DB Pro Oy Names Timo Lindström as New CEO

Press Release August 2025

DB Pro Oy, a software company specializing in AI-driven optimization of Microsoft-based database platforms, has appointed Timo Lindström as its new CEO. Timo will continue to serve as CEO of DB Pro Services Oy. The group’s founder, Jani K. Savolainen, will remain as DB Pro’s Chief Technology Officer and will also be responsible for the company’s product development.

DB Pro Oy’s internationally patented SQL Governor software solution enables significant savings on Microsoft licensing costs, both in on-premises data centers and public clouds. SQL Governor optimizes database environments to achieve maximum cost efficiency without compromising performance or availability. AI-assisted algorithms determine the optimal number of processor cores needed, ensuring that customers’ databases run as cost-effectively as possible while meeting required service levels.

Comprehensive AI-assisted analyses and reports also provide customers with many additional efficiency and sustainability benefits. Fewer processors and cores mean lower energy consumption. Database environments consume 20–30% of data center energy, so the potential savings are substantial. SQL Governor also helps application development teams produce more efficient code. Code quality has a direct impact on database behavior, and SQL Governor provides customers with quality insights related to this.

"It’s fantastic to bring in commercial experience and insight to accelerate our internationalization. In times like these, all organizations are looking for savings and want to act responsibly. SQL Governor was designed specifically to solve this challenge in database platforms. This change also allows me to focus strongly on leading research and product development," summarizes the group’s founder and product inventor, Jani K. Savolainen.

"If I had to name one low-hanging fruit in the hunt for cost savings, it would undoubtedly be the resources wasted on databases. On average, we deliver our customers 30–50% savings in both licensing and infrastructure," says the company’s newly appointed CEO, Timo Lindström.

SQL Governor is the only software on the market that offers solutions for both AI-driven monitoring and performance optimization of SQL Server environments, as well as capacity planning. SQL Governor combines DB Pro Oy’s decades of experience with SQL Server databases, world-class technological expertise, patents, and innovations. With this solution, database optimization reaches an entirely new level.

Further Information:

DB Pro Oy

Mechelininkatu 1 A 00180 Helsinki

www.sqlgovernor.com