Camunda Champion Program
Camunda Champions are loyal, helpful and collaborative community members who actively support the Camunda Community by answering questions, speaking at events, publishing content or contributing to online communities. With this program we want to give you credit for the work you’re doing and set you up for success.
Become a Camunda Champion!
Please fill out the form below so our committee can review your application. Detailed information and links to your work are key. If you can’t share repositories of your work due to company policies, tell us about the use case and how you solved it with Camunda.
Who is a Camunda Champion?
Our awesome community is what makes us who we are and we value each and every member. There are some community members who always go above and beyond and love to share their knowledge and expertise to help others within the community. Contributions from Champions might include speaking at events, leading user groups, answering questions or contributing to online communities.
Do you:
- Love to support others?
- Actively contribute to the Camunda Community?
- Demonstrate Camunda product expertise?
- Are you passionate about Camunda?
Why become a Camunda Champion?
With this program, we want to value your contributions to the community, set you up for success and create a global network of Camunda Champions. Some of the benefits you can expect as a Champion:
- The recognition of the community
- Access to Camunda Experts and fellow Champions
- Exclusive Camunda Badges
- First-hand information about updates from the Camunda Universe
- Invitation to exclusive Champion Summit
- Special Swag
Get to know our Champions
Alexei Bolotin
Location: Poland
Company: IBA Group
Bio:
Alexei is a software engineer with 20 years of experience in custom application development across various industries. Beginning his career as a Java developer, he expanded his expertise into Business Analysis, Project Management, and People Management, all grounded in a strong technical background. Since 2017, Alexei has been working with Camunda, leading his company’s internal Camunda community, contributing to projects, and sharing his knowledge through internal and external meetups. He played a key role in achieving Camunda Golden Certified Partner status for his company and is skilled in both Camunda 7 and Camunda 8.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Writing Speaking Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I am excited and honored to be recognized as a Camunda champion and to be a part of such an amazing community. It gives me a new wave of motivation to share the knowledge and educate people about Camunda. And it’s all about new opportunities!
Alexei Bolotin
Andre Strothmann
Location: Germany
Company: viadee Unternehmensberatung AG
Bio:
I’m Andre, an IT Consultant at viadee Unternehmensberatung AG, specializing in Business Process Management since my university days. I’ve been working hands-on with Camunda for some time, with a particular focus on optimizing processes within the insurance sector.
Specialties: Coding Camunda 8 Writing Speaking Internal knowledshares Meetups Marketplace Contributer
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion means a lot to me! It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and continually learn from industry leaders with a wealth of experience. I’m excited not only to expand my network but also to bring new insights and ideas back to my own work, helping me grow both personally and professionally in the BPM space.
Andre Strothmann
Andrey Zhukov
Location: Kazakhstan
Company: Reunico
Bio:
My Camunda journey began in 2020 when I obtained my first certification. Since then, my professional path has spanned multiple countries and industries. After two years in Russia, I relocated to Serbia where I worked for two years with an American bank. I’m now based in Kazakhstan, continuing to expand my expertise. Throughout this time, I’ve delivered Camunda-based solutions across retail, banking, and telecommunications sectors. I’m also committed to growing the Camunda community by conducting training sessions and teaching BPMN fundamentals to other professionals.
Specialties: Tutorials Camunda 8 Writing Speaking Meetups Camunda 8
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion would mean several important things to me. First and foremost, it represents a distinguished status that helps build trust with clients. It serves as a mark of quality, demonstrating that I’m a recognized professional in the Camunda ecosystem, not just another practitioner. Additionally, it would provide valuable access to the Camunda community, creating opportunities to connect with and learn from professionals across different countries, exchange insights, and seek guidance on complex challenges
Andrey Zhukov
Charan Teja Choppavarapu
Location: India
Company: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Bio:
I’m a Camunda Certified Professional Developer with 3 years of IT experience, specializing in Camunda platform setup and workflow automation. As a Camunda trainer, I help others learn best practices and effectively use Camunda to improve business processes. I’ve published custom connectors on the Camunda Marketplace to extend the platform’s capabilities. I stay updated with the latest Camunda features and actively contribute to the community. Being part of the Camunda ecosystem motivates me to keep learning and growing professionally.
Specialties: Tutorials Marketplace contributor Writing Speaking
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being recognized as a Camunda Champion is a great honor for me. I am passionate about BPM, and discovering Camunda has been a meaningful milestone in my career. Being part of this group means a lot because it connects me with others who share my passion.
It also gives me opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute to the BPM community. This recognition motivates me to keep pushing forward in my journey with Camunda and workflow automation.
Charan Teja Choppavarapu
Dominik Horn
Location: Germany
Company: Flowsquad
Bio:
Dominik Horn is co-founder of FlowSquad, specialists in process automation.
As a full-stack developer, he loves to build software from scratch and always has the goal to accelerate the development and simplify the automation. He is a lecturer for process management and automation at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and enjoys passing on his knowledge and exploring innovative topics.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Writing Forum
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Dominik Horn
Fabian Stach
Location: Germany
Company: ilum:e Informatik AG
Bio:
As a passionate advocate for workflow automation, I have extensive experience in BPMN, DMN and Java. Over the past two years, I’ve worked with Camunda to implement and optimize processes for finance, logistics and media sectors. As a dedicated member of the Camunda community. I’m excited to continue sharing my knowledge and promoting best practices as a Camunda Champion.
Specialties: Speaking Camunda 8 Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion means the chance to make a meaningful impact in the automation community. I’m excited to share my experiences, support others in their journeys, and help foster a collaborative environment around process automation best practices.
Fabian Stach
Gerard Yannick LAPI EMO
Location: Belgium
Company: Independant consultant
Bio:
I am an avid learner and passionate about teaching.
Having a strong technical background, I have always been less interested in tackling only technical problems.
Working in both Business and IT has always been my ultimate goal, and Camunda has given me that opportunity today.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Writing Speaking Tutorials
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
To be a champion means that I know the technology, I can use it effectively, and I am able to train, teach, and accompany others in their process of learning or adopting it.
Gerard Yannick LAPI EMO
Gerardo Manzano Garcia
Location: Austria
Company: JIT , officially “J-IT“ IT-Dienstleistungs GesmbH
Bio:
I started out studying Computer Science and later completed a Master’s in Technology Management, which opened the door to learning how technology really scales, not just through systems, but through collaboration and the small decisions people make every day.
At some point, curiosity led me to explore how science, technology, and innovation take shape in different parts of the world. That journey took me through different parts of my native Mexico, the United States, Russia, and Austria, each place shaping how I think about technology, people, and process.
Today, I work as a Process Automation expert, helping organizations connect these three elements in more thoughtful ways.
I enjoy sharing ideas, teaching, mentoring, and writing about digital transformation, systems thinking, and process design.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Speaking Writing Internal Knowledshares Meetups
Besides the obvious that I liked being acknowledged by the product makers, it also means responsibility and pride. It fuels me to keep contributing to the community
Gerardo Manzano Garcia
Gunnar von der Beck
Location: Germany
Company: Accso – Accelerated Solutions GmbH
Bio:
Gunnar is an IT Architect at Accso in Darmstadt, Germany. As BPM und open-source enthusiast he is the author of several community projects. He has more or less grown up with Camunda and has been involved in the area of practical process automation for several years now. And it’s still great fun for him.
In addition to his day-to-day work, Gunnar also guides the next generation of BPM experts through their internship on the Business Process Engineering lecture at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences – of course, using Camunda.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Speaking Writing Coding Forum Meetups
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
It is a great joy to be part of such a passionate community. The feedback and active participation of everyone else is an essential ingredient to my own open source projects, which otherwise wouldn’t be half as good. Thanks to all of you!
Gunnar von der Beck
Jan Galinski
Location: Germany
Company: Holisticon
Bio:
Jan Galinski is a BPM craftsman, software engineer, and senior consultant for Holisticon AG, living and working in Hamburg, Germany. His interests range from architecture, development to business process management. Jan is also a big fan of open source software and regularly contributes on GitHub and Stack Overflow.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Forum Camunda 7 Bpmn.io
Jan Galinski
Jan Rohwer
Location: Germany
Company: Holisticon AG
Bio:
Jan Rohwer is a senior consultant working for Holisticon AG in Hamburg, Germany. As a BPM craftsman he supports customers in automating their business processes. His further interests lie with open source and community projects, which he likes to contribute to as a developer using Kotlin and Java.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Writing Coding
Jan Rohwer
Juan Carlos Beltrán Rebaza
Location: Peru
Company: Prisma Intelligence Consulting
Bio:
Juan Carlos works as a consultant in BPM with Business Intelligence. His specialty is designing executable models based on BPMN and DMN. He also builds indicators and dashboards for business management with process analytics.
He is a self-taught individual who enjoys sharing knowledge and experiences of learned technologies with various foundations, design patterns and scalable architectures.
Specialties: Meetups Writing Camunda 8SpeakingTutorials
It means sharing knowledge and learning about the Camunda platform in a responsible and playful way through events, video content, posts on social networks
Juan Carlos Beltrán Rebaza
Kevin Lang
Location: Switzerland
Company: brix Solutions AG
Bio:
My name is Kevin Lang and I am Head of BPM and Business Process Consultant at brix IT Solutions – based in Allschwil near Basel, Switzerland. I have been actively involved with Camunda since the beginning of 2020 and am excited to be a part of the vibrant community.
My professional background originates from IT development. Since 2017, I have been working as a business consultant and project manager. Throughout my career, I was able to successfully implement various IT projects – in the areas of Digital Asset Management and Business Process Management. This allowed me to gain a lot of experience, get valuable insights and further expand my expertise.
Specialties: Meetups Writing Camunda 8SpeakingInternal knowledshares Marketplace contributor
As part of the Camunda community, I am looking forward to the opportunity to contribute and support the growth of the company, especially in Switzerland – in the Basel region. I look forward to foster the collaboration, knowledge sharing and support the use of Camunda’s powerful BPM and process management solutions.
Kevin Lang
Luc Weinbrecht
Country: Germany
Company: Envite
Bio:
Luc Weinbrecht is a Consultant at Envite working with Camunda Tools on a daily basis. As a full stack developer, he passionately helps companies digitize, particularly with workflow automation. Additionally, he is enthusiastic about applying modern software architecture on Camunda and creating new possibilities and solutions for business monitoring.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Speaking Writing Meetups
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion means to me being part of a super cool community where you can learn a lot and which gives back the appreciation you invest — encouraging to continue.
Luc Weinbrecht
Maarten van Veelen
Location: Netherlands
Company: ilionx
Bio:
For 20 years, Maarten van Veelen has been fascinated by the space where business goals and IT reality meet. He thrives on solving the complex puzzles found there, which is where he enjoys his work the most.
When Maarten discovered Camunda, it was a natural fit. He found it to be the perfect toolkit for what he loves to do: untangling complicated processes and building automation solutions that actually make people’s jobs easier.
As a consultant at the Dutch IT company ilionx, Maarten puts this into practice every day. He has had the pleasure of sharing some of his solutions as a two-time presenter at Camundacon and is always happy to chat about process automation challenges with others in the community.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Speaking Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion is a huge honor, and I’m incredibly grateful. I’ve always been a big believer in not just the Camunda platform, but the culture behind it—it’s open, smart, and community-driven.
To me, this title is a recognition of the work I’ve put in, but more importantly, it’s an invitation to do more. It means officially joining a group of experts I respect and having a stronger platform to share my passion for practical process automation. I look forward to representing the Camunda community and helping others see what’s possible with this technology.
Maarten van Veelen
Marcelo Leopoldino
Location: Brazil
Company: NTConsult
Bio:
Process Orchestration and Digital Transformation Specialist with extensive experience in business automation and strategic consulting across the telecommunications, energy, banking, services, and healthcare industries. My work focuses on bridging the gap between business and technology, ensuring that organizations achieve high-impact results, operational efficiency, and scalable transformation. I have strong expertise in Business Process Automation and BPM, working with BPMN, UML, and eTOM, and hands-on experience with Camunda.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Writing Tutorials Marketplace Contributer Speaking Meetups
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion means contributing even more actively to a global community that shares the same vision: empowering enterprises with open, flexible, and modern orchestration. It means exchanging knowledge, sharing real-world experiences from complex environments and helping accelerate their journey from traditional BPM to a new era of event-driven, distributed, and AI-augmented orchestration.
Marcelo Leopoldino
Maria Alish
Location: Poland
Company: IBA Group/ IBA Poland
Bio:
Maria Alish is a versatile T-shaped professional with extensive expertise in various roles, including product manager, business analyst, process developer, market researcher, and content creator, across multiple domains such as banking, finance, IT, and telecom. She excels in strategic product development and promotion, conducting thorough market research, analyzing CJM, and identifying user needs to effectively propose Camunda solutions. Maria delivers presentations and demonstrations that showcase Camunda’s capabilities, and she excels in complex process development. With a talent for creating and disseminating multilingual content across diverse platforms, she ensures that knowledge about Camunda reaches a wide audience. Holding Master’s degrees in Сomputer Engineering and Economic Sciences, along with certifications as a Product Owner and Camunda Engineer, Maria seamlessly combines her technical proficiency with a profound understanding of market dynamics, driving innovation and success in all her projects.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Writing Marketplace Contributer Speaking
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
To me, becoming a Champion means sharing my passion for Camunda in a way that energizes everyone around me. When I talk about Camunda, my enthusiasm inspires others and ignites their curiosity. It’s about being a driving force that encourages others to explore the possibilities and benefits of Camunda. My goal is to foster that spark of curiosity and motivation, helping others to see the potential for transformation through the power of Camunda.
Maria Alish
Max Young
Country: USA
Company: CapBPM
Bio:
Max Young is a Certified Camunda Engineer who has worked with Camunda for almost 10 years, and has delivered over 20 enterprise-level projects. He has a Masters degrees in Mathematics and AI, and enjoys chess. Max lives in Greenville, SC, with with his two boys and extremely patient wife.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Coding Speaking Meetups Writing Videos
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being able to see, solve, and learn more about practical problems!
Max Young
Maximilian Behrendt
Location: Germany
Company: envite consulting GmbH
Bio:
Max is a Green BPM Consultant at envite with 10 years of experience in process automation and software development. He is passionate about the entire development lifecycle – from process modelling to automation and monitoring – and ensures that business value always remains at the forefront. Max is also an enthusiastic knowledge sharer, helping both internal teams and the wider community make the most of the possibilities of Camunda.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Meetups Marketplace Contributer Speaking
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I’m excited and honored to be recognized as a Camunda Champion. For me, it’s all about sharing knowledge and learning together with this amazing, passionate community.
Maximilian Behrendt
Maximilian Kamenicky
Location: Japan
Company: JIT , officially “J-IT“ IT-Dienstleistungs GesmbH
Bio:
Maximilian Kamenicky is a Business Process Orchestration expert passionate about shaping a future where deterministic automation and AI-driven approaches harmonize. With a versatile background in software engineering, DevOps, and consulting, he thrives in complex environments and adapts quickly to any tech stack. As a Camunda trainer and on-demand consultant, he empowers organizations to build and operate robust automation solutions. Outside of work, he’s a gym enthusiast, avid cook, and long-time Japanese learner who enjoys hiking in the Japanese Alps with his wife.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Tutorials Coding Speaking
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
As a returning Camunda Champion, this recognition feels especially meaningful. The Camunda community has always been a place where I felt welcomed, inspired, and encouraged to contribute. Being selected again motivates me to continue sharing my experience, supporting others on their automation journey, and helping shape the future of BPM as deterministic and AI-driven approaches grow closer together. I’m grateful to return and excited for another year of collaboration and learning.
Maximilian Kamenicky
Pascal Mengelt
Location: Switzerland
Company: Finnova
Bio:
Pascal Mengelt is a Software Engineer with nearly two decades’ experience. He works for finnova AG Bankware in Seewen SZ, Switzerland, helping customers digitize their processes on finnova’s Open Platform. Since 2018, Pascal has worked with Camunda, developing a framework around Camunda and now applying it to customer projects. In his spare time, next to family, biking, winging and snowboarding, he explores technologies that interest him, such as projects around Camunda and Scala (DMN Tester / Camundala.)
Specialties: Speaking Writing Coding Forum Camunda 7
Pascal Mengelt
Patrick Wunderlich
Location: Germany
Company: Holisticon AG
Bio:
Patrick Wunderlich is a senior consultant at Holisticon AG in Hamburg, Germany.
As a full-stack developer, architect and BPM craftsman he is involved into planning and implementation of enterprise projects. He is interested in business process automation, domain driven design and event driven microservices. Whenever it’s possible, he prefers to use kotlin.
He is also Chapter Lead of the Camunda Chapter Hamburg.
If he is not hosting meetups or coding, he will probably be off climbing or hiking.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Speaking Writing Meetups Coding
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I’m absolutely thrilled to be a Champion and to be part of this amazing community!
Patrick Wunderlich
Peter Queteschiner
Location: Austria
Company: Phactum Softwareentwicklung GmbH / WDW eLab GmbH
Bio:
Peter Queteschiner is co-founder and Managing Director of Phactum, a Vienna-based software development company specializing in process automation. With over a decade of Camunda experience, Peter – one of only two active Camunda Champions in Vienna – actively contributes to the Camunda community. His deep expertise in integrating complex IT systems and agile methodologies has helped numerous organizations migrate their processes to Camunda, establishing him as a leader in Austria’s automation field.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Meetups Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion is both a privilege and a responsibility. It’s exciting to contribute to a community that’s leading the way in process automation. For me, it’s about sharing knowledge, fostering innovation, and helping others navigate their automation journey. I look forward to supporting Camunda’s growth and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in BPM.
Peter Queteschiner
Philipp Hehnle
Location: Germany
Company: envite consulting GmbH
Bio:
Philipp is Green BPM Consultant at envite. He is passionate about supporting his customers digitizing their business processes using Camunda. He focuses on the environmental impacts of the workflows and how to reduce them. Furthermore, he works on the challenge to digitize efficiently and reuse similar business processes. He is co-organizer of the Camunda Chapter in Munich and enjoys giving talks about Camunda process digitization, the environmental impact of digitized business processes and opportunities for reusing software components among similar workflows.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8Coding Speaking Meetups WritingForum
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I am thrilled to be part of such an amazing community in which knowledge is shared in so many ways via the forum, meetups and conferences. Besides the professional exchange, the personal exchange is remarkable.
Philipp Hehnle
Prabir Biswas
Location: India
Company: Capgemini
Bio:
Prabir Biswas is a Senior Software Engineer working extensively with Camunda, Spring Boot and cloud-native technologies. With experience across healthcare tech and financial services, he focuses on building scalable workflow automation solutions that simplify complex business processes.
He is passionate about modern software architecture, process orchestration, and leveraging automation to unlock new possibilities in monitoring, exception handling, and operational efficiency. Prabir also contributes in BPM best practices, and AI-driven workflow enhancements.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Writing Speaking Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion, to me, is about being part of an inspiring community that grows by sharing. A space where learning is continuous, contributions are valued, and collaboration drives innovation. It’s the appreciation, the spirit of helping, and the collective passion for building better workflows that make the journey meaningful and motivate me to keep contributing.
Prabir Biswas
Raimundo Santos
Location: Brazil
Company: Instituto Brasileiro de BPM
Bio:
Raimundo Júnior is a Camunda architect. He has worked with BPM and Java Implementations for the past 15 years, and has worked exclusively with Camunda for the past four years.
Together with NTConsult, he has helped clients in Brazil, Canada, and the United States to orchestrate and integrate their processes and services with Camunda.
Raimundo is also the author of BPM Fácil – Uma Metodologia Simples de Gestão de Processos. He has worked as a business process management and automation consultant for over 10 years.
He has three overwhelming passions: Family, BPM, and soccer!
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Speaking Writing
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
It is a great honor to be recognized as a Camunda Champion. I am passionate about BPM and when I met Camunda, it was a huge positive change in my life. Being apart of this group is something that means a lot to me.
Raimundo Santos
Simon Zambrovski
Location: Germany
Company: Holisticon
Bio:
Simon Zambrovski works as a senior consultant for Holisticon AG in Hamburg, Germany. As a BPM craftsman, full-stack developer, coach and trainer, he participates in IT projects as a business analyst and architect of enterprise systems. He is currently interested in business process automation, event-driven microservice landscapes, and domain-driven design. On behalf of the customers he develops systems using Java or Kotlin and participates in multiple open source projects.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Writing Forum
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Simon Zambrovski
Stefan Schultz
Location: Germany
Company: Consid
Bio:
Stefan is a consultant at Consid. He has more than 10 years of experience in consulting and agile software development, a huge fable for process automation and quality in software, and a passion for people and technology. He works and lives in Hamburg, Germany.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Forum Coding
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
How many Camunda Champions does it take to change a light bulb? Just one, but they’ll make sure to share their experience with the community and inspire others to follow!
Stefan Schultz
Stephan Pelikan
Location: Austria
Company: Phactum Softwareentwicklung GmbH
Bio:
Stephan is a passionate full-stack developer: he is always interested in the latest technologies, but uses them with consideration. He also likes to pursue unconventional approaches in order to simplify code.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Meetups Speaking Coding Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I am always motivated to help others and share my expertise. Being named as a Camunda Champion shows me that this commitment is appreciated by the community.
Stephan Pelikan
Tarek MEBROUK
Location: France
Company: RS2i
Bio:Technical Lead, Full Stack Engineer and Camunda 8 Specialist, I’ve been using Camunda for more than 4 years. I’m passionate about BPM, workflow orchestration and microservices architecture. I enjoy tackling challenges and solving complex problems.
With strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot and React, I help teams design efficient, scalable and maintainable solutions by combining both backend and frontend perspectives.
I actively share my knowledge with Camunda 8, workflow orchestration and automation to support the community and help others get the most out of the platform.
Specialties: Coding Speaking Internal knowledshares Writing
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What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion is both an honor and a recognition of the effort invested in mastering Camunda 8, developing skills, and contributing to stronger process orchestration practices. It’s a motivation to continue sharing experience with the community, supporting others on their learning journey, and helping teams understand the real value of automation.
It also means joining a group committed to excellence, knowledge sharing, and pushing the limits of what can be achieved with Camunda.
Tarek MEBROUK
Thomas Heinrichs
Location: Germany
Company: Miragon GmbH
Bio:
Thomas is passionate about topics relating to process automation. For him it’s not just about pure automation, but also about modeling and optimizing processes. Being confronted with new problems in this area and developing individual solutions motivates him in his daily work. He previously worked at Camunda and am now continues the journey as a member of the wonderful community. He’s looking forward to many more contributions and discussions with Camunda and fellow community members. Besides process automation,Thomas loves spending free time in the German alps.
Specialties: Camunda 7 Camunda 8 Forum Meetups Speaking Coding
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I feel very honored to be selected as a Camunda Champion. The Camunda Community is a very special place to me where I feel very very welcomed. I am very much looking forward to future contributions. This can also include mentoring other community members which are new to the world of process automation. Thank you!
Thomas Heinrichs
Tiese Barrell
Location: Netherlands
Company: GROUP9
Bio:
Tiese Barrell enjoys analyzing, designing and implementing solutions for business processes in complex environments, and is experienced in designing and implementing the systems integration these solutions require. He specializes in open source Java (BPM) frameworks such as Camunda.
Tiese’s work and interests span from the functional domain through architecture to the implementation of process automation projects. He often acts as the linchpin between business and IT to produce valuable solutions.
Specialties: Speaking Coding Writing Forum Camunda 7 Bpmn.io
Tiese Barrell
Tim Stawowski
Location: Germany
Company: WERTGARANTIE SE
Bio:
I really like to collaborate with the business department when it comes to automating processes. Showing them the results of single process executions or their overall performances is always a remarkable starting point for most of them to see what potential is available using Camunda on a well designed process model.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Speaking Writing Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
I feel honored to line up between so many professionals in the field of process automation and Camunda users. I am really excited about what I will learn from the community I now have access to. I will do my best keep up with them and to take part in returning anything valuable to this awesome community!
Tim Stawowski
Tobias Schäfer
Location: Germany
Company: envite consulting GmbH
Bio:
Tobias Schäfer is a Practice Lead for Green BPM at envite consulting GmbH in Germany with more than 20 years of experience in software engineering.
He has a passion for Business Process Management and related topics and loves to drive technical innovation. His areas of focus include Java, Cloud Native, and of course Camunda. He is co-organizer of the Camunda User Groups in Stuttgart and Nuremberg, a speaker at meetups, and leads the open source projects that enable the integration between the Micronaut framework and Camunda’s workflow engine.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Writing Forum
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Tobias Schäfer
Tomas Walek
Location: Czech Republic
Company: Astomicon
Bio:
I am a seasoned IT professional, solution architect and consultant with nearly two decades of expertise in driving strategic technology initiatives that bridge business and IT. I enjoy solving problems using business process modelling, designing scalable, cloud-based solutions and leading cross-functional teams which deliver impactful projects.
As the founder of my own boutique IT consulting firm Astomicon, I work with leading companies across the banking and industrial sectors.
In addition to my daily job, I also teach at the Czech Technical University of Prague a course focused on enterprise systems development – of course, using Camunda.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, traveling, engaging in sports, and exploring new culinary experiences.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Meetups Speaking Writing Forum
Internal knowledshares Tutorials
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Being a Camunda Champion for me is a great opportunity to contribute to the community, and of course a chance to meet a lot of great people. It is a great joy to be part of such a passionate community.
Tomas Walek
Tomasz Młynarczyk
Location: Poland
Company: Lionbridge
Bio:
Tomasz Młynarczyk is an experienced software engineer, process architect, and Tech Lead, Camunda Specialist and Process Architect based in Kraków, Poland. Throughout his entire career, every project he has worked on has been Camunda-based, giving him exceptionally deep expertise in workflow automation, BPMN, and scalable process-driven system design. Recognized as a strong and supportive manager, he leads engineering teams with clarity, structure, and a focus on long-term quality.
Tomasz is the Camunda Community Leader in Kraków, where he helps grow the local community, organizes knowledge-sharing events, and supports professionals adopting process automation. He has also conducted professional training sessions on Java and Camunda, helping developers and teams gain confidence in building and optimizing workflow-centric systems.
With an academic foundation from Politechnika Wrocławska, he combines engineering rigor with practical architectural insight. Outside of work, Tomasz enjoys bouldering and is an enthusiastic retro game collector, reflecting his love for both challenge and nostalgia.
Specialties: Camunda 8 Meetups Speaking Tutorials
Internal knowledshares
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion is truly an honor. It represents recognition not just of my experience with Camunda, but of the time and energy I’ve invested into supporting others—whether through community events, technical discussions, or sharing architectural insights gained from working on Camunda-based projects throughout my entire career.
For me, it also feels a bit like stepping into a new world in a classic retro platformer—think Super Mario Bros. or Donkey Kong. You’ve spent years mastering the mechanics, learning the patterns, overcoming the tough levels, and now you’re handed a new role: not just playing the game, but helping other players navigate it too.
As a Camunda Champion, I see it as my mission to keep advancing my own skills while also guiding the community, promoting best practices, and helping more people discover the power of well-designed process automation. It’s a privilege, a milestone, and the start of the next level—and I’m excited to press ‘Start’.
Tomasz Młynarczyk
Uwe Koch
Vikash Gupta
Location: India
Company: Nagarro
Bio:
I’m Vikash Kumar Gupta, a Camunda 8 developer focused on BPMN, orchestration, and process automation. I love solving real-world workflow problems and contributing to the community through knowledge-sharing and hands-on exploration.
Specialties: Internal knowledshares Speaking Coding
What does being a Camunda Champion mean to you?
Becoming a Camunda Champion is a big milestone for me. It represents recognition for my passion for BPMN and automation, and it motivates me to share even more knowledge with the community. It also gives me the opportunity to connect with experts, contribute to Camunda’s growth, and help others solve real-world workflow challenges.
Vikash Gupta
FAQ
There’s no single path to becoming a Champion—we recognize and value a wide range of contributions. Whether you’re writing code, giving talks, creating tutorials, or supporting others, we want to hear from you!
Here are some of the ways you can contribute and we consider key for the program:
Camunda 8 Expert – Demonstrate deep expertise in Camunda 8 through the completion of Camunda Academy Learning Paths or Certifications.
Code Contributor – Enhance Camunda projects with your coding skills through Camunda Community Hub.
Tutorial Creator – Share your knowledge through engaging YouTube videos
Marketplace Innovator – Build and maintain connectors or blueprints at Camunda’s Marketplace.
Blog Writer – Share insights via blog posts, internally or externally.
Event Speaker – Present your work and ideas at meet-ups or conferences.
Meet-up Organizer – Bring people together by hosting Camundal meet-ups.
Knowledge Sharer – Lead knowledge-sharing sessions in your organization.
Supportive Mentor – Help others in the community through the Forum.
Passionate Advocate – Spread the word and inspire others to build with Camunda.
The Champion program lasts for one year. The application for the 2025 cohort was open from October 1 – November 7, 2025. The next application period will be in October, 2026. Don’t miss the next opportunity and Sign up for Camunda Content.
The Camunda Champion Program team selects the top contributors and welcomes them into the program. If you get accepted, you will be notified via email.
Champions receive the title for one year, during which they can enjoy the benefits that are associated with the program. Existing Champions are eligible to renew their status for the following year, as long as they can demonstrate that they have made significant contributions to the community over the past 12 months. Being named Camunda Champion one year does not automatically guarantee that someone will remain in the program the following years. We reserve the right to remove a Champion before the 12-month term ends, e.g. when a person violates our Code of Conduct.
Once you fill out the application form, you’ll receive an email with further information regarding next steps. If you got accepted for the program, you will be notified via email.
If you have any questions around the program, feel free to reach out to us via champions@camunda.com.