Uday Rajarapu is a seasoned database professional with extensive experience in database administration and consultancy, currently serving as a MySQL DBA at Percona since December 2021. Prior roles include Database Consultant at Optum from March 2018 to December 2021, Consultant at Capgemini from March 2016 to February 2018, Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services from October 2014 to March 2016, and DBA at ANMsoft Technologies from May 2011 to October 2014, where Uday led the database team and managed production and staging servers. Uday holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in IT from Osmania University and a B.Sc in Computer & Electronics from Wesley Degree College, Osmania University.