | Video |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Best practices for querying vector data for gen AI apps in PostgreSQLPostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for AI/ML use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help…Show lessPostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for AI/ML use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help you deliver a high-performance experience to your customers. | Video |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Build generative-AI-powered search with Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDSThe integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and…Show lessThe integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and efficient solution for optimizing the product catalog similarity search experience. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 | AWS re:Invent 2023 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Discovering the vector database power of Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS [REPEAT]In this chalk talk, learn about the vector database capabilities of the pgvector extension in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for…Show lessIn this chalk talk, learn about the vector database capabilities of the pgvector extension in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. | |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | [NEW LAUNCH!] Adding safe extensions to PostgreSQL as Amazon Web Services PostgreSQL’s extensible architecture is one of its superpowers, allowing people to plug in additional capabilities to meet their needs. However, building those…Show lessPostgreSQL’s extensible architecture is one of its superpowers, allowing people to plug in additional capabilities to meet their needs. However, building those extensions and deploying them to production is complex and can lead to instability issues for the first-time extension developer. | Slides |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | chalk talk | Build for the future quickly with Amazon RDS open-source database engines as AWS Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it fast and simple for you to get started with familiar database engines. As your business begins to grow,…Show lessAmazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it fast and simple for you to get started with familiar database engines. As your business begins to grow, you need a cloud solution that scales with you. | Slides |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | workshop | Implement GitOps and manage your Amazon RDS resources using ACK from K8s as AWS In this workshop, learn to deploy a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow using GitOps and the AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) service…Show lessIn this workshop, learn to deploy a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflow using GitOps and the AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) service controller for Amazon RDS on Amazon EKS to create and manage Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 databases effectively. GitOps relies on Git as the single source of truth for declaratively managing containerized infrastructure and application... | Slides |
| Nov 28, 2022 | AWS re:Invent 2022 | AWS re:Invent | breakout | Introducing Trusted Language Extensions for PostgreSQL as Amazon Web Services One reason for PostgreSQL’s growing popularity is its feature-rich extensions. However, installing extensions can introduce software defects that can corrupt…Show lessOne reason for PostgreSQL’s growing popularity is its feature-rich extensions. However, installing extensions can introduce software defects that can corrupt data or crash a database. | SlidesVideo |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | speaker | Get Your Insecure PostgreSQL Passwords to SCRAM! as Amazon Web Services PostgreSQL 10 introduced SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) to securely authenticate passwords. The SCRAM algorithm lets a client and…Show lessPostgreSQL 10 introduced SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism) to securely authenticate passwords. The SCRAM algorithm lets a client and server securely validate a password without ever exchanging the password using a series of cryptographic methods!In this talk, we will... | |
| May 16, 2022 | Percona Live 2022 | Percona Live | speaker | Looking Ahead at PostgreSQL 15 as Amazon Web Services Feature freeze for PostgreSQL 15 has come and gone. What does this mean for the upcoming release? This talk explores many of the new features that will be…Show lessFeature freeze for PostgreSQL 15 has come and gone. What does this mean for the upcoming release? This talk explores many of the new features that will be released in the next major version of PostgreSQL and explains how they can impact your workload. Some of the features may change before... |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dilip Kumar | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Jim Mlodgenski | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Douglas Bonser | 4 | — | 2024 |
| Yahav Biran | 4 | — | 2024 |
| Bruce Momjian | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Melanie Plageman | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Chirag Dave | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alastair Turner | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Alena Rybakina | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Andreas Scherbaum | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Andres Freund | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Andrey Borodin | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Claire Giordano | 3 | — | 2026 |
| David E. Wheeler | 3 | — | 2026 |
| David Rowley | 3 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.