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Oracle
Oracle ACE
Oracle’s expert recognition program spanning an advocacy pathway and advanced community leadership levels.
Self application / nominationView title →
A PUBLIC ATLAS OF TECH COMMUNITY RECOGNITION / EDITION 2026
Find your place in the community.
From Oracle ACE to cloud-native ambassadors, explore how technology communities recognize the people who teach, build and connect.
01 / DISCOVER YOUR DOMAIN
Follow what you build.
Each domain opens a curated collection. Programs can span more than one.
02 / THE DIRECTORY
Every title, one format.
Search, filter, and open any profile for requirements, benefits, and primary sources.
33 titles shown · Data reviewed 2026-10-24
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Java Champions / Oracle
Java Champions
Peer-recognized leaders who grow the Java ecosystem through technical work, speaking, teaching and community-building.
Peer nominationView title →
Current
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP
Microsoft’s long-running recognition for independent technical community leaders.
Referral / nominationView title →
Current
Google Developer Experts
Google-recognized experts who teach, speak, mentor and publish on Google technologies.
Referral / nominationView title →
Current
OpenAI
Codex Ambassadors
Community organizers, creators and power users who help others build with Codex.
Self applicationView title →
Current
Anthropic
Claude Campus Ambassadors
Campus-focused student ambassadors organizing educational outreach about Claude.
Self applicationView title →
Current
Hugging Face
Hugging Face Fellows
A selective network that amplifies exceptional contributors to the open-source machine-learning ecosystem.
Selective / unknownView title →
Current
AWS
AWS Community Builders
Development and learning program for community-minded AWS builders and emerging advocates.
Self applicationView title →
Current
AWS
AWS Heroes
AWS recognition for highly engaged, influential builders with sustained ecosystem-wide community impact.
Nomination / invitationView title →
Current
CNCF
CNCF Ambassadors
Cloud-native community leaders supporting CNCF projects, events, mentoring and inclusive collaboration.
Self applicationView title →
Current
Docker
Docker Captains
Docker technical experts and influential community contributors working closely with Docker teams.
Self application / endorsementView title →
Current
HashiCorp
HashiCorp Ambassadors
Advocates who share HashiCorp knowledge with kindness, mentoring and community leadership.
Self application / nominationView title →
Current
VMware / Broadcom
VMware vExpert
Annual recognition for exceptional VMware ecosystem sharing, teaching and community contribution.
Self applicationView title →
Current
GitHub
GitHub Stars
GitHub-recognized developers and community leaders with outsized impact through GitHub.
Peer nominationView title →
Needs verification
GitLab
GitLab Heroes
GitLab’s documented community contributor recognition with multiple contribution tiers.
Selective / unknownView title →
Current
Grafana Labs
Grafana Champions
Recognizes open-source monitoring and observability contributors who share knowledge and grow the Grafana community.
Self applicationView title →
Current
MongoDB
MongoDB Champions
Selective recognition for MongoDB experts who educate, influence and lead the user community.
Nomination / progressionView title →
Current
Confluent
Confluent Community Catalysts
Community MVP recognition for people who grow the Confluent, Apache Kafka and Apache Flink ecosystems.
Selective / unknownView title →
Current
Databricks
Databricks MVP
Recognition for educators and open-source contributors in the data and AI community.
Nomination / unknownView title →
Current
Snowflake
Snowflake Data Superheroes
Snowflake’s community recognition for people sharing knowledge and educating data practitioners.
Self application / nominationView title →
Current
IBM
IBM Champions
Community recognition for independent IBM technology advocates who help others learn and build.
Self application / nominationView title →
Current
Salesforce
Salesforce MVP
Salesforce recognition built around expertise, leadership and generosity to the Trailblazer ecosystem.
Self application / nominationView title →
Current
MuleSoft
MuleSoft Ambassadors
Advanced MuleSoft community leaders who speak, publish, teach and mentor integration professionals.
Prerequisite / progressionView title →
Current
MuleSoft
MuleSoft Mentors
Hands-on MuleSoft experts who help peers and develop toward higher-level community leadership.
Self applicationView title →
Current
Nutanix
Nutanix Technology Champions
Nutanix’s premier program for community-minded infrastructure technologists and advocates.
Self applicationView title →
Current
Splunk
SplunkTrust
Splunk’s top community honor recognizing experts who consistently help other practitioners.
Self application / nominationView title →
Current
Splunk
Splunk MVP
Contributor recognition for the most helpful Splunk community members below SplunkTrust status.
Community progressionView title →
Current
SAP
SAP Mentors
SAP ecosystem experts who share independent perspectives with SAP product teams and executives.
NominationView title →
Current
SAP
SAP Champions
SAP advocates supporting community education, user connections and software adoption.
NominationView title →
Current
Atlassian
Atlassian Community Leaders
Experienced volunteers who answer questions, organize events and mentor the Atlassian community.
Selective / unknownView title →
Paused
Postman
Postman Supernovas
Historically recognized Postman community event organizers, teachers and API advocates.
Closed / pausedView title →
Merged
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Champion Innovators
Former Google Cloud recognition now integrated into Google Developer Experts.
Merged into GDEView title →
Current
AWS
AWS Partner Ambassadors
A partner-network recognition for AWS experts who build expertise inside their partner organization and teach the wider community.
Partner-led applicationView title →
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THE SMALL PRINT
Not all titles are open for applications.
Some programs only accept nominations. Others have merged or paused. The directory shows these distinctions and marks missing public criteria instead of guessing. How the research works ↗