Gülçin Yıldırım Jelinek
Gülçin started working with PostgreSQL at a startup in 2012 and was immediately struck by how powerful it is. Since then, she has been an active member of the PostgreSQL community, organizing conferences, giving talks and contributing in various ways. In recognition of her commitment, she was elected to the PostgreSQL Europe Board in 2017 and recognized as a PostgreSQL contributor in 2024.
Driven by her interest in PostgreSQL automation and cloud technologies, Gülçin joined 2ndQuadrant where she led cloud development efforts until the company was acquired by EDB in 2020. She is also an active member of Postgres Women, advocating for greater diversity and inclusion in technical communities.
Gülçin currently works at Xata, where she continues to focus on PostgreSQL engineering. Beyond her professional work, she is a co-founder of Kadin Yazilimci (Women Developers of Turkey) and has led its core team for more than 11 years. In 2023, she launched the Diva: Dive into AI conference as a Kadin Yazilimci initiative and has been part of the organizing team since.
She lives in Prague where she is the co-founder and organizer of the monthly Prague PostgreSQL Meetup for over eight years. Gülçin remains deeply involved in the PostgreSQL community and is committed to contributing to the long-term health and sustainability of the project.