Patrick Peschlow has studied Computer Science at the University of Bonn and holds a PhD in Communication and Distributed Systems. Currently he works at codecentric and is Head of Development of the cloud startup CenterDevice where he builds a highly scalable platform to easily store, find and share data.

He has a strong interest in search technologies, particularly Elasticsearch which he is running happily in production for more than two years now. Within codecentric, he has built up the Elasticsearch focus area and enjoys doing consulting work for search technologies, speaking and writing about his experience with Elasticsearch. Recently he made his first contribution to Elasticsearch, fixing a nasty race condition in its server core.