Michael works as Senior Principal Consultant for Apps Associates.Prior to joining Apps Associates, Michael built a strong foundation in Oracle and PostgreSQL databases, streaming and cloud technologies. With more than 15 years of experience in the IT sector he gained a huge amount of experience in all industries. He has extensive experience in architecting, operating and migrating Oracle and PostgreSQL environments as well as Kafka and streaming environments. Michael has been named a Confuent Community Catalyst for the class of 2025/26.He also loves to share his experience with the community in talks, community forums In his free time, Michael enjoys playing trumpet, reading books and taking care of his bee colonies. He also loves to read books