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

Castle Douglas, United Kingdom

Oli Sturm

Pune, India

Sagar Utekar

Nabiac, Australia

Scott Coulton

San Francisco, CA, USA

Prakhar Srivastav

Paris, France

Mazlum Tosun

Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Pruski

Singapore, Singapore

Nilesh Gule

Tel Aviv, Israel

Mohammad Hasan Akbari

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rossana Suarez

Banglore, India

Sangam Biradar

Vadodara, India

Gauri Yadav

Toronto, Canada

Vladimir Mikhalev

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albert Tanure

London, UK

Madhu Kumar

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mike Smith

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabricio Veronez

Fairfax, VA, USA

Brandon Mitchell

Betim, Brazil

Luiz Carlos

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Arun Gupta

Warsaw, Poland

Łukasz Lach

Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Dahal

Kaunas, Lithuania

Julius Lisauskas

Bengaluru, India

Arpita Patel

Ahmedabad, India

Shivlal Sharma

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Raeveen Pasupathy

Hyderabad, India

Ajay Kumar Yegireddi

Trieste, Italy

Marco Franzon

Aparecida, Brazil

Juliana Conde Alvarez

Ankara, Turkey

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu

Sydney, Australia

Hasnae Rehioui

Visakhapatnam, India

Kunchala Vikram

Lisbon, Portugal

Gustavo Adolfo Jr Valverde De Soto

Ahmedabad, India

Mehul Patel

Punjab, India

Saloni Narang

Heredia, Costa Rica

Gerardo Lopez Falcon

Ciudad Real, Spain

David Jiménez Villajos

Austin, TX, USA

Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

São Paulo, Brasil

Pedro Ignácio Rufo da Silva

Amsterdam, Netherlands

James van den Berg

São Paulo, Brazil

Lucas de Faria Polaquini

Bucaramanga, Colombia

Yhary Estefania Arias Trillo

Penang, Malaysia

Sujay Pillai

Johannesburg, South Africa

Nomthandazo T. Tshuma

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Mohammad-Ali A’râbi

New Delhi, India

Utkarsh Chauhan

London, United Kingdom

Ashraful Alam

New York City, NY, USA

Nick Janetakis

Burlington, VT, USA

Julie Lerman

Bengaluru, India

Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran

San Francisco, CA, USA

Alex Iankoulski

Rome, Italy

Francesco Ciulla

Chantilly, USA

Swapnil Patil

Chicago, IL, USA

Advait Patel

Bengaluru, India

Khushboo Verma

Ashburn, USA

Anjan Kumar Reddy Ayyadapu

San Antonio, USA

Gabel Wright

New Orleans, USA

Rajesh Padmakumaran

Seattle, WA, USA

Vinicius Apolinario

Madrid, Spain

Pablo Pérez-Aradros

Ulm, Germany

Tobias Fenster

Banglore, India

Akanksha Buchke

Southampton, United Kingdom

Steven Hartland

Banglore, India

Alagu Prakalya P

Krakow, Poland

Pawel Piwosz

New Delhi, India

Shivay Lamba

Chinsurah, India

Rishi Mondal

Bengaluru, India

Shubhendu Shubham

Atlanta, USA

Shawn Wildermuth

Madrid, Spain

Ulises Gascon

Pune, India

Vishal Anarase

Jalandhar, India

Karan Verma

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kisan Tamang

Norrköping, Sweden

Simon Aronsson

Mexico City, Mexico

Ravi Kalia

Provo, UT, USA

Rob Richardson

Toulouse, France

Aurélie Vache

Chorleywood, UK

James Spurin

Rockwall, TX, USA

Don Bauer

Austin, TX, USA

Lee Calcote

Berlin, Germany

Alex Pliutau

Tokyo, Japan

Seito Horiguchi

Seoul, South Korea

Juyoung Song

Sydney, Australia

Geshan Manandhar

Stezzano, Italy

Ivan Pesenti

Mielec, Poland

Damian Naprawa

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Rami Krispin

Pokhara, Nepal

Bishworaj Poudel

Melbourne, Australia

Jorge Arteiro

Indore, India

Sarthak Shrivastava

Berlin, Germany

Bodo Eichstädt

Sofia, Bulgaria

Kristiyan Velkov

Banglore, India

Md Imran

Freiburg, Germany

Jonas Scherer

Patna, India

Pradumna Saraf

Oslo, Norway

Rustam Mehmandarov

Copenhagen, Denmark

Lukasz Dynowski

Hyderabad, India

Prasad Bhalerao

Toronto, Canada

Karan Singh

Cheshire, UK

Nigel Poulton

Osaka, Japan

Masahito Zembutsu

Stockholm, Sweden

Mohammed Aboullaite

Aurangbad, India

Ashutosh S. Bhakare

Uruguay, Uruguay

Marcos Lilljedahl

Vienna, Austria

Nana Janashia

Rome, Italy

Andrea Gallegati

London, UK

Cristian Greco

Medellin, Colombia

Esteban Maya Cadavid

Berlin, Germany

Sergei Shitikov

Orlando, FL, USA

Wesley Willians Ramos da Silva

São Paulo, Brasil

Denis Cruz Rodrigues

Hyderabad, India

Abhishek Veeramalla

Austin, TX, USA

Joseph Velliah

Aalborg, Denmark

Martin Terp

Vancouver, Canada

Max Proske

Zaragoza, Spain

Angel Borroy

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bobby Iliev

Toronto, Canada

Tatiana Mikhaleva

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Natália Granato

Glasgow, Scotland

Alan Torrance

Rajkot, India

Harsh Manvar

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sudhendu Pandey

Westfield, NJ, USA

Mike Toscano

São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Lopes

New Delhi, India

Sarthak Varshney

Montreal, Canada

David Cardozo

São Paulo, Brazil

Rafael Pazini

Seoul, South Korea

GeunCheol Yeom

Cary, USA

Neal Patel

Kitchener, Canada

Rishab Kumar

Pune, India

Rashi Chaubal

Londrina, Brazil

Bruno Henrique de Brito

Quebec, Canada

Hamida Rebai

Freiburg, Germany

Nicholas Dille

Jaipur, India

Gaurav Sharma

New Delhi, India

Saurav Jain

Nashik, India

Nasiullha Chaudhari

GLEIZE, France

Rachid Zarouali

Batumi, Georgia

Igor Aleksandrov

Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Greenberg

San Diego, CA, USA

Prabesh Thapa

Berlin, Germany

Sebastián Ramírez

Daegu, South Korea

Justin Yoo

Lucerne, Switzerland

Benito Martin

Bruyères, France

Yves Brissaud

Medellin, Colombia

Maris Botero

Athens, Greece

Antonis Kalipetis

Basel, Switzerland

Lize Raes

Leicester, United Kingdom

Rohit Ghumare

London, UK

Ian Miell

Burdur, Turkey

Furkan Türkal

Fenton, USA

Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy

Quebec, Canada

Julien Maitrehenry

Austin, TX, USA

Michael Yuan

Campinas, Brazil

Marcelo dos Santos Gonçalves

Bogotá, Colombia

Adriana Fernanda Moya

Durham, NC, USA

Nirmal Mehta

Bochum, Germany

Camilla Hemmer

Bucharest, Romania

Flavius Dinu

London, UK

Mama Samba Braima Nelson Djalo

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Carlos Faria

Nürnberg, Germany

Timo Stark

Istanbul, Turkey

Batuhan Apaydın

Davenport, USA

Shelley Benhoff

Indore, India

Vinayak Singoriya

Ankara, Turkey

Baransel Saginda

Karlsruhe, Germany

Jonas Scholz

São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Sarmento de Araujo

Sofia, Bulgaria

Denislav Gavrilov

Denver, USA

Jay Schmidt

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muhammad Suzarilshah bin Zakaria

Banglore, India

Rajani Ekunde

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cláudio Filipe Lima Rapôso

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Camilla Martins

Golden, CO, USA

Will Crum

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Paloma Lataliza

Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Bret Fisher

Nürnberg, Germany

Josua Blejeru

Bonita, CA, USA

Michele Leroux Bustamante

Rotterdam, Nederland

Kasun Rajapakse

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sumit Gupta

Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Suzuki

Winterthur, Switzerland

Darragh Grealish

Richmond, USA

Anil Kumar Moka

São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Arruda

Nonnweiler, Germany

Thorsten Hans

Mumbai, India

Yadnesh Nikam

Limassol, Cyprus

Suleiman Dibirov

Ayacucho, Perú

Edith Erika Puclla Pareja

Pécs, Hungary

Ákos Takács

Helsinki, Finland

Jami Kousa

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Julian König

Longmont, USA

Brandon Hunt

Indore, India

Rashi Dashore

Salto, Brazil

Renato Jose Groffe

Purcellville, USA

Katoria Henry

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