Docker Captains Program

Help steer Docker into the future

We’re on the lookout for passionate developers who love our community just as much as we do.
About the program

What it means to be a Docker Captain

Docker Captains are technical experts and passionate community builders who drive Docker’s ecosystem forward. As active contributors and advocates, they share Docker knowledge and help shape Docker products.
Program perks

Benefits of being a Captain

Becoming a Captain opens up opportunities for career growth, networking, and professional development. Our Captains have a direct line to Docker, get beta access to products, receive Docker swag, enjoy community support, and much more.

Visibility and recognition

Stand out as a Docker expert. Join exclusive events, access Docker customers, and seize networking and career opportunities.

Beta access

Get your hands on beta versions of Docker products and influence their development. Create unique content before anyone else.

Connection with Docker staff

Directly interact with Docker staff, ask questions, provide feedback, and gain insider insights.

Docker swag and discounts

Receive exclusive Docker swag, special access, and discounts on Docker Pro and partner products.

Community support

Join a private Slack channel to connect with other Docker Captains and staff, share ideas, and solve technical issues.

Annual Captains offsites

Be a part of annual events with Docker Captains and staff. Discuss Docker developments and collaborate on projects.

Education budget

Enhance your knowledge and expertise with Docker-related training or courses, covered by an education budget for Captains.

Eligibility criteria

How to become a Docker Captain

  • Must be 18+
  • Show technical expertise in Docker and related technologies
  • Demonstrate active community involvement and thought leadership
  • Provide valuable feedback and ideas for Docker’s products and features
  • Possess a strong online presence with a significant audience or following
  • Have a history of significant contributions to the Docker community
  • Abide by the Docker Community Code of Conduct
    Note: This program is open internationally.
Application requirements

What you need to apply

In addition to the eligibility criteria, Captain applicants should fit into at least one of the following categories:

Docker Advisor

Be endorsed by a member from the Docker engineering or product team, highlighting your proficiency in Docker technologies.

Docker Thought Leader

Demonstrate your influence online, showcasing leadership in the Docker realm.

Docker Community Contributor

Show significant contributions to the Docker community through content creation, event participation, or open-source engagements.

Special exceptions

Sail the extra mile

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, you might still be called for an interview if:

  • You fit multiple categories
  • A Docker member or Captain vouches for you
  • You are part of an underrepresented group
  • You’re located in a geographical region of particular interest
  • Your application is innovative, and you show genuine enthusiasm
Renewal Process

Looking to renew your Captain status?

Docker Captains enjoy a term of one year. To qualify for renewal, Captains need to persistently meet their joining criteria and continuously contribute to the Docker community. Renewals are evaluated by Docker at the end of each term.

More information

Still have questions? Connect with our Developer Relations team in our Community Slack.

Expertise

Location

Available for

Vadodara, India

Gauri Yadav

Austin, TX, USA

Joseph Velliah

Seoul, South Korea

Juyoung Song

Toronto, Canada

Karan Singh

Rockwall, TX, USA

Don Bauer

Nabiac, Australia

Scott Coulton

Jalandhar, India

Karan Verma

Sydney, Australia

Hasnae Rehioui

Fairfax, VA, USA

Brandon Mitchell

Quebec, Canada

Julien Maitrehenry

São Paulo, Brazil

Lucas de Faria Polaquini

Nashik, India

Nasiullha Chaudhari

Westfield, NJ, USA

Mike Toscano

Heredia, Costa Rica

Gerardo Lopez Falcon

Denver, USA

Jay Schmidt

Cary, USA

Neal Patel

New Orleans, USA

Rajesh Padmakumaran

Burdur, Turkey

Furkan Türkal

Aalborg, Denmark

Martin Terp

Leicester, United Kingdom

Rohit Ghumare

Golden, CO, USA

Will Crum

London, United Kingdom

Ashraful Alam

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Camilla Martins

Lisbon, Portugal

Gustavo Adolfo Jr Valverde De Soto

Millbrae, CA, USA

Rajashree Mandaogane

Nürnberg, Germany

Timo Stark

Sydney, Australia

Geshan Manandhar

Austin, TX, USA

Lee Calcote

Jaipur, India

Gaurav Sharma

Ahmedabad, India

Mehul Patel

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bobby Iliev

Johannesburg, South Africa

Nomthandazo T. Tshuma

Rajkot, India

Harsh Manvar

Hyderabad, India

Abhishek Veeramalla

Seattle, WA, USA

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

London, UK

Mama Samba Braima Nelson Djalo

Bucharest, Romania

Flavius Dinu

Aurangbad, India

Ashutosh S. Bhakare

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Julian König

Norrköping, Sweden

Simon Aronsson

New Delhi, India

Utkarsh Chauhan

Mumbai, India

Yadnesh Nikam

Bogotá, Colombia

Adriana Fernanda Moya

São Paulo, Brasil

Denis Cruz Rodrigues

Singapore, Singapore

Nilesh Gule

Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Dahal

Patna, India

Pradumna Saraf

Chantilly, USA

Swapnil Patil

Banglore, India

Alagu Prakalya P

Banglore, India

Sangam Biradar

Indore, India

Vinayak Singoriya

Trieste, Italy

Marco Franzon

Hyderabad, India

Ajay Kumar Yegireddi

Rome, Italy

Andrea Gallegati

Ashburn, USA

Anjan Kumar Reddy Ayyadapu

Chinsurah, India

Rishi Mondal

Berlin, Germany

Bodo Eichstädt

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Natália Granato

Berlin, Germany

Sebastián Ramírez

Seattle, WA, USA

Vinicius Apolinario

Chicago, IL, USA

Advait Patel

GLEIZE, France

Rachid Zarouali

Ankara, Turkey

Baransel Saginda

Taipei, Taiwan

Kai Kao

Daegu, South Korea

Justin Yoo

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sumit Gupta

Hyderabad, India

Avinash Reddy Thipparthi

London, UK

Cristian Greco

Toronto, Canada

Tatiana Mikhaleva

Bruyères, France

Yves Brissaud

Pune, India

Rashi Chaubal

Pune, India

Sagar Utekar

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Paloma Lataliza

Ciudad Real, Spain

David Jiménez Villajos

Medellin, Colombia

Esteban Maya Cadavid

Campinas, Brazil

Marcelo dos Santos Gonçalves

London, UK

Ian Miell

Fenton, USA

Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy

Basel, Switzerland

Lize Raes

Bochum, Germany

Camilla Hemmer

Provo, UT, USA

Rob Richardson

Betim, Brazil

Luiz Carlos

Tel Aviv, Israel

Mohammad Hasan Akbari

Indore, India

Sarthak Shrivastava

Toulouse, France

Aurélie Vache

Istanbul, Turkey

Batuhan Apaydın

Batumi, Georgia

Igor Aleksandrov

Nürnberg, Germany

Josua Blejeru

Paris, France

Mazlum Tosun

Ayacucho, Perú

Edith Erika Puclla Pareja

Ulm, Germany

Tobias Fenster

San Francisco, CA, USA

Prakhar Srivastav

Vienna, Austria

Nana Janashia

Winterthur, Switzerland

Darragh Grealish

Austin, TX, USA

Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Rami Krispin

Madrid, Spain

Pablo Pérez-Aradros

Orlando, FL, USA

Wesley Willians Ramos da Silva

Warsaw, Poland

Łukasz Lach

Pécs, Hungary

Ákos Takács

New York City, NY, USA

Nick Janetakis

Castle Douglas, United Kingdom

Oli Sturm

Seoul, South Korea

GeunCheol Yeom

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kisan Tamang

Punjab, India

Saloni Narang

New Delhi, India

Shivay Lamba

Nonnweiler, Germany

Thorsten Hans

São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Sarmento de Araujo

Ahmedabad, India

Shivlal Sharma

Banglore, India

Akanksha Buchke

São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Lopes

Bengaluru, India

Shubhendu Shubham

Sofia, Bulgaria

Kristiyan Velkov

Medellin, Colombia

Maris Botero

Berlin, Germany

Sergei Shitikov

Montreal, Canada

David Cardozo

Vancouver, Canada

Max Proske

Copenhagen, Denmark

Lukasz Dynowski

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Arun Gupta

Hyderabad, India

Prasad Bhalerao

Quebec, Canada

Hamida Rebai

Cheshire, UK

Nigel Poulton

Bengaluru, India

Khushboo Verma

Davenport, USA

Shelley Benhoff

Banglore, India

Md Imran

Fremont, CA, USA

Uttej Badwane

Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Greenberg

Melbourne, Australia

Jorge Arteiro

Kitchener, Canada

Rishab Kumar

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muhammad Suzarilshah bin Zakaria

San Francisco, CA, USA

Alex Iankoulski

Glasgow, Scotland

Alan Torrance

Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Pruski

Bengaluru, India

Arpita Patel

London, UK

Madhu Kumar

Kaunas, Lithuania

Julius Lisauskas

Ankara, Turkey

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu

Visakhapatnam, India

Kunchala Vikram

Chorleywood, UK

James Spurin

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albert Tanure

Uruguay, Uruguay

Marcos Lilljedahl

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Bret Fisher

Longmont, USA

Brandon Hunt

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mike Smith

Mahitha Adapa

São Paulo, Brasil

Pedro Ignácio Rufo da Silva

Londrina, Brazil

Bruno Henrique de Brito

Richmond, USA

Anil Kumar Moka

Madrid, Spain

Ulises Gascon

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Carlos Faria

Limassol, Cyprus

Suleiman Dibirov

Rome, Italy

Francesco Ciulla

Freiburg, Germany

Jonas Scherer

Stockholm, Sweden

Mohammed Aboullaite

Krakow, Poland

Pawel Piwosz

Mexico City, Mexico

Ravi Kalia

Penang, Malaysia

Sujay Pillai

Karlsruhe, Germany

Jonas Scholz

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Mohammad-Ali A’râbi

San Antonio, USA

Gabel Wright

Tokyo, Japan

Seito Horiguchi

Pune, India

Vishal Anarase

Salto, Brazil

Renato Jose Groffe

São Paulo, Brazil

Rafael Pazini

Zaragoza, Spain

Angel Borroy

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cláudio Filipe Lima Rapôso

Jaipur, India

Naman Kaley

Bucaramanga, Colombia

Yhary Estefania Arias Trillo

Stezzano, Italy

Ivan Pesenti

Athens, Greece

Antonis Kalipetis

San Diego, CA, USA

Prabesh Thapa

New Delhi, India

Saurav Jain

Durham, NC, USA

Nirmal Mehta

Southampton, United Kingdom

Steven Hartland

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Steve Buchanan

Toronto, Canada

Vladimir Mikhalev

Amsterdam, Netherlands

James van den Berg

Helsinki, Finland

Jami Kousa

New Delhi, India

Sarthak Varshney

Burlington, VT, USA

Julie Lerman

Bordeaux, France

Kaan Yagci

Aparecida, Brazil

Juliana Conde Alvarez

Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Suzuki

Bonita, CA, USA

Michele Leroux Bustamante

São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Arruda

Sofia, Bulgaria

Denislav Gavrilov

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabricio Veronez

Indore, India

Rashi Dashore

Rotterdam, Nederland

Kasun Rajapakse

Bengaluru, India

Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran

Indaiatuba, Brazil

Gustavo Oliveira do Nascimento

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rossana Suarez

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sudhendu Pandey

Banglore, India

Rajani Ekunde

Atlanta, USA

Shawn Wildermuth

Freiburg, Germany

Nicholas Dille

Lucerne, Switzerland

Benito Martin

Austin, TX, USA

Michael Yuan

Purcellville, USA

Katoria Henry

Austin, TX, USA

Balajee Asish Brahmandam

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Raeveen Pasupathy

Osaka, Japan

Masahito Zembutsu

Oslo, Norway

Rustam Mehmandarov

Pokhara, Nepal

Bishworaj Poudel

Mielec, Poland

Damian Naprawa

Berlin, Germany

Alex Pliutau

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