Art Van Scheppingen
About Art Van Scheppingen
Art Van Scheppingen is a Senior Database Performance Engineer at Backbase, where he has worked since 2023. With extensive experience in database management and engineering, he has held various roles in notable companies across the Netherlands.
Work at Backbase
Art Van Scheppingen has been employed at Backbase as a Senior Database Performance Engineer since 2023. He works in a hybrid model from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. In this role, he focuses on optimizing database performance and ensuring reliability within the organization.
Previous Experience in Database Engineering
Before joining Backbase, Art Van Scheppingen served as the Lead Database Reliability Engineer at MessageBird from 2022 to 2023. He also held the position of Technical Lead at RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment for a brief period in early 2023. His earlier roles include Database Engineer at MessageBird from 2019 to 2022 and Senior Support Engineer at Severalnines from 2015 to 2017.
Education and Expertise
Art Van Scheppingen studied Information Technology at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, where he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from 1997 to 2001. He also completed a preparation course in BMT at HKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht) and obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) from 1995 to 1996. His expertise includes managing database environments using cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS, and he is skilled in various technologies including MySQL, ProxySQL, and MongoDB.
Leadership and Team Management
At SPIL GAMES, Art Van Scheppingen led a team consisting of Database Administrators, Datawarehouse Engineers, and Hadoop Linux Engineers from 2010 to 2015. His leadership experience includes overseeing database engineering projects and implementing best practices in database management.
Conference Presentations
Art Van Scheppingen has presented his work and projects at notable conferences, including Percona Live and FOSDEM. These presentations highlight his contributions to the field of database management and performance engineering.