- 🏢 Currently working at CData — helping AI agents talk to enterprise data
- ✍️ I regularly write articles on my blog
- 💬 I like to talk about data, databases, and MCP
- 🌱 I make art out of seeds and grains
- 🏡 I run a homelab with 40+ self-hosted services on Proxmox
- 📫 Ask me about anything, I am happy to help :)
Joe Karlsson (he/they) is a Developer Marketing Engineer at CData, where he leads developer growth for the managed MCP platform connecting AI agents to live enterprise data. He's spent 15+ years wrangling databases and developer communities at MongoDB, SingleStore, Tinybird, and CloudQuery. Along the way he's given 100+ conference talks worldwide, delivered a TEDx talk, and somehow found time to make art out of seeds and grains (exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair — yes, really). He comes from the frozen tundra of Minneapolis, MN (it does get cold; no, not everyone sounds like Fargo).
😄 Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them
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