Joe Conway is an innovative leader with broad experience in a wide array of disciplines and extensive international business exposure. He has been involved with PostgreSQL as a contributor since 2001. He is also the author and maintainer of a PostgreSQL procedural language handler for the R language, PL/R. Joe is currently President/CEO of credativ USA, which specializes in open source software with its "Open Source Support Center" and a comprehensive range of services, including consulting, architectural and technical advice, software development, training, and personalized support.