Ivan Zoratti, the former CTO of MariaDB, has joined Neo4j as Director of Product Management, bringing his extensive experience in open source innovation and database management to the graph database platform. With over 35 years in the tech industry, Ivan has worked on various projects, including Rdb by Digital (now Oracle Rdb), MySQL AB, and SkySQL, before joining MariaDB. At Neo4j, he is excited to leverage his passion for relational databases and their limitations to improve the graph database platform, particularly in terms of enterprise and cloud features. Ivan believes that Neo4j has a significant potential to expand its power with specific features, and he aims to take the product to another level, making it an order of magnitude bigger. He invites the Neo4j community to connect with him on various platforms, including his personal blog, SlideShare, Twitter, GitHub, and more, and looks forward to sharing his ideas and expertise with the community.