Karthik Ranganathan
Employers on the program
- 2019–2026Yugabyte28 talks
Appearances by year
- Distributed SQL Summit
- Postgres Conference (PostgresConf)
- AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)
- AWS re:Invent
- Data Council
- QCon
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2026 | Distributed SQL Summit 2026 | Distributed SQL Summit | speaker | Untitled as YugabyteDB | |
| Jun 29, 2026 | AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 | AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) | speaker | Agent Memory Is a Solved Problem. Agent Learning Is Not. as Yugabyte | Video |
| Dec 1, 2025 | AWS re:Invent 2025 | AWS re:Invent | lightning talk | Beyond Vector Search: Ultra-Resilient GenAI Apps with AWS Bedrock (sponsored by YugabyteDB) as YugabyteDB As AI moves from proof-of-concept to production, standalone vector databases face limits in synchronization, ACID compliance, and resilience. This session shows…Show lessAs AI moves from proof-of-concept to production, standalone vector databases face limits in synchronization, ACID compliance, and resilience. This session shows how PostgreSQL-compatible distributed databases address these issues while keeping a familiar developer experience. | Video |
| Nov 17, 2025 | QCon San Francisco 2025 | QCon | speaker | Beyond Vector Search: Building Ultra-Resilient AI with Distributed SQL as Yugabyte As enterprises seek to move AI from proof-of-concept to production, standalone vector databases face limits in synchronization, ACID compliance, and resilience.…Show lessAs enterprises seek to move AI from proof-of-concept to production, standalone vector databases face limits in synchronization, ACID compliance, and resilience. This session shows how PostgreSQL-compatible distributed databases address these issues while keeping a familiar developer experience. | |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Distributed SQL Summit 2025 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Keynote: Ultra Resilient, Cloud Native AI with Distributed PostgreSQL as Yugabyte | Video |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Distributed SQL Summit Asia 2025 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Hello from the Year 2027! A journey through the AI application architecture of the (not too distant) future as Yugabyte | Video |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Distributed SQL Summit 2024 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Harnessing Cloud Native Power with PostgreSQL as Yugabyte | Video |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Distributed SQL Summit Asia 2024 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | No Downtime, No Limits with YugabyteDB as Yugabyte | Video |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Distributed SQL Summit 2023 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Dream Big. Go Bigger: Turbocharging PostgreSQL as Yugabyte | Video |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2023 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Embrace, Extend, Evolve: Making PostgreSQL Work for Cloud Native Applications as YugaByte PostgreSQL continues its reign as the most widely used open source database due to its powerful feature set and rich ecosystem of tools and extensions. | |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2023 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Future of Distributed SQL: 3 Things I’m Most Excited About as YugaByte Join Yugabyte CTO and co-founder, Karthik Ranganathan, for a quick talk on his vision for the future of Distributed SQL. | |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Distributed SQL Summit Asia 2023 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Embrace, Extend, Evolve – Making PostgreSQL work for a Cloud Native World as Yugabyte | Video |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | DSS Keynote — Back to the Future: Prepare Your Data Infrastructure for Anything as Yugabyte | Video |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit | speaker | Fireside Chat with Fiserv: Understanding Operational Requirements of Distributed SQL as Yugabyte | Video |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2022 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | The Biography of a Modern Cloud Native Application as YugaByte Modern cloud native applications lead exciting lives - from their birth in the cloud and dealing with massive unplanned success to surviving cloud outages and…Show lessModern cloud native applications lead exciting lives - from their birth in the cloud and dealing with massive unplanned success to surviving cloud outages and handling customers worldwide. | |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit Asia 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | The Big Digital Push: Committing to the Cloud in the Finance Industry as YugabyteDB Find out how UnionBank is reshaping the finance industry by being one of the first banks to go completely cloud native. Join UnionBank's transformative leader,…Show lessFind out how UnionBank is reshaping the finance industry by being one of the first banks to go completely cloud native. Join UnionBank's transformative leader, CTOO and CTO Henry Aguda, in this Fireside Chat as he takes us through the latest big tech trends, the journey to modernization and the innovative mindset that kickstarted it all. | |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit Asia 2022 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | The Biography of a Modern Application as YugabyteDB | |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit | speaker | Cloud Native Data Panel as Yugabyte | |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Unlocking the Power of “Any” as Yugabyte | |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit | speaker | YugabyteDB and EDB: Postgres for Every Enterprise Use Case as Yugabyte Postgres has emerged as the leading open source alternative to legacy proprietary RDBMSs, offering rich enterprise features and ease of use as well as a…Show lessPostgres has emerged as the leading open source alternative to legacy proprietary RDBMSs, offering rich enterprise features and ease of use as well as a thriving ecosystem of contributors and third party tools. In this session, Ed Boyajian, CEO of EDB speaks with Yugayte executives Bill Cook and Karthik Ranganathan about partnering to address the needs of enterprises in their database... | |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Distributed SQL Virtual Summit Asia 2021 | Distributed SQL Summit | speaker | Untitled as Yugabyte | |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Distributed SQL Virtual Summit 2020 | Distributed SQL Summit | keynote | Closing Keynote: Distributed SQL Virtual Summit 2020 as Yugabyte | |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Distributed SQL Virtual Summit 2020 | Distributed SQL Summit | workshop | Introduction to YugabyteDB and Its Architecture as Yugabyte | |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Distributed SQL Summit 2019 | Distributed SQL Summit | panelist | Panel: Facebook's Distributed Database Evolution as YugaByte | |
| Sep 18, 2019 | Postgres Conference Silicon Valley 2019 | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | 6 Technical Challenges Developing a Distributed SQL Database as YugaByte Developing YugaByte DB 2.0 was but not without its fair share of technical challenges. There were times when we had to go back to the drawing board and even…Show lessDeveloping YugaByte DB 2.0 was but not without its fair share of technical challenges. There were times when we had to go back to the drawing board and even sift through academic research to find a better solution than what we had at hand. | |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Data Council San Francisco 2019 | Data Council | talk | Distributed SQL Databases Deconstructed Database internals as YugaByte | |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Postgres Conference 2019 (PostgresConf US 2019) | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Designing database schemas for GDPR-compliance and security as YugaByte The General Data Protection Regulation, often referred to as GDPR, came into effect on 25 May 2018 across the European Union. | Slides |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Postgres Conference 2019 (PostgresConf US 2019) | Postgres Conference (PostgresConf) | speaker | Performant multi-region Postgres using distributed data storage engine as YugaByte Building applications on PostgreSQL that require automatic data sharding and replication, ability to scale out with fault tolerance and geographic data…Show lessBuilding applications on PostgreSQL that require automatic data sharding and replication, ability to scale out with fault tolerance and geographic data distribution is hard. | Slides |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanmai Gopal | 6 | 1 | 2026 |
| Franck Pachot | 5 | — | 2025 |
| Denis Magda | 5 | — | 2023 |
| Nikhil Chandrappa | 5 | — | 2021 |
| Vish Phaneendra | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Alan Caldera | 4 | — | 2024 |
| Amey Banarse | 4 | — | 2022 |
| Bill Cook | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Justin Reock | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Chirag Dave | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Jignesh Shah | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Jim Mlodgenski | 3 | — | 2025 |
| Valerie Parham-Thompson | 3 | — | 2024 |
| Grant Zhou | 3 | — | 2023 |
| Lee Roland | 3 | — | 2023 |
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.