Shane Borden @sborden76

Staff Technical Solutions Consultant at Google

About

Experienced technology professional with a successful career in leading or managing highly visible, complex data architecture design and production support tasks across multiple reference architectures.

Recently have been focused on making the cloud journey for clients easier especially the journey from Oracle / SQL Server to all things PostgreSQL.

Generally I am focused on the following cloud and database technologies:

  • Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL

  • AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

  • PostgreSQL

  • Cloud Replication Products (Oracle Goldengate, Striim, HVR and FiveTran)

  • Oracle Database (All Versions)

  • Oracle Engineered Systems

  • Data Virtualization and Big Data Platforms

  • Marginally dangerous with Microsoft SQL Server

Also a life long aviation enthusiast.

Shane Borden has presented the following presentations

    Shane Borden Unlocking PostgreSQL Performance: A Guide to Index Types and When They Should Be Used at Postgres Conference 2025
    A Practical Talk About Indexing Strategies

    presented by Shane Borden

    In the world of relational databases, indexes are crucial for optimizing query performance. PostgreSQL, a powerful open-source database system, offers a variety of index types beyond the standard B-tree. This presentation delves into the different index types available in PostgreSQL, exploring their strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases.

    Specifically, we will cover and show use cases fo...

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    Fri 21 2025 Ops