Q+A with Keith Hare: Newest Neo4j Team Member, Active in the Database Query Standards Process Since 1988
Keith Hare has joined the Neo4j team to spearhead language standards efforts. My name is Philip Rathle, Neo4j’s VP of Product Management, and I got a chance to sit down with Keith to discuss his thoughts on databases, standards and the future of the industry. Philip Rathle: Welcome to the team, Keith. As the Convenor for the ISO committees for SQL and now for the GQL Project you’re a busy person. What have you been up to? Keith Hare: While I am spending a significant amount of time working with the Neo4j LANGSTAR (Languages, Standards, and Research) team, I am continuing in my roles as the Convenor of the ISO SQL and GQL standards committee, and as the President of JCC Consulting, Inc. Philip: What’s been your involvement in ISO, and what have you been working on? Keith: I got started in the US SQL standards process a bit over 30 years ago, partially because it was interesting and partially as a way of keeping track of what was happening in the database industry. In