Vlad Ilyushchenko 🇺🇦
About Vlad Ilyushchenko 🇺🇦
Vlad Ilyushchenko is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of QuestDB, with extensive experience in low-latency software development and a strong background in applied mathematics.
Company
Vlad Ilyushchenko is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of QuestDB, a high-performance time series database company. He co-founded QuestDB in 2019, and the company has gained recognition for its focus on delivering high-performance solutions in the database technology sector.
Education and Expertise
Vlad Ilyushchenko has a strong background in applied mathematics, holding a Master's degree from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, where he studied from 1992 to 1997. He further enhanced his entrepreneurial skills by participating in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch with QuestDB.
Professional Background
Vlad Ilyushchenko has an extensive history in software development, particularly in low-latency systems and the financial sector. His experience includes roles such as Senior low-latency FX pricing Software Developer at RBC, Senior Software Engineer at Blockchain.com, and Development Team Lead at BP. He has also served as Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank and as a Java Specialist at Informa PLC.
Achievements
Vlad Ilyushchenko has made significant contributions to QuestDB's high-performance features. He has written several technical blog posts and articles on topics such as high-cardinality benchmarks, achieving high write speeds, and building a garbage-free network stack for Kafka streams. His work has helped optimize database performance and handle large-scale data ingestion.
Low-Latency Software Development
Vlad has extensive experience in low-latency software development, especially in the financial sector. He worked on FX pricing systems at RBC and HSBC, focusing on minimizing latency for better performance. His expertise has been crucial in developing efficient trading systems and high-speed data processing applications.