Summary
Mats Persson is a seasoned software founder and architect with three decades of experience delivering scalable, high-performance systems. As founder and CEO of VelocityDB since 2011, he single-handedly created the VelocityDB and VelocityGraph database engines in .NET C#, showcasing hands-on engineering leadership and product vision. He specializes in service-oriented architectures, distributed applications, and optimizing both client and server performance across the full stack. His career spans large, multi-year projects with teams of 30+ developers and all phases of the SDLC. He brings a versatile technical footprint across .NET, front-end frameworks, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS. Based in Carlsbad, California, Mats combines entrepreneurial grit with deep technical depth to turn complex requirements into robust, scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
English, Swedish