David Phillips co-founded Starburst and co-created the distributed SQL engine Presto, later Trino.
David Phillips co-founded Starburst and co-created the distributed SQL engine Presto, later Trino.
Career
David Phillips studied at University of New Mexico.
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Starburst from 2019-09 to 2024-12Co-founded Starburst and helped set its technical direction around Trino and open data platforms. Led engineering work on distributed analytics and cloud-native data infrastructure.