Rich Gale

Rich Gale is a software engineer and entrepreneur, best known for his contributions to web application development and his advocacy for open-source technologies. He is the founder of Couchbase, a NoSQL database company. Gale has also been involved in various other software ventures and has spoken at numerous industry conferences on topics related to database technology, scalability, and distributed systems. Prior to Couchbase, he held leadership roles at several technology companies. He is often recognized for his expertise in distributed data management and his influence on the development of modern database architectures.