Mike Grayson is a MongoDB Database Enginer at Percona, the unbiased open source database experts. Mike has been involved in many aspects of the MongoDB community since he started using the database in 2014. Heading the Western NY MongoDB User Group, blogging and being involved in several of the MongoDB Community Outreach programs such as the MongoDB Masters and the MongoDB Champions programs. In addition to this Mike has worked with Apache Kafka since around 2018 and helps run the Western NY Apache Kafka Group.

In his spare time, if he’s not spending his time reading about MongoDB and other technology, you can find Mike playing video games, rooting for Bayern Munich, or any of his favorite Philadelphia sports teams with his wife, three girls, one boy and two dogs in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York.