RJ Atwal

RJ Atwal is a Co-Founding Engineer at MotherDuck, a company that provides a cloud service connecting DuckDB to the cloud.12 He is part of the world-class team at MotherDuck, which consists of diverse, passionate, and collaborative engineers, leaders, and data industry veterans from various prominent tech companies.1

Professional Background

RJ Atwal has extensive experience in the database and data industry. He describes himself as a "life long database and data advocate".4 His expertise lies in revolutionizing database scalability and application development, particularly in the context of MotherDuck's innovative approach to hybrid query processing.24

Role at MotherDuck

As a Co-Founding Engineer, RJ Atwal has been instrumental in developing MotherDuck's technology, which allows for hybrid query processing - the ability to execute queries partly on the client and partly in the cloud.2 This technology builds upon DuckDB, an open-source analytical database system, and extends its capabilities to cloud environments.2

Contributions and Expertise

RJ Atwal has shared his knowledge and insights about database technology and MotherDuck's innovations through various platforms:

1. He has presented on topics such as "Unleashing the Power of WASM: Revolutionizing Database Scalability and Application Development".5
2. He is listed as one of the authors of a paper describing MotherDuck's architecture and capabilities, presented at the CIDR (Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research) 2024.2

Professional Network

RJ Atwal is based in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and has a significant professional network on LinkedIn, with 988 followers and over 500 connections.3 His LinkedIn profile can be found under the username "rj-atwal-b332452a".3