Jesper Pedersen

Founder

Jesper founded mnemosyne systems in 2026 in Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to provide intelligent solutions for PostgreSQL.

He previously worked for Red Hat for 16 years where his focus was on databases, especially PostgreSQL.

Jesper can be reached at jesper.pedersen@mnemosyne-systems.ai

Haoran Zhang

Committer

Haoran began his journey in the Open Source world after acquiring his Master’s degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He loves Open Source wholeheartedly and tries to do his part in it.

He loves looking at new technologies and pushing them to the extreme, thereby finding improvements.

Haoran can be reached at andrewzhr9911@gmail.com and through his GitHub page

Luca Ferrari

Committer

Luca Ferrari has been passionate about computer science since the Commodore 64 era, and today holds a master’s degree (with honors) and a PhD from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he currently works.

An avid Unix user, he is a strong advocate of open source and delivers professional training and consultancy about PostgreSQL and Perl.

Luca can be reached at fluca1978@gmail.com and at his personal web page

Saurav Pal

Committer

Saurav is a DevOps software engineer at Oracle in India. He has a Bachelor’s in Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, India. While he’s most passionate about operating systems and embedded systems, he likes working with databases and computer networks as well.

He can be reached at palsaurav.2020@gmail.com

Bassam Adnan

Committer

Bassam is a pre-final year undergraduate researcher at IIIT Hyderabad, India. He takes great interest in learning about databases and has contributed to various Open Source PostgreSQL ecosystem projects.

In his free time, he also likes reading up on operating systems, finance, and physics. You can see what he’s up to on GitHub

Abdelrhman Sersawy

Major Contributor

Abdelrhman is an open-source contributor with a strong interest in low-level systems, databases, backend development, and software engineering.

He actively participates in competitive programming contests and qualified for the ICPC World Finals 2026, earning a national gold medal and a regional bronze medal.

Abdelrhman can be reached at abdelrhmansersawy.mail@gmail.com and through his GitHub page

Amr Shams

Major Contributor

Open Source Contributor • Cairo

Building reliable systems with Go and C. Passionate about scalable infrastructure, performance-first engineering, and community-driven open source.

Believing that open source should win after all.

Ashutosh Sharma

Major Contributor

Ashutosh is a postgraduate student at IIT Bombay with a strong focus on research and optimisation in the areas of programming languages and compiler design. Outside of his academic work, he actively contributes to open-source projects, particularly within the PostgreSQL ecosystem and the Go (Golang) community.

He can be reached at ash2003sharma@gmail.com

Sakshi Aggarwal

Major Contributor

Sakshi Aggarwal is an undergraduate computer science student at IGDTUW, India interested in backend systems, databases, and open source software. She has contributed to the PostgreSQL ecosystem through her work with mnemosyne systems.

She is a winner of a national-level hackathon and enjoys working on real-world challenges while developing her skills.

She can be reached at sakshiaggarwal2706@gmail.com and via her GitHub page

Shashank Singh

Major Contributor

Shashank is a computer science undergraduate interested in distributed systems, infrastructure, backend engineering, and scalable software design. He enjoys contributing to the open-source tools he uses in his daily workflow while continuously learning through hands-on development and system design exploration.

If you have an interesting idea or project in mind, feel free to connect and build something together — shashanksgh3@gmail.com , Github

Ahmed Kamel

Google Summer of Code 2026

Ahmed is a software systems engineer obsessed with building, designing and implementing low-level building blocks of the software industry, particularly where database internals meet the kernel, and where both intersect with security. He is a Computer Engineering student at Cairo University, expected to graduate in July 2026.

His commitment to open source is reflected in his selection as a GSoC ’25 contributor at Rizin and as an LFX Mentorship ’26 mentee for Drasi (by Microsoft Azure). Along his work, He is currently especially passionate about eBPF, a technology he considers fantastic to modern systems programming.

You can explore Ahmed’s work at his GitHub page

Sara Nabih

Google Summer of Code 2026

Sara Nabih is a Computer Science student in her third year with an enthusiasm towards software development, with a strong focus on database technology. Databases fascinate her, and she has made contributions to the open-source community of PostgreSQL.

In addition, she takes great pleasure in guiding others and has mentored over 200 people in the last two years.

Contact Sara Nabih at: nabihsara8@gmail.com

Shashidhar M

Google Summer of Code 2026

Shashidhar is a software engineer passionate about open-source contributions, with a strong drive to learn and build communities. He has a deep interest in database internals, AI/ML, and backend systems. He also enjoys competitive programming and ranks in the top 2.63% on LeetCode.

He can be reached at shashidhar.i.0119@gmail.com and via his GitHub profile

Somye Mahajan

Google Summer of Code 2026

I am an undergraduate at IIT Roorkee with a lifelong passion for software development. My current focus lies in database systems and networking; specifically, I am exploring the internals of databases by contributing to the PostgreSQL open-source community.

I am always eager to explore innovative ideas and collaborate with amazing people on impactful projects.

He can be reached at mahajan.somye@gmail.com and through his Github page

Trevor Jacob Mathews

Google Summer of Code 2026