About the Author

Dr. Charles A. Bell conducts research in emerging technologies. He is a member of the Oracle MySQL Development team as team lead for the MySQL Utilities team. He lives in a small town in rural Virginia with his loving wife. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2005. His research interests include database systems, software engineering, and sensor networks. He spends his limited free time as a practicing Maker focusing on microcontroller projects.

Dr. Bell’s research projects and development of an advanced databaseversioning system make him uniquely qualified to write this book. An expert in the database field, he has extensive knowledge and experience in modifying the MySQL source code. With more than 30 years experience in enterprise development and systems architecture, his experience enables him to create a book that gives excellent insight into developing and modifying open-source systems.