# Stefan Fercot Joins Percona to Contribute to pgBackRest

DevFeed: [Stefan Fercot Joins Percona to Contribute to pgBackRest](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meet-pgstef-why-stefan-fercot-joined-percona-and-why-you-should-find-him-at-percona-live-amsterdam-14098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.percona.com/blog/meet-pgstef/>)

Author: Percona Team

Published: 2026-09-09T15:55:38Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog - Percona](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-percona.md>)

Topics: [Percona](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/percona.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [percona](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/percona.md>), [percona-live](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/percona-live.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>)

## AI overview

Stefan Fercot joined Percona's Postgres engineering team to increase its contributions to pgBackRest, a backup and restore tool. The article describes his prior advocacy for the project and Percona's sponsorship of its development.

## Source excerpt

If you have spent any time in the Postgres community, you already know the name pgstef. Stefan Fercot has spent years as one of the most visible advocates for pgBackRest, a familiar face at European Postgres conferences, and countless hallway conversations about backups, high availability, and everything in between. Now he is doing that work ... Continued The post Meet pgstef: Why Stefan Fercot Joined Percona, and Why You Should Find Him at Percona Live Amsterdam appeared first on Percona.