
Senior Performance Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Alex Podelko supported major performance initiatives for Amazon, MongoDB, Oracle, Hyperion, Aetna, and Intel in different roles including performance tester, performance analyst, performance architect, and performance engineer. Currently he is Senior Performance Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), responsible for performance testing and optimization of Aurora service. Before specializing in performance, Alex led software development for Rodnik Software. Having more than thirty years of overall experience in the software industry, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from Gubkin University and an MBA from Bellevue University. Alex speaks and writes about performance engineering and load testing. See his collection of performance-related links and documents at www.alexanderpodelko.com. Specialties: Performance, Performance Engineering, Load Testing, Performance Testing, Capacity Planning, Performance Management, Performance Analysis, Modeling, Monitoring, Optimization, Tuning, Application Performance Management/Monitoring (APM), Cloud, AWS, Continuous Integration, LoadRunner, Oracle Application Testing Suite, JMeter, HyPerformix, TeamQuest, Jenkins, J2EE, Weblogic, WebSphere, Java, C/C++, Python, Windows, Linux, UNIX, MongoDB, Hyperion, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Intelligence (BI), git.
amazon.com
oracle.com
aetna.com
mongodb.com
intel.com
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Senior Performance Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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• Full-time
May 2022 - Present
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Staff Performance Engineer
MongoDB
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• Full-time
Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Performance Engineering
Oracle
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Jul 2007 - Oct 2020
Distinguished Performance Engineer
Hyperion Solutions
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Mar 2007 - Jun 2007
Performance Architect
Aetna
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Oct 2005 - Mar 2007
Principal Performance Engineer
Hyperion Solutions
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Apr 1999 - Oct 2005
Vice President
Rodnik Software
Nov 1992 - Mar 1997