Steven Sklar
About Steven Sklar
Steven Sklar is a Senior Cloud Engineer at QuestDB with extensive experience in both finance and technology sectors.
Company
Steven Sklar is currently employed at QuestDB, where he holds the position of Senior Cloud Engineer. As part of his role, he contributes to the company's GitHub repository and works on optimizing time series databases for performance and scalability.
Title
Steven Sklar is a Senior Cloud Engineer with a robust background in DevOps and platform engineering. His experience spans multiple roles and industries, including finance and technology.
Education and Expertise
Steven Sklar studied Economics and Finance at Washington University in St. Louis, where he achieved a BA from 2004 to 2008. He also took a Summer Program in Economics at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2006. His academic background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in both finance and technology sectors.
Professional Background
Steven Sklar has an extensive professional background, with roles ranging from software engineering to cloud and DevOps engineering. He was previously employed at Hyperscience as a Staff DevOps Engineer in 2022 and Senior DevOps Engineer from 2020 to 2022. At Predata, he worked as Director of Platform from 2016 to 2020. His earlier roles include Senior Software Engineer at Premium Point Investments (2015-2016) and various roles at Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. between 2008 and 2015, including Associate Director - Software Development and Vice President - Fixed Income Trading.
Achievements
As a Senior Cloud Engineer at QuestDB, Steven Sklar played a role in optimizing time series databases for performance and scalability. He also contributed to raising $15 million in funding for QuestDB, securing investments from notable entities such as Y Combinator and the founders of GitHub and Docker.