MongoDB Community Champions
Champions are a group of passionate, dedicated advocates of the MongoDB community. They keep the community informed and excited about our latest developments and newest offerings. They are the trusted bridge between MongoDB and our community.
Selected from the community by their peers and by our community team, these individuals represent the organizers, contributors, and creators that are the backbone of our community.
What it Means to be a Champion
Partner with MongoDB on Product Development Strategy
Provide MongoDB with insights into the community’s wants, needs, complaints, and praises. Work closely with our leadership teams to ensure that the community is represented in our product development strategy.
Collaborate with Our Community
MongoDB Champions lead our community user groups, and create exciting new content about MongoDB technologies.
Gain Exposure and Become a Featured Speaker at Events
Speak at MongoDB.live and other industry events. Increase your visibility through MongoDB social media channels, podcasts, and DevHub. We celebrate our Champions’ work and achievements throughout our social channels, our forums, and our events, and provide them access to a private forum group.
Champions Lead by Example
Uphold the Community Code of Conduct
The MongoDB Champion is a pillar of the community, exemplifying the best behavior and upholding the community Code of Conduct.
Be a Guiding Light
Help new members become acclimated to the norms of the community by helping them learn how to ask questions, how to contribute, how to participate in community events, and how to upskill their knowledge.
Protect and Foster Community Culture
Champions protect the culture of the community and are the first to welcome new members.
Benefits & Rewards
Product
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Participation in product beta testing, as available
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Product feedback sessions
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Product Early Access pilot
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Access to MongoDB product teams and executives
Community
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Access to private MongoDB Champion sub-forum on MongoDB Developer Forums
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Branded badges and ranks on Developer forums and social media
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Opportunities to mentor MongoDB newcomers
Events & Exposure
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Full (free) access to MongoDB events
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Expense reimbursement for travel and accommodation for events, VIP seats, and VIP events
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Featured profile on MongoDB DevHub
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SWAG
Growth
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Speaker training
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Social media training
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Public speaking and blog writing coaching
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Personal branding strategies
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Free MongoDB certification and University On Demand
How to Qualify
Contribute
Our goal is to recognize our most invested community members for contributing in the ways that are the most meaningful to them.
Create
Create content such as blog posts, podcasts, videos, and more
Speak
Speak at MongoDB or related events
Participate
Participate in the community forums
Lead
Lead user groups
Test
Provide user feedback and participate in beta testing programs
And more!
Other Details & Requirements
We expect members to participate actively, collaborate closely, and work towards tangible outcomes together.
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MongoDB Champions must (re)qualify every year, based on their contribution to the community
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Champions program cohorts are intentionally limited to small, functional groups
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Commitment of at least one full year
Meet the Champions
Arkadiusz Borucki
Principal SRE Database Engineer
Munich, Germany
Chris Dellaway
Senior Web Infrastructure Engineer
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Dani Monteiro
Data Consultant
Brazil
Hans-Peter Grahsl
Technical Trainer & Engineer
Graz, Austria
Jai Hirsch
Enterprise Data Architect
Columbia, MO
Jay Wooten
CEO
Indian Harbour Beach, FL
Leandro Domingues
Founder, CTO, Engineer
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lina Lora
Senior Software Engineer
Colombia
Malak Abu Hammad
Lead Web Developer
Zarqa, Jordan
Michael Höller
Solution Architect, Scrum Master, Backend Engineer
Bad Urach, Germany
Nuri Halperin
Senior Solution Architect
Santa Monica, California USA
Rajesh S Nair
Database Engineer
Bangalore
Rodrigo Nascimento
Sr. Workload Performance Engineer
Centro, Balneário Camboriú,
SC, Brazil
For the Future
2021 is a special year for the MongoDB Champions. As the inaugural year of the program, we are working closely with our first group of Champions to further refine and define this program. We want to ensure that we are providing the resources and benefits that our Champions find the most valuable.
Because our community program is quite new, this first cohort was selected based on their contributions to our user groups program, our forums, our events, and past MongoDB programs. Future cohorts will likely be a combination of these factors of contribution to the community and community peer recommendations. More details will be provided in the future.