PlanetScale
David Bravant is an experienced technology leader currently serving as the Director of Solutions Engineering at PlanetScale since January 2023, focusing on a serverless database platform designed for developers. Prior to this role, David was the Senior Director of Infrastructure Engineering at ClickUp and held significant positions at SurveyMonkey, including Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering. Additional experience includes managing a team of DBAs at Twitter as DBA Manager, and serving as Senior DBA at companies such as Bebo, Yahoo!, and Apple. David began a career in database management as DBA Team Lead at Sphere Drake Insurance from 1991 to 1996.