Camunda Champion Program
Are you a passionate Camunda contributor, who loves to support others within the community? Then you might be a Champion!
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. Come and join the fun!
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?
Then you shouldn’t wait any longer to apply!
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
- Access to Camunda Community content
- Invitation to exclusive Champion Summit
- Special Swag
Get to know our Champions
Alexey Vinogradov
Alexey Vinogradov
Russia
Aravindh Ravi
Location: India
Company: Atlassian
Bio:
Aravindh Ravi is an open source platform enthusiast, developer and speaker who focuses on process automation, cloud native apps, microservices and middleware frameworks.
He started the first India based Camunda User Group in Bangalore, where the user group currently meets 2-4 times a year and mainly focuses on technical talks and best practices around process automation and Camunda.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Forum Camunda Platform
Aravindh Ravi
Michelle Chand
Location: USA
Company: UKG
Bio:
Michelle Chand is a product leader in the workflow and notifications space at UKG, Inc., where her company leverages Camunda Platform for their SaaS B2B process automation needs. Michelle started the first US-based Camunda User Group in South Florida, where the user group currently meets 4-6 times a year on various topics ranging from business to technical talks. Michelle is passionate about solving challenging business problems with process automation and gets energized when she is able to empower and support other people to learn and grow in this space.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Camunda Platform
Michelle Chand
USA
David Ibl
Location: Germany
Company: LV 1871
Bio:
David Ibl led the process automation team at LV 1871 for five years, and since 2019, has been responsible for enterprise architecture there.
Specialties: Coding Speaking Writing Camunda Platform Bpmn.io
David Ibl
Germany
Denis Kotov
Location: Russia
Company: Tinkoff Bank
Bio:
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Camunda Platform
Denis Kotov
Russia
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 Camunda Platform Bpmn.io
Dominik Horn
Germany
Florian Runschke
Location: Germany
Company: viadee
Bio:
Florian Runschke is an IT architect and process engineer at viadee AG. He helps to develop process automation platforms and knows the pitfalls of implementing process applications. As an open source enthusiast, he always aims for lean solutions to overcome everyday challenges.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Coding Writing Camunda Platform Bpmn.io
Florian Runschke
Germany
Gerardo Manzano Garcia
Location: Austria
Company: J-IT
Bio:
Gerardo is a BPMN and Camunda consultant working in Austria.
Gerardo enjoys helping newcomers understand BPMN and related technologies by sharing insights, teaching and guiding newcomers through BPMN-related concepts. Gerardo is currently working to become a global citizen. He has lived in four countries, and hopes to make an impact in each place he lives.
Specialties: SpeakingWriting Coding Camunda Platform
Gerardo Manzano Garcia
Austria
Hassan Ghanem
Location: Saudi Arabia
Company: ACWA Power
Bio:
Hassan is a BPM and ECM consultant, developer and Camunda Champion. He enjoys both process and decision modeling, as well as drawing.
Specialties: Meetups Writing Forum Camunda Platform
Hassan Ghanem
Saudi Arabia
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 Platform Bpmn.io
Jan Galinski
Germany
Jean Robert Alves
Location: Brazil
Company: Hypeflame
Bio:
Jean has 10 years of experience working with numerous technologies. From C#, .NET, and F#, to Node.js, Python, mobile android, and iOS functionality, Jean Robert also has knowledge in many databases like Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Cassandra. In 2017, he had his first contact with BPM, which was also his company’s first project using Camunda. Since then, he has worked daily with many Camunda teams, helping structure the use of BPM in Camunda microservices architecture.
Specialties: Speaking Coding Forum Camunda Platform
Jean Robert Alves
Brazil
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 Platform
Juan Carlos Beltrán Rebaza
Peru
Markus Stahl
Location: Germany
Company: Arvato Systems
Bio:
Markus studied in Sweden, worked in Argentina and travelled the world before forging his path. Overtime, he has developed a strong passion for open source and software automation. Markus is also an active member of the Robot Framework community.
Specialties: Speaking Coding Writing Camunda Platform
Markus Stahl
Germany
Mauricio Bitencourt
Location: Brazil
Company: Projeler
Bio:
Maurício Bitencourt works in several public and private organizations as a specialist in continuous integration of automated processes and decision rules, focusing on the value stream to reduce organizational fragmentation and create new relevant experiences in the journey and in the future moments of customers’ lives.
As a Camunda Partner for customer delivery and success in Brazil, Mauricio participates in the implementation of automated workflow and microservices orchestration in various proof-of-concept and Enterprise Edition clients in the financial, insurance, telecommunications, e-commerce, and public sectors.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking Writing Camunda Platform
Mauricio Bitencourt
Brazil
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 Platform
Pascal Mengelt
Switzerland
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 Camunda Platform
Simon Zambrovski
Germany
Stephen Russett
Location: Canada
Company: DigitalState
Bio:
Specialties: Coding Writing Forum Camunda Platform Bpmn.io
Stephen Russett
Canada
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 Platform Bpmn.io
Tiese Barrell
Tobias Schäfer
Location: Germany
Company: Novatec Consulting
Bio:
Tobias Schäfer is a managing consultant at Novatec Consulting GmbH in Germany with more than 15 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 Camunda Platform
Tobias Schäfer
Germany
Uwe Koch
Location: Germany
Company: HDI Systeme AG
Bio:
Uwe Koch is a creator, open source enthusiast and enterprise architect at HDI Systeme AG in Germany.
Specialties: Meetups Speaking CodingCamunda Platform
Uwe Koch
Germany
William Buzatto
Location: Brazil
Company: CI&T
Bio:
Wiliam Buzatto is a Solutions Architect at CI&T, dedicated to the digital transformation of large companies. He has an academic background in computer science and an MBA in solution architecture and in software architecture. William enjoys the challenges of architecture in complex settings and is passionate about continuous and evolutionary learning. He believes an engaged team learns together and moves mountains. As a Camunda Champion, William enjoys getting involved with the community, learning and teaching. As a hobby, he reads about astrophysics, roller skates and spends time with his newborn daughter.
Specialties: Speaking Coding Writing Camunda Platform
William Buzatto
Brazil
FAQ
There’s not one size fits all – Each community member has different strengths and is active in certain areas. To join the program, you must be a passionate Camunda user, demonstrate product expertise, support other community members and contribute to the overall community. Typical contributions might include the following.
Event-related community activities
- Leading User Groups and organizing Meetups or other events
- Speaking at Camunda Meetups
- Speaking at external events about your experiences with Camunda
Community education and onboarding
- Helping new contributors get started, finding a repository to contribute to, forking a repo, and making their first pull request
- Answering questions on the forum or other online communities (Social Media, Slack, Github etc.)
Code-related activities
- Releasing libraries or plugins
- Opening valid pull requests or merging pull requests
Community content creation
- Writing a blog post or a social media post about your experiences with Camunda
- Helping to the spread the word via social media
If you’re unsure whether you should apply or not, just give it a try and fill out the application form. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
The Champion program lasts for one year. The next cohort of Champions will start in May 2022. To be considered for the May start, your deadline for application is April 11th.
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.