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Speakers

Pat Wright

Employers on the program

  1. 2026Redgate7 talks
  2. 2026Red Gate Software4 talks
  3. 2025Wright Database consulting1 talk
  4. 2021–2025Utah Geek Events8 talks

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 10, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)
  • PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)
  • PGDay Chicago
  • Hyderabad Postgres Days
  • Nordic PGDay
  • PG DATA
  • PGConf India
  • PGConf.Asia
  • 4 other conferences

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Nov 9, 2026PASS Summit West 2026PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)preconAdding PostgreSQL to Your SQL Server Skill Set
as Redgate
More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing…Show less

More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing technology, which means more and more people need to understand both SQL Server and PostgreSQL. This session is explicitly designed to...

Nov 9, 2026PASS Summit West 2026PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)speakerJust Start Peddling
as Redgate
Nov 9, 2026PASS Summit West 2026PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)speakerPreparing for the PostgreSQL Certification
as Redgate
The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education has just released the first community owned, vendor neutral, certification for PostgreSQL. In October, the very first…Show less

The Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education has just released the first community owned, vendor neutral, certification for PostgreSQL. In October, the very first testing sessions were held at pgConf.EU in Valencia Spain. Your intrepid presenters both took this test. Come to this session to see...

Oct 20, 2026PGConf.EU 2026 (16th PostgreSQL Conference Europe)PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)sponsored talkFinding the small queries that cause big problems in your system
as Redgate
Have you ever wondered why your systems seem to be "humming" along and then all of a sudden someone pushes a button, and the hum turns into a roar of a thousand…Show less

Have you ever wondered why your systems seem to be "humming" along and then all of a sudden someone pushes a button, and the hum turns into a roar of a thousand engines? Perhaps you have lots of little minions running constantly on your system until one big minion comes along and messes the whole thing up?

Slides
Oct 20, 2026PGConf.EU 2026 (16th PostgreSQL Conference Europe)PostgreSQL Conference Europe (PGConf.EU)community dayOrganizing and Growing Community Events
as Red Gate Software
The goal of this community event is to help organizers, speakers, and others learn to grow the community around them. We will discuss growing speakers, reaching…Show less

The goal of this community event is to help organizers, speakers, and others learn to grow the community around them. We will discuss growing speakers, reaching out to other groups, gathering sponsors, and organizing events.

Aug 20, 2026Hyderabad PGDays 2026Hyderabad Postgres DaysspeakerCritical DBA Tasks for Postgresql
as Red Gate Software
Jul 18, 2026Day of Data Baton Rouge #1141SQLSaturday—Master AI prompts by creating a load tester

Join me in building a load-testing platform with Python. The backend DB is Postgres.

Jul 18, 2026Day of Data Baton Rouge #1141SQLSaturday—Speaking and Community Involvement for the Introvert
Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference are introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that, I'm here to talk about the…Show less

Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference are introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that, I'm here to talk about the introvert inside of me and how I quiet it just enough to truly improve my life.

Jun 10, 2026PASS Summit Europe (Frankfurt) 2026PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)preconAdding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set
as Redgate
More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing…Show less

More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing technology, which means more and more people need to understand both SQL Server and PostgreSQL. This session is explicitly designed to...

Jun 4, 2026PG DATA 2026PG DATAspeakerMaster Upgrading PostgreSQL, Using Real World stories and examples
as Redgate Software
May 7, 2026PASS Summit East (Chicago) 2026PASS Data Community Summit (formerly PASS Summit)preconAdding PostgreSQL to your SQL Server Skill Set
as Redgate
More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing…Show less

More organizations are adding PostgreSQL to their technology stack than ever before. The challenge is that they are not immediately replacing their existing technology, which means more and more people need to understand both SQL Server and PostgreSQL. This session is explicitly designed to...

Apr 21, 2026Postgres Conference 2026Postgres Conference (PostgresConf)speakerCritical DBA Tasks for Postgresql
as Red Gate Software

Whether you are a new DBA or a seasoned professional. These are the critical items you need to do to make sure your Postgresql clusters are healthy and happy.

Mar 24, 2026Nordic PGDay 2026Nordic PGDayspeakerCritical DBA Tasks for Postgresql
as Red Gate Software

Whether you are a new DBA or a seasoned professional. These are the critical items you need to do to make sure your Postgresql clusters are healthy and happy.

Slides
May 13, 2025PGConf.dev 2025PGConf.dev (formerly PGCon)discussion leadPostgres Community Summit
as Utah Geek Events

Date: 2025-05-13 Time: 14:00–17:30 Room: Cartier B Level: Beginner

Mar 5, 2025PGConf India 2025PGConf IndiaspeakerSpeaking and Community Involvement for the Introvert
as Wright Database consulting
Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference will be introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that, I'm here to talk about…Show less

Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference will be introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that, I'm here to talk about the introvert inside of me and how I quiet it just enough to truly improve my life.

SlidesVideo
Sep 30, 2024PGConf NYC 2024PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerHow to: Never be on call as a DBA Again
as Utah Geek Events

Engineers are not great at documentation, it’s just a fact of the industry. Data people are in the same group.

Slides
Apr 26, 2024PGDay Chicago 2024PGDay ChicagospeakerPostgres for the SQL Server DBA
as Utah Geek Events

Postgres is an amazing product and many people are quickly adopting it.

Slides
Oct 3, 2023PGConf NYC 2023PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)host🎉 Welcome to PGConf NYC 2023! 🎉
as Utah Geek Events
Oct 3, 2023PGConf NYC 2023PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)host🥲 Closing 👋
as Utah Geek Events
Apr 20, 2023PGDay Chicago 2023PGDay ChicagospeakerSpeaking and Community Involvement for the Introvert
as Utah Geek Events

Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference are introverted.

Sep 22, 2022PGConf NYC 2022PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerPostgres for the SQL Server DBA
as Utah Geek Events

Postgres is an amazing product and many people are quickly adopting it. This also means that many DBA’s are coming from different technical disciplines.

Dec 2, 2021PGConf NYC 2021PGConf NYC (Postgres Summit US from 2026)speakerSpeaking and Community Involvement for the Introvert
as Utah Geek Events
Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference are introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that I’m here to talk about the…Show less

Let’s be serious, I understand 99% of the audience for a technical conference are introverted. I’m not here to disagree with that I’m here to talk about the introvert inside of me and how I quiet it just enough to truly improve my life.

Slides
Nov 17, 2020PostgresConf.CN & PGConf.Asia 2020PGConf.AsiaspeakerLogical Replication lessons learned for the Data Warehouse

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Ryan Booz9—2026
Magnus Hagander8—2026
Bruce Momjian8—2025
Henrietta Dombrovskaya722026
Claire Giordano7—2026
Kellyn Gorman612026
Lætitia AVROT6—2026
Pavlo Golub6—2026
Grant Fritchey542026
Jonathan S. Katz522026
Ashutosh Bapat5—2026
Chirag Dave5—2026
Jimmy Angelakos5—2026
Lukas Fittl5—2026
Shayon Sanyal5—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.