The power of mentorship
Presented by:
Jim Mlodgenski
Jim has more than 20 years of experience developing data intensive applications and infrastructure. Prior to joining AWS, Jim was CTO at OpenSCG and CEO at StormDB, a Postgres-XC scalable public cloud solution. While at StormDB, Jim envisioned the offering and was responsible for all product development. Prior to StormDB, Jim was chief architect at EnterpriseDB, leading the firm’s technology direction, including its early cloud offerings and other product lines. Jim also very active in the PostgreSQL community, co-founding both the New York and Philadelphia PostgreSQL Meetup groups, co-organizing the largest PostgreSQL conferences, and serving on the Board of the PostgreSQL Foundation. Jim also speaks regularly at PostgreSQL and other open sources conferences.
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A challange for many managers is to remember that first and foremost their job is to ensure the success of their team. It is not uncommon for managers to get wrapped up in organizational structures of "tasks" versus the more powerful, effective and important mentorship. This is especially important for those members of our teams who have not yet developed their leadership skills, need proper motivation and mentoring to become the most crucial asset of your team. Not all of us are born leaders. In this session we will explore tools, and methods to extrapolate the power of mentorship. Why mentorship is important and why it is critical that those who have generated the widsom of decades pass it down and allow the next generation of professionals to succeed. Paying it forward if you will.
Join us fo ra fun, authentic and often humorous look at why Mentoring, Leadership and Advaocacy of team members is critical to the success of your organization.
- Date:
- 2026 April 21 09:00 PDT
- Duration:
- 50 min
- Room:
- Winchester
- Conference:
- Postgres Conference: 2026
- Language:
- Track:
- Professional Development & Wellness
- Difficulty:
- Easy