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aliases: ["Carlos Mendez"]
Is A: Person
Tier: "3rd 🥉"
Tags: ["Sponsor"]
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# Carlos Mendez

Sponsor contact at PlanetScale, handling developer marketing and content partnerships. Carlos manages the relationship for PlanetScale's podcast sponsorship, focusing on database tooling and developer platform messaging. He is based in Austin, Texas, and came to content partnerships from a developer relations background, which makes him easier to work with than typical marketing contacts.

## Notes

- Understands the developer audience from personal experience, having been a backend engineer before moving into DevRel
- Provides well-crafted talking points that actually sound natural in a podcast context
- Responsive on Slack and email; turnaround on approvals is usually within 24 hours
- Interested in exploring deeper integrations like sponsored tutorial content alongside standard ad reads

## Collaborations

- [[24q1-launch-sponsorship-packages]] — PlanetScale sponsorship onboarded in the first batch
- [[procedure-sponsor-onboarding]] — clean onboarding; good template for future database-category sponsors
- [[event-sponsor-call-planetscale]] — quarterly check-in calls on campaign metrics
