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Naman Shah

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Head of Product at MariaDB
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Naman is the Head of Product at MariaDB, where he leads the strategy for SaaS and cloud database applications. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a certified AWS Solutions Architect, he has a strong background in product delivery, cloud migration, and delivering innovative, multi-cloud platforms for the AI era.

Outside of his core technology focus, Naman shows a strong sense of community by using his platform to support personal causes for friends and family. He also maintains a professional interest in federal health agencies, stemming from his past consulting work on enterprise integration and data management.

He was a founding member and product executive at SkySQL, which he helped build into a modern cloud database platform before it was acquired by MariaDB.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Head of Product
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
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Priorities

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Cloud Database Strategy
He frequently writes and speaks about multi-cloud strategies, disaster recovery, and innovative deployment models like Bring Your Own Account (BYOA) for enterprise customers.
AI in Databases
He is focused on building the data foundation for the "agentic enterprise" and enabling AI agents to interact with complex databases without hallucination.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head of Product
MariaDB
11-2023
Head of Product
SkySQL
3-2021 - 11-2023
Director of Product Management
MariaDB Corporation
9-2017 - 3-2021
Director, Product Delivery
Navitas Business Consulting Inc
10-2012 - 9-2017
Director, HealthIT Systems
TECHNICAL FRONTIERS, INC.
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Education
2001 - 2002
Master of Information Systems Management
Carnegie Mellon University
1997 - 1999
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Gujarat University
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