Beena Emerson
Senior Staff SDE 1, Engineering Manager at EDB
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolBeena Emerson is a seasoned database engineer and leader with 12 years focused on PostgreSQL internals, rising through multiple technical and management roles at EDB to Senior Staff SDE and Engineering Manager. She began her career working on OSS database migrations and tooling at NTT, contributing to projects like pg_repack and pg_bigm, and has deep hands-on experience in low-level database fixes, regression testing, and production migrations. Based in Chengalpattu, India, she combines technical stewardship with people leadership, mentoring teams to deliver robust database features and operational improvements. Beyond engineering, she authored an ebook on mindful productivity and runs a coaching practice, bringing an uncommon focus on sustained personal effectiveness to her technical teams. Her blend of long-term PostgreSQL expertise and attention to human factors helps teams ship reliable systems while reducing burnout.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)ISC, Computer Science, ISC, Computer Science at Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania High SchoolSSC, SSC at Holy Angels High School, DombiviliGNIIT, Software Engineer, GNIIT, Software Engineer at NIITICSE, Computer Science, ICSE, Computer Science at Hiranandani Foundation School, ThaneBachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Computer Science at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University
English, Tamil, Hindi
Github Skills (7)
orafce10
oracle-10g10
postgresql-extension10
postgresql9
oracle-database9
oracle9
git1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
EnterpriseDB/zheap
Feb 2018 - May 2019
new heap with in-place update, powered by undo, for eventual integration into PostgreSQL
Contributions:111 commits, 51 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
postgresql
orafce/orafce
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
The "orafce" project implements in Postgres some of the functions from the Oracle database that are missing (or behaving differently).Those functions were verified on Oracle 10g, and the module is useful for production work.
Contributions:4 commits in 8 days
oracleoracle-10goracle-databaseorafcepostgresql
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