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members:
  - name: Oezcan Acar
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: Turkey
      residence: Germany
    city: Frankfurt
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/oezcanacar
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acar1/
    avatar: img/avatars/oezcanacar.png
  - name: George Adams
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: England
    city: Winchester
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gdams_
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdams
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@gdams
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gdams.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/gdams
    avatar: img/avatars/gdams_.png
  - name: Dmitry Aleksandrov
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Bulgaria
    city: Sofia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bercut2000
      mastodon: https://c.im/@bercut2000
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalexandrov/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bercut2000.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/bercut2000.png
  - name: Dan Allen
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Denver, Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mojavelinux
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mojavelinux/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mojavelinux.com
    avatar: img/avatars/mojavelinux.png
  - name: Dion Almaer
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dalmaer
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/almaer.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalmaer/
    avatar: img/avatars/dalmaer.png
  - name: Altug Bilgin Altintas
    year: 2026
    country:
      nomination: Türkiye
    city: Istanbul
    social:
      twitter: https://x.com/altugaltintas
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/altuga.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/altuga/
      github: https://github.com/altuga
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/Altuga/
    avatar: img/avatars/altugaltintas.png
  - name: Andres Almiray
    year: 2010
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
      citizenship: Mexico
      birth: Colombia
    city: Basel
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/aalmiray
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@aalmiray
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/andresalmiray.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalmiray
      github: https://github.com/aalmiray
      website: https://andresalmiray.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/andres-almiray
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@aalmiray
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/aalmiray
    avatar: img/avatars/aalmiray.png
  - name: Deepak Alur
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/deepakalur
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakalur/
    avatar: img/avatars/deepakalur.png
  - name: Gail C. Anderson
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Diego, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gail_asgteach
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-asgteach/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gail-asgteach.bsky.social
      website: https://asgteach.com/
    avatar: img/avatars/gail_asgteach.png
  - name: Paul L. Anderson
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Diego, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/Paul_ASGTeach
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-asgteach/
    avatar: img/avatars/Paul_ASGTeach.png
  - name: Mohammed Aboullaite
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
      citizenship: Morocco
    city: Stockholm
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/laytoun
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aboullaite
    avatar: img/avatars/laytoun.png
  - name: Fernando Anselmo
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-anselmo-bb423623/
    avatar: img/avatars/Fernando_Anselmo.png
  - name: Paris Apostolopoulos
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: UK
      citizenship: Greece
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javapapo
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javapapo/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/javapapo.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/javapapo.png
  - name: Jean-François Arcand
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Montreal
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jfarcand
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfarcand/
    avatar: img/avatars/jfarcand.png
  - name: Katia Aresti
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: France
      citizenship: Spain
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/karesti
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karesti/
    avatar: img/avatars/karesti.png
  - name: Anton Arhipov
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Estonia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/antonarhipov
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/antonarhipov.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonarhipov/
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/antonarhipov
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/antonarhipov
    avatar: img/avatars/antonarhipov.png
  - name: María Arias de Reyna
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Spain
      residence: Spain
      birth: Spain
    city: Seville
    social:
      mastodon: https://floss.social/@delawen
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpO52sJmB0ormGRjGMT7iSw
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/delawen/
      github: https://github.com/Delawen/
      website: https://delawen.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/delawen/
    avatar: img/avatars/delawen.png
  - name: Sergey Astakhov
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    avatar: img/avatars/Sergey_Astakhov.png
  - name: Raymond Augé
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rotty3000
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-auge/
    avatar: img/avatars/rotty3000.png
  - name: Calvin Austin
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-austin/
    avatar: img/avatars/Calvin_Austin.png
  - name: Hovhannes Avoyan
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Armenia
    city: San Francisco, California
    avatar: img/avatars/Hovhannes_Avoyan.png
  - name: Fernando Babadopulos
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/babadopulos
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/babadopulos/
    avatar: img/avatars/babadopulos.png
  - name: Paul Bakker
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Jose, CA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/pbakker
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@paulbakker
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulb01/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pbakker.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/pbakker.png
  - name: Ionut Balosin
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Austria
    city: Vienna
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ionutbalosin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ionutbalosin/
      website: https://ionutbalosin.com/
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@ionutbalosin
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ionutbalosin.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/ionutbalosin
    avatar: img/avatars/ionutbalosin.png
  - name: Bert Bates
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BertBates
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-bates-854903234/
    avatar: img/avatars/BertBates.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Patrick Baumgartner
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    city: St. Gallen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/patbaumgartner
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@patbaumgartner
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patbaumgartner/
      github: https://github.com/patbaumgartner
      website: https://patbaumgartner.com/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/patbaumgartner/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/patbaumgartner.com
    avatar: img/avatars/patbaumgartner.png
  - name: Monica Beckwith
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Texas
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mon_beck
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicabeckwith/
    avatar: img/avatars/mon_beck.png
  - name: Lucio Benfante
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Italy
    city: Verona
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/luciobenfante
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfante/
      github: https://github.com/benfante
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@luciobenfante
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/luciobenfante.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/luciobenfante.png
  - name: Jean-Philippe Bempel
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jpbempel
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@jpbempel
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanphilippebempel
      github: https://github.com/jpbempel
      website: https://jpbempel.github.io/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jean-philippe-bempel/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jpbempel.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/jpbempel.png
  - name: Brian Benz
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Las Vegas
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bbenz
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bbenz
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bbenz.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbenz/
    avatar: img/avatars/bbenz.png
  - name: Emmanuel Bernard
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/emmanuelbernard
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuelbernard/
      github: https://github.com/emmanuelbernard/
      website: https://emmanuelbernard.com/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emmanuelbernard.com
    avatar: img/avatars/emmanuelbernard.png
  - name: Geert Bevin
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gbevin
      mastodon: https://uwyn.net/@gbevin
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gbevin.uwyn.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbevin/
    avatar: img/avatars/gbevin.png
  - name: Adam Bien
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/AdamBien
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adambien.blog
    avatar: img/avatars/AdamBien.png
  - name: Dr. Xu Bin
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: China
    avatar: img/avatars/Xu_Bin.png
  - name: Jean Bisutti
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jean_bisutti
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeanbisutti.bsky.social
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@jean_bisutti
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-bisutti-33587090/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jean-bisutti/
    avatar: img/avatars/jean_bisutti.png
  - name: Sébastien Blanc
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Nice
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/sebi2706
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/s%C3%A9bastien-blanc-08a73b1/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sebi2706.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/sebi2706.png
  - name: David Blevins
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Santa Monica, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dblevins
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dblevins/
    avatar: img/avatars/dblevins.png
  - name: Dr. Alex Blewitt
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Milton Keynes
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/alblue
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alblue/
    avatar: img/avatars/alblue.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Dr. Joshua Bloch
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/joshbloch
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-bloch-37038/
    avatar: img/avatars/joshbloch.png
  - name: David Bock
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Washington DC
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bokmann
      github: https://github.com/bokmann
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbock/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bokmann87.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/bokmann.png
  - name: Jonas Bonér
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasboner/
    avatar: img/avatars/jboner.png
  - name: Simone Bordet
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Italy
    city: Turin
    social:
      github: https://github.com/sbordet
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonebordet
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/simonebordet
      twitter: https://twitter.com/simonebordet
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/simonebordet.bsky.social
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@simonebordet
    avatar: img/avatars/simonebordet.png
  - name: Bruno Borges
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Canada
      citizenship: Brazil
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/brunoborges
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brunoborges
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brunoborges.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunocborges/
    avatar: img/avatars/brunoborges.png
  - name: Jeanne Boyarsky
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanneboyarsky
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@jeanneboyarsky
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeanneboyarsky.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jeanneboyarsky
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanne-boyarsky/
    avatar: img/avatars/jeanneboyarsky.png
  - name: Bruno Bossola
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bbossola
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbossola
    avatar: img/avatars/bbossola.png
  - name: Vincent Brabant
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vbrabant
    avatar: img/avatars/vbrabant.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Aristides Villareal
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Panama
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/aristidesvbravo
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aristides-villarreal-bravo-6258543/
    avatar: img/avatars/aristidesvbravo.png
  - name: Dr. Daniel Bryant
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/danielbryantuk
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbryantuk/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/danielbryantuk.com
    avatar: img/avatars/danielbryantuk.png
  - name: Bill Burke
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-burke-091864121/
      twitter: https://twitter.com/patriot1burke
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/billburke.ie
    avatar: img/avatars/Bill_Burke.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Barry Burd
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/allmycode
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-burd/
    avatar: img/avatars/barryburdtweets.png
  - name: Ed Burns
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Florida
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/edburns
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edburns/
    avatar: img/avatars/edburns.png
  - name: Eudris Cabrera
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Dominican Republic
    city: Santiago
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/eudriscabrera
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eudriscabrera/
    avatar: img/avatars/eudriscabrera.jpg
  - name: Mert Caliskan
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Turkey
    city: Ankara
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mertcal
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mertcaliskan
    avatar: img/avatars/mertcal.png
  - name: Mike Cannon-Brookes
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Australia
    city: Sydney
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mcannonbrookes
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcannonbrookes/
    avatar: img/avatars/mcannonbrookes.png
  - name: Tasha Carl
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/imifos
    avatar: img/avatars/imifos.png
  - name: Magno Cavalcante
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: Rio de Janeiro
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/magnocav
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnocav/
    avatar: img/avatars/magnocav.png
  - name: Ludovic Champenois
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Mountain View, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ludoch
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovicchampenois/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ludoch.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/ludoch.png
  - name: Cassandra Chin
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Belmont, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cassandraonjava
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-chin-developer
    avatar: img/avatars/cassandraonjava.png
  - name: Stephen Chin
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Belmont, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/steveonjava
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveonjava/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/steveonjava.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/steveonjava.png
  - name: Hillmer Chona
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Colombia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/HillmerCh
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillmerch/
    avatar: img/avatars/HillmerCh.png
  - name: Dr. Cliff Click
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Sunnyvale, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cliff_click
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-click-b252a070/
    avatar: img/avatars/cliff_click.png
  - name: Cagatay Civici
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Turkey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cagataycivici
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%C3%A7a%C4%9Fatay-%C3%A7ivici-1579b0129/
    avatar: img/avatars/cagataycivici.png
  - name: Jeff Cobb
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcobbseattle/
    avatar: img/avatars/Jeff_Cobb.png
  - name: Flavia Coelho
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    avatar: img/avatars/Flavia_Coelho.png
  - name: Henry Coles
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Scotland
    city: Edinburgh
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/_pitest
      mastodon: https://mastodon.me.uk/@hjc
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-coles-474ab93/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pitest.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/_pitest.png
  - name: Stephen Colebourne
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jodastephen
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jodastephen.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephencolebourne/
      github: https://github.com/jodastephen
    avatar: img/avatars/jodastephen.png
  - name: Drabo Constantin
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Burkina Faso
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/PandaConstantin
    avatar: img/avatars/PandaConstantin.png
  - name: Tom Cools
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/TCoolsIT
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TCoolsIT
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomcools.be
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-cools-17547548/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/tom-cools/
    avatar: img/avatars/TCoolsIT.png
  - name: Joel Costigliola
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: New Zealand
      citizenship: France
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JoCosti
      mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@JoCosti
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelcostigliola/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jocosti.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/JoCosti.png
  - name: Roberto Cortez
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Portugal
    city: Coimbra
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/radcortez
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radcortez/
    avatar: img/avatars/radcortez.png
  - name: Nacho Cougil
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Barcelona
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/icougil
      mastodon: https://jvm.social/@icougil
      github: https://github.com/icougil
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/icougil
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/icougil/
      website: https://nacho.cougil.com
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/icougil.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/icougil.png
  - name: Agnes Crepet
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
      citizenship: France
    city: Amsterdam
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/agnes_crepet
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnescrepet/
    avatar: img/avatars/agnes_crepet.png
  - name: Dr. Holly Cummins
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_cummins
      linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/holly-k-cummins/
      mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@holly_cummins
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hollycummins.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/holly-cummins
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/hollycummins
      website: https://hollycummins.com
    avatar: img/avatars/holly_cummins.png
  - name: Ian F. Darwin
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Ontario
    social:
      github: https://github.com/IanDarwin
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@IanDarwin/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/ian-darwin/
      twitter: https://twitter.com/Ian_Darwin
      website: https://darwinsys.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idarwin/
    avatar: img/avatars/Ian_Darwin.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Sebastian Daschner
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Munich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/DaschnerS
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@daschners
      youtube: https://youtube.com/@SebastianDaschnerIT
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/sebastian-daschner
      github: https://github.com/sdaschner
      website: https://www.sebastian-daschner.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-daschner-9894bb103/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/daschners.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/DaschnerS.png
  - name: Eric Deandrea
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Manchester, New Hampshire
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/edeandrea
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@edeandrea
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edeandrea/
      github: https://github.com/edeandrea
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/edeandrea
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ericdeandrea.dev
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/edeandrea/
    avatar: img/avatars/edeandrea.jpg
  - name: Paul J. Deitel
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Sudbury, Massachusetts
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/deitel
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldeitel/
    avatar: http://i.picasion.com/resize89/e4a02b14694e419dbd39f90befecd1ee.jpg
  - name: Valere Dejardin
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: France
    avatar: img/avatars/Valere_Dejardin.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Daniel De Luca
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    city: Brussels
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/danieldeluca
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieldeluca/
    avatar: img/avatars/danieldeluca.png
  - name: Frank Delporte
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    social:
      mastodon: https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/frankdelporte.be
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrankDelporte
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/
      github: https://github.com/FDelporte
      website: https://webtechie.be/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/frank-delporte/
    avatar: img/avatars/FrankDelporte.png
  - name: Brian Demers
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New Hampshire
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/briandemers
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bdemers
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bdemers.io
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdemers/
      github: https://github.com/bdemers
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/bdemers/
    avatar: img/avatars/briandemers.png
  - name: Edwin Derks
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Tilburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/edwinderks
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@edwinderks
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwin-derks/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/edwinderks.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/ederks85
    avatar: img/avatars/edwinderks.png
  - name: Daniel deOliveira
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/danieldfjug
    avatar: img/avatars/danieldfjug.png
    status:
      - founding-member
      - passed-away
  - name: José Díaz
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Perú
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jamdiazdiaz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedayz/
    avatar: img/avatars/jamdiazdiaz.png
  - name: Marit van Dijk
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Amstelveen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/MaritvanDijk77
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritvandijk/
      website: https://maritvandijk.com/
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@maritvandijk
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/maritvandijk.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/mlvandijk
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/maritvandijk/
    avatar: img/avatars/maritvandijk.png
  - name: Filippo Diotalevi
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: UK
      citizenship: Italy
    city: London
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiotalevi/
    avatar: img/avatars/fdiotalevi.png
  - name: Hans Dockter
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hans_d
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansdockter/
    avatar: img/avatars/hans_d.png
  - name: Oleh Dokuka
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Ukraine
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/OlehDokuka
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olegdokuka/
    avatar: img/avatars/OlehDokuka.png
  - name: Jean-Michel Doudoux
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Metz
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jmdoudoux
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmdoudoux/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jmdoudoux.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/jmdoudoux.png
  - name: Oliver Drotbohm
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Dresden
    social:
      website: https://odrotbohm.de
      github: https://github.com/odrotbohm
      mastodon: https://chaos.social/@odrotbohm
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/odrotbohm
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/olivergierke
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/odrotbohm
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/odrotbohm.de
    avatar: img/avatars/odrotbohm.png
  - name: Julien Dubois
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/juliendubois
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliendubois/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jdubois.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/juliendubois.png
  - name: Kevin Dubois
    year: 2024
    country:
      residence: Switzerland
      nomination: Belgium
    city: Val de Bagnes
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindubois
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevindubois/
      youtube: https://youtube.com/@thekevindubois
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@kevindubois
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevindubois.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/kevindubois
      github: https://github.com/kdubois
      website: https://www.kevindubois.com
    avatar: img/avatars/kevindubois.png
  - name: Hendrik Ebbers
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Dortmund
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hendrikEbbers
      mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@hendrikEbbers
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-ebbers/
    avatar: img/avatars/hendrikEbbers.png
  - name: Bruce Eckel
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BruceEckel
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruceeckel/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bruceeckel.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/BruceEckel.png
  - name: Lukas Eder
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    city: St. Gallen
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@lukaseder
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaseder/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lukaseder.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/lukaseder.png
  - name: Sergei Egorov
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bsideup
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bsideup.github.io
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bsideup/
    avatar: img/avatars/bsideup.png
  - name: Markus Eisele
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Munich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/myfear
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@myfear
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/myfear.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuseisele/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/markus-eisele
      website: https://www.eisele.net
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@myfear
      github: https://github.com/myfear
    avatar: img/avatars/myfear.png
  - name: Badr El Houari
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Morocco
    city: Casablanca
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/badrelhouari
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/badrelhouari/
    avatar: img/avatars/badrelhouari.png
  - name: Roman Elizarov
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/relizarov
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/relizarov/
    avatar: img/avatars/relizarov.png
  - name: Hanno Embregts
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Leusden
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hannotify
      mastodon: https://foojay.social/@hannotify
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hanno.codes
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannoembregts
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/hanno-embregts
      github: https://github.com/hannotify
      website: https://hanno.codes
    avatar: img/avatars/hannotify.png
  - name: Christoph Engelbert
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Haan, North Rhine-Westphalia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/noctarius2k
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@noctarius2k
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/noctarius.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/noctarius
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noctarius
      github: https://github.com/noctarius
    avatar: img/avatars/noctarius2k.png
  - name: Anton (Toni) Epple
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Munich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/monacotoni
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonepple/
    avatar: img/avatars/monacotoni.png
  - name: Bert Ertman
    year: 2008
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Nijmegen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BertErtman
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertertman/
    avatar: img/avatars/BertErtman.png
  - name: Dr. Clement Escoffier
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Valence, Rhône-Alpes
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/clementplop
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@clementplop
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clementescoffier/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cescoffier.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/clementplop.png
  - name: Ben Evans
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: UK
      residence: Spain
      birth: UK
    city: Barcelona
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@kittylyst
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kittylyst/
      github: https://github.com/kittylyst
      website: https://www.kittylyst.com/
    avatar: img/avatars/kittylyst.png
  - name: Stéphane Épardaud
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Nice
    social:
      twitter: https://x.com/UnFroMage
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaneepardaud/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unfromage.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/UnFroMage.png
  - name: Yakov Fain
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yfain
      website: https://yakovfain.com/
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yfain/
    avatar: img/avatars/yfain.png
  - name: Rommel Feria
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Philippines
    social:
      mastodon: https://social.lol/@rom
      # https://mastodon.think-privacy.com/@rom
      # https://social.up.edu.ph/@r
    avatar: img/avatars/rom.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Richard Fichtner
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Weiden in der Oberpfalz
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardFichtner
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardfichtner
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@RichardFichtner
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/richard.fichtner.dev
      github: https://github.com/rfichtner/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/richard-fichtner/
    avatar: img/avatars/RichardFichtner.png
  - name: David Flanagan
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Washington State
    avatar: img/avatars/__DavidFlanagan.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Prof. Ken Fogel
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/omniprof
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@omniprof
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenfogel/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/omniprof.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/omniprof.png
  - name: Axel Fontaine
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/axelfontaine
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-fontaine-5a9a601/
    avatar: img/avatars/axelfontaine.png
  - name: Dr. Remi Forax
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: France
    avatar: img/avatars/Remi_Forax.png
  - name: Tobias Frech
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Ludwigsburg
    social:
      mastodon: https://ijug.social/@TobiasFrech
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javaadministration/
      github: https://github.com/JOpsDev
    avatar: img/avatars/TobiasFrech.png
  - name: Mario Fusco
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Italy
    city: Milan
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mariofusco
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-fusco-3467213/
    avatar: img/avatars/mariofusco.png
  - name: Dr. Alexey Fyodorov
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    city: Saint Petersburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/23derevo
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/23derevo/
    avatar: img/avatars/23derevo.png
  - name: Dr. Neal Gafter
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Seattle, Washington
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gafter
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neal-gafter-625393/
    avatar: img/avatars/gafter.png
  - name: David Gageot
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dgageot
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgageot/
    avatar: img/avatars/dgageot.png
  - name: Viktor Gamov
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
      residence: USA
    city: New York, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gAmUssA
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gamussa.dev
      linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/vikgamov
      github: https://github.com/gamussa/
      website: http://gamov.io/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/vikgamov
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@viktorgamov
    avatar: img/avatars/gAmUssA.png
  - name: Felipe Gaúcho
    year: 2010
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: Rio de Janeiro
    avatar: img/avatars/Felipe_Gaucho.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: David Geary
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Loveland, Colorado
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmgeary/
    avatar: img/avatars/davidgeary.png
  - name: Trisha Gee
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Spain
      citizenship: UK
    city: Seville, Andalusia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/trisha_gee
      mastodon: https://jvm.social/@trisha_gee
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trishagee.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/trisha-gee/
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishagee/
      github: https://trishagee.com/
      website: https://www.agilejava.eu/
      speakerdeck: https://github.com/trishagee
    avatar: img/avatars/trisha_gee.png
  - name: Jeff Genender
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Denver, Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jgenender
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgenender/
    avatar: img/avatars/jgenender.png
  - name: Bruno Ghisi
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunoghisi/
      twitter: https://twitter.com/brunogh
    avatar: img/avatars/Bruno_Ghisi.png
  - name: Fabrizio Gianneschi
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Italy
    city: Cagliari, Sardinia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javabird
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianneschi/
    avatar: img/avatars/javabird.png
  - name: Jonathan Giles
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: New Zealand
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathanGiles
      mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@JonathanGiles
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathangiles/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jonathangiles.net
    avatar: img/avatars/JonathanGiles.png
  - name: Brian Goetz
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Burlington, Vermont
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGoetz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangoetz/
    avatar: img/avatars/BrianGoetz.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: David Gómez
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Madrid
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dgomezg
      mastodon: https://jvm.social/@dgomezg
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dgomezg.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/david-gomez-garcia/
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgomezg/
    avatar: img/avatars/dgomezg.png
  - name: Antonio Goncalves
    year: 2008
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/agoncal
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@agoncal
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agoncal/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/agoncal.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/agoncal.png
  - name: Dr. James Gosling
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/errcraft
      mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@JamesGosling
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesgosling/
    avatar: img/avatars/errcraft.png
    status:
      - honorary-member
  - name: Jim Gough
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/Jim__Gough
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpgough/
    avatar: img/avatars/Jim__Gough.png
  - name: Rabea Gransberger
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Bremen
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@rgransberger
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgransberger/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rgransberger.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/rgransberger.png
  - name: Rodrigo Graciano
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Brazil
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rodrigograciano
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@graciano
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/graciano.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/graciano
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigograciano/
    avatar: img/avatars/rodrigograciano.png
  - name: Victor Grazi
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vgrazi
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorgrazi/
    avatar: img/avatars/vgrazi.png
  - name: Frank Greco
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/frankgreco
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdgreco/
    avatar: img/avatars/frankgreco.png
  - name: Neil Griffin
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Orlando, Florida
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilGriffin95
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilgriffin95/
    avatar: img/avatars/NeilGriffin95.png
  - name: Ivar Grimstad
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
      residence: Sweden
      birth: Norway
      citizenship: Norway
    city: Malmo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ivar_grimstad
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/deck/@ivar_grimstad
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theguywiththeduketattoo.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivargrimstad/
      github: https://github.com/ivargrimstad
      website: https://www.agilejava.eu/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/ivar-grimstad/
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/ivargrimstad
    avatar: img/avatars/ivar_grimstad.png
  - name: Sanne Grinovero
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: UK
      citizenship: Italy
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/SanneGrinovero
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@sanne
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sannegrinovero/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sannegrinovero.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/SanneGrinovero.png
  - name: Christian Grobmeier
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Langerringen
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@grobmeier
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grobmeier/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grobmeier.de
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@grobmeier
      github: https://github.com/grobmeier
      website: https://grobmeier.de
    avatar: img/avatars/ChristianGrobmeier.png
  - name: Loiane Groner
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Brazil
    city: Orlando, Florida
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/loiane
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loiane
      github: https://github.com/loiane
      website: https://loiane.com
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@loianegroner
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/loiane
    avatar: img/avatars/loiane.png
  - name: Gerrit Grunwald
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hansolo_
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hansolo_
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hansolo.eu
      github: https://github.com/HanSolo
      website: https://harmoniccode.blogspot.com/
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerritgrunwald
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@hansolo312
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/gerrit-grunwald
    avatar: img/avatars/hansolo_.png
  - name: Mary Grygleski
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
      birth: Hong Kong
    city: Chicago
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mgrygles
      mastodon: https://foojay.social/@mgrygles
      github: https://github.com/mgrygles
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-grygleski/
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@marygrygleski9271
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/mary-grygleski
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mgrygles.bsky.social
      website: https://discord.gg/RMU4Juw
    avatar: img/avatars/mgrygles.png
  - name: Marcin Grzejszczak
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/MGrzejszczak
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-grzejszczak-15565119/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toomuchcoding.com
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@toomuchcoding   
      website: https://toomuchcoding.com
      github: https://github.com/marcingrzejszczak/
    avatar: img/avatars/MGrzejszczak.png
  - name: Andrzej Grzesik
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: UK
      citizenship: Poland
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ags313
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrzejgrzesik/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/ags
    avatar: img/avatars/ags313.png
  - name: Freddy Guime
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Seattle, Washington
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fguime/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fguime.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/fguime.png
  - name: Chandra Guntur
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New Jersey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/CGuntur
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cguntur.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cguntur/
    avatar: img/avatars/CGuntur.png
  - name: Arun Gupta
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/arungupta
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/arungupta.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunpgupta/
    avatar: img/avatars/arungupta.png
  - name: Mala Gupta
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: India
    city: New Delhi, Delhi
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/eMalaGupta
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malagupta/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/malagupta.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/eMalaGupta.png
  - name: Romain Guy
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Los Altos, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/romainguy
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romainguy/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/romainguy.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/romainguy.png
  - name: Ahmed Hashim
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Egypt
    city: Cairo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ahmed_hashim
    avatar: img/avatars/ahmed_hashim.png
  - name: Mark Heckler
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Godfrey, Illinois
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mkheck
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkHeckler
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markheckler
      mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@mkheck
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mkheck.bsky.social
      xing: https://www.xing.com/profile/Mark_Heckler
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/mkheck
    avatar: img/avatars/MkHeck.png
  - name: David Heffelfinger
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Washington DC
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ensode
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dheffelfinger
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ensode.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/ensode.png
  - name: Rajmahendra Hegde
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: India
    city: Hyderabad, Telangana
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rajmahendrar
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajmahendrar/
    avatar: img/avatars/rajmahendrar.png
  - name: Dan Heidinga
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Ottawa, Ontario
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/DanHeidinga
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-heidinga/
    avatar: img/avatars/DanHeidinga.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Michael Heinrichs
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Freiburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/net0pyr
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heinrichs/
    avatar: img/avatars/net0pyr.png
  - name: Marcus Hellberg
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Tahoe
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/marcushellberg
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcushellberg
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/marcushellberg.dev
      github: https://github.com/marcushellberg
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/marcushellberg 
    avatar: img/avatars/marcushellberg.png
  - name: César Hernández
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Guatemala
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/CesarHgt
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesarhernandezgt/
    avatar: img/avatars/CesarHgt.png
  - name: Thor Henning Hetland
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Norway
    city: Oslo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javatotto
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorhenninghetland
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/javatotto.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/javatotto.png
  - name: Jorge Hidalgo
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Málaga
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/deors314
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/deors.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deors/
    avatar: img/avatars/deors314.png
  - name: Rick Hightower
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Dublin, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/RickHigh
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhigh/
    avatar: img/avatars/RickHigh.png
  - name: Gunnar Hillert
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Germany
    city: Holualoa, Hawaii
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ghillert
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillert/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hillert.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/ghillert
      website: https://hillert.com
    avatar: img/avatars/ghillert.png
  - name: Daniel Hinojosa
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Albuquerque, NM
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@dhinojosa
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dhinojosa.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhevolutionnext
      github: https://github.com/dhinojosa
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/daniel-hinojosa
      website: https://evolutionnext.com
    avatar: img/avatars/dhinojosa.jpg
  - name: Marcus Hirt
    year: 2019
    country:
      birth: Sweden
      nomination: Sweden
      residence: Switzerland
      citizenship: Switzerland
    city: Küssnacht am Rigi, SZ
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hirt
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hirt
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhirt/
      github: https://github.com/thegreystone
      website: https://hirt.se/blog/
    avatar: img/avatars/hirt.png
  - name: Ron Hitchens
    year: 2008
    country:
      nomination: UK
      citizenship: USA
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ronhitchens
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronhitchens/
    avatar: img/avatars/ronhitchens.png
  - name: Juergen Hoeller
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: Austria
    city: Linz, Upper Austria
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/springjuergen
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juergenhoeller/
    avatar: img/avatars/springjuergen.png
  - name: Marc Hoffmann
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/marcandsweep
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@marcandsweep
    avatar: img/avatars/marcandsweep.png
  - name: Jacob Hookom
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jacobhookom
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobhookom/
    avatar: img/avatars/jacobhookom.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Bruce Hopkins
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/avatars/Bruce_Hopkins.png
  - name: Dr. Cay Horstmann
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
      residence: Germany
    city: Düsseldorf
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cay-horstmann-659a4b/
      mastodon: https://foojay.social/@cayhorstmann
      github: https://github.com/cayhorstmann
      website: https://horstmann.com
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/horstmann.com
    avatar: img/avatars/cayhorstmann.png
  - name: Gerardo Horvilleur
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Mexico
      citizenship: Mexico
      birth: Mexico
    city: Mexico City
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/magoghm
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardohorvilleur/
    avatar: img/avatars/magoghm.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Dr. Michael Huettermann
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Germany
      residence: Germany
    city: Cologne
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/huettermann
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huettermann/
      website: http://huettermann.net
    avatar: img/avatars/huettermann.png
  - name: Burk Hufnagel
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Atlanta
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BurkHufnagel
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/burk-hufnagel
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hufnagel/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/burkhufnagel.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/BurkHufnagel.png
  - name: Michael Hunger
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Dresden
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mesirii
      mastodon: https://chaos.social/@mesirii
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mesirii.de
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jexpde/
    avatar: img/avatars/mesirii.png
  - name: Jason Hunter
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Singapore
      citizenship: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/hunterhacker
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhunter3/
    avatar: img/avatars/hunterhacker.png
  - name: Claus Ibsen
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Denmark
    city: Esbjerg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/davsclaus
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davsclaus/
    avatar: img/avatars/davsclaus.png
  - name: Eder Ignatowicz
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Brazil
    city: Boston, Massachusetts
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ederign
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ederign/
    avatar: img/avatars/ederign.png
  - name: Oliver Ihns
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Hamburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/oliverihns
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-ihns-4455609/
    avatar: img/avatars/oliverihns.png
  - name: Francisco Isidro
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/prof_isidro
    avatar: img/avatars/prof_isidro.png
  - name: Jonatan Ivanov
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: USA
      residence: USA
      birth: Hungary
    city: Seattle, Washington
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jonatan_ivanov
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonatan-ivanov/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jonatan-ivanov.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jonatan-ivanov
      github: https://github.com/jonatan-ivanov
      website: https://develotters.com
    avatar: img/avatars/jonatan_ivanov.png
  - name: Ivan St. Ivanov
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Bulgaria
    city: Sofia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ivan_stefanov
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-ivanov-25ab324/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ivannov.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/ivan_stefanov.png
  - name: Grace Jansen
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: UK
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gracejansen27
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-jansen/
    avatar: img/avatars/gracejansen27.png
  - name: Johan Janssen
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanjanssen2001/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johanjanssen.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/johanjanssen42.png
  - name: Stephan Janssen
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    city: Bruges
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/Stephan007
      mastodon: https://techhub.social/@stephan007
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanjanssen/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stephanjanssen.be
    avatar: img/avatars/Stephan007.png
  - name: Jakob Jenkov
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Denmark
    city: Copenhagen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jjenkov
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakob-jenkov-4a3a8/
    avatar: img/avatars/jjenkov.png
  - name: Emily Jiang
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Southampton
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/emilyfhjiang
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyfhjiang
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyjiang.bsky.social
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@emilyjiang
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/emilyfhjiang
    avatar: img/avatars/emilyfhjiang.png
  - name: Dr. Rod Johnson
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: Australia
    city: Sydney
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/springrod
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonroda/
    avatar: img/avatars/springrod.png
  - name: Angie Jones
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/techgirl1908
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angiejones.tech
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angiejones/
    avatar: img/avatars/techgirl1908.png
  - name: Christopher Judd
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Columbus, Ohio
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javajudd
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophermjudd/
      github: https://github.com/cjudd/
      website: https://www.juddsolutions.com/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/christopher-judd/
    avatar: img/avatars/javajudd.png
  - name: Josh Juneau
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Chicago, Illinois
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javajuneau
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@javajuneau
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-juneau-84b4867/
    avatar: img/avatars/javajuneau.png
  - name: Prof. Matjaz Juric
    year: 2010
    country:
      nomination: Slovenia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/matjazbj
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matjaz-b-juric-93b645/
    avatar: img/avatars/matjazbj.png
  - name: Dr. Heinz M. Kabutz
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: South Africa
      residence: Greece
    city: Chorafakia, Chania, Crete
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/heinzkabutz
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@HeinzKabutz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heinzkabutz
      github: https://github.com/kabutz
      website: https://www.javaspecialists.eu
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heinzkabutz.com
    avatar: img/avatars/heinzkabutz.png
  - name: Mattias Karlsson
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
    city: Stockholm
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/matkar
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@matkar
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattiask/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/matkar.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/matkar.png
  - name: Kohsuke Kawaguchi
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
      birth: Japan
    city: San Jose, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kohsukekawa
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kohsukekawaguchi/
    avatar: img/avatars/kohsukekawa.png
  - name: Roman Kennke
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Freiburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rkennke
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/romankennke/
    avatar: img/avatars/rkennke.png
  - name: Gavin King
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Spain
      citizenship: UK
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/1ovthafew
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinking/
    avatar: img/avatars/1ovthafew.png
  - name: Viktor Klang
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
    city: Angelholm
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/viktorklang
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorklang/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/viktorklang.com
    avatar: img/avatars/viktorklang.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Aslak Knutsen
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Norway
    city: Oslo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/aslakknutsen
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aslakknutsen/
    avatar: img/avatars/aslakknutsen.png
  - name: Clara Ko
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: The Netherlands
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/clarako
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarako/
    avatar: img/avatars/clarako.png
  - name: Panos Konstantinidis
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Greece
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/panoskonst
    avatar: img/avatars/panoskonst.png
  - name: Dr. Kenneth Kousen
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Marlborough, Connecticut
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kenkousen
      mastodon: https://foojay.social/@kenkousen
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kousenit.com
      youtube: https://youtube.com/@talesfromthejarside
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenkousen/
      github: https://github.com/kousen
      website: https://www.kousenit.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/kenneth-kousen
    avatar: img/avatars/kenkousen.png
  - name: Dr. Michael Kölling
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolling/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kolling.uk
    avatar: img/avatars/michaelkolling.png
  - name: Prof. Dierk König
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    city: Zürich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mittie
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mittie/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dierk-koenig.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/mittie.png
  - name: Guillaume Laforge
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/glaforge
      mastodon: https://uwyn.net/@glaforge
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/glaforge.dev
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glaforge/
      website: https://glaforge.dev/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/glaforge
    avatar: img/avatars/glaforge.png
  - name: Marcus Lagergren
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Sweden
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/lagergren
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lagergren/
    avatar: img/avatars/lagergren.png
  - name: Amira Lakhal
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/MiraLak
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiralakhal/
    avatar: img/avatars/MiraLak.png
  - name: Angelika Langer
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Munich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/AngelikaLanger
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelika-langer-0858501/
    avatar: img/avatars/AngelikaLanger.png
  - name: Dr. Edward Lank
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Kitchener
    avatar: img/avatars/Edward_Lank.png
  - name: Jacek Laskowski
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    city: Warsaw
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jaceklaskowski
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaceklaskowski/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/books.japila.pl
    avatar: img/avatars/jaceklaskowski.png
  - name: Enrique Lasterra
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Bilbao
    avatar: img/avatars/Enriqu_Lasterra.png
  - name: Peter Lawrey
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Surrey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterLawrey
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@PeterLawrey
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlawrey/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/peterlawrey.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/PeterLawrey.png
  - name: Dr. Doug Lea
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Syracuse, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/douglea
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglea/
    avatar: img/avatars/douglea.png
  - name: Bob Lee
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/crazybob
    avatar: img/avatars/crazybob.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Jason Lee
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondlee/
      github: https://github.com/jasondlee/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jasondlee/
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jasondlee
      mastodon: https://mastodon.cloud/@jasondlee
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jasondlee.bsky.social
      website: https://jasondl.ee/
    avatar: img/avatars/jasondlee.png
  - name: Justin Lee
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/evanchooly
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@evanchooly
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/evanchooly.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinlee/
      github: https://github.com/evanchooly
      website: http://antwerkz.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/evanchooly
    avatar: img/avatars/evanchooly.png
  - name: Trustin Lee
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: South Korea
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/trustin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trustin/
    avatar: img/avatars/trustin.png
  - name: Dirk Lemmermann
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dlemmermann/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dlemmermann.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/dlemmermann.png
  - name: Michael Levin
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoobird/
    avatar: img/avatars/mikelevin77.png
  - name: Dr. Barry Levine
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/avatars/Barry_Levine.png
  - name: Mo Li
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: China
    avatar: img/avatars/Mo_Li.png
  - name: San-Hong Li
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: China
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/sanhong_li
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/san-hong-li-443732a/
    avatar: img/avatars/sanhong_li.png
  - name: Dr. Daniel Liang
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/daniel-liang-128x128.jpg
  - name: Patrick Linskey
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/plinskey
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plinskey/
    avatar: img/avatars/plinskey.png
  - name: Paul Lipton
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/avatars/Paul_Lipton.png
  - name: Josh Long
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/starbuxman
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@starbuxman
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/starbuxman.joshlong.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlong/
    avatar: img/avatars/starbuxman.png
  - name: Melissa McKay
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/melissajmckay
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissajmckay
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/melissa-mckay
    avatar: img/avatars/melissajmckay.png
  - name: Alexis Lopez
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Colombia
    city: Cali, Valle del Cauca
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/acelopezco
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acelopezco
    avatar: img/avatars/acelopezco.png
  - name: Iván López
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Madrid
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ilopmar
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanlopezmartin
      github: https://github.com/ilopmar
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ilopmar.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/ilopmar.png
  - name: Geir Magnusson
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Wilton, Connecticut
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/geirmagnusson
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geirmagnussonjr/
    avatar: img/avatars/geirmagnusson.png
  - name: Dr. Qusay Mahmoud
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qmahmoud/
    avatar: img/avatars/Qusay_Mahmoud.png
  - name: Sander Mak
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Nijmegen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/Sander_Mak
      mastodon: https://federate.social/@sander_mak
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandermak/
    avatar: img/avatars/Sander_Mak.png
  - name: Konrad Malawski
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Poland
      residence: Japan
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ktosopl
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konrad-ktoso-malawski/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kto.so
    avatar: img/avatars/ktosopl.png
  - name: Stephane Maldini
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: USA
      citizenship: France
    city: California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/smaldini
    avatar: img/avatars/smaldini.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Dan Malks
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danmalks/
    avatar: img/avatars/Dan_Malks.png
  - name: Evgeny Mandrikov
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/%5Fgodin%5F
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mandrikov.bsky.social
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@godin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandrikov/
      github: https://github.com/godin
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/godin
    avatar: img/avatars/godin.png
  - name: Jim Manico
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Anahola, Hawaii
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/manicode
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmanico/
    avatar: img/avatars/manicode.png
  - name: Kito Mann
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Glen Allen, Virginia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kito99
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@kito99
      github: https://github.com/kito99
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kitomann.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitomann/
    avatar: img/avatars/kito99.png
  - name: Dervis Mansuroglu
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Norway
    city: Oslo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dervismn
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/dervis
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dervis.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dervism/
      website: https://dervis.no/
    avatar: img/avatars/dervismn.png
  - name: Simon Maple
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Basingstoke, Hampshire
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/sjmaple
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmaple/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sjmaple.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/sjmaple.png
  - name: Karl Heinz Marbaise
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Germany
      citizenship: Germany
      birth: Germany
    city: Würselen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/khmarbaise
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@khmarbaise
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/khmarbaise.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/khmarbaise
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khmarbaise/
      github: https://github.com/khmarbaise
      youtube: https://youtube.com/@khmarbaise
      website: https://soebes.io
    avatar: img/avatars/khmarbaise.png
  - name: Joshua Marinacci
    year: 2010
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Eugene, Oregon
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/joshmarinacci
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshmarinacci/
    avatar: img/avatars/joshmarinacci.png
  - name: Floyd Marinescu
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Etobicoke, Ontario
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/floydmarinescu
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/floydm/
    avatar: img/avatars/floydmarinescu.png
  - name: Simon Martinelli
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
    city: Erlach
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/simas_ch
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@SimonMartinelli
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/martinelli.ch
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonmartinelli
      github: https://github.com/simasch
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/simon-martinelli
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@simonmartinelli
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/simas
      website: https://martinelli.ch
    avatar: img/avatars/simas_ch.png
  - name: Vincent Massol
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vmassol
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vmassol/
    avatar: img/avatars/vmassol.png
  - name: Norman Maurer
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Frankfurt
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/normanmaurer
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/normanmaurer/
    avatar: img/avatars/normanmaurer.png
  - name: Vincent Mayers
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Atlanta, Georgia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vincentmayers
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentmayers/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mayers.io
    avatar: img/avatars/vincentmayers.png
  - name: Carole McDonald
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Florida
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/caroljmcdonald
    avatar: img/avatars/caroljmcdonald.png
  - name: Rustam Mehmandarov
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Norway
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/RMehmandarov
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mehmandarov
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rustam.no
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/mehmandarov
      website: https://rustam.no
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehmandarov/
    avatar: img/avatars/rmehmandarov.png
  - name: Eddú Meléndez Gonzales
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Perú
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/EdduMelendez
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddumelendez
      github: https://github.com/eddumelendez
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/eddumelendez.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/eddumelendez
    avatar: img/avatars/EdduMelendez.png
  - name: Ondro Mihályi
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Czech Republic
    city: Prague
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/OndroMih
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@ondromih
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihalyiondrej/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ondromih.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/OndroMih.png
  - name: Vlad Mihalcea
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    city: Cluj County
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vlad_mihalcea
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladmihalcea/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vladmihalcea.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/vlad_mihalcea.png
  - name: Ana-Maria Mihalceanu
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ammbra1508
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@ammbra1508
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ammbra1508.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-maria-mihalceanu-1508/
    avatar: img/avatars/ammbra1508.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Michael T. Minella
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Naperville, Illinois
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelminella
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelminella/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelminella.com
      github: https://github.com/mminella
      website: https://michaelminella.com
    avatar: img/avatars/michaelminella.png
  - name: Elder Moraes
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Bernardo do Campo/SP
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/elderjava
      youtube: https://youtube.com/@eldermoraes
      linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/eldermoraes
      github: https://github.com/eldermoraes
      website: https://eldermoraes.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/eldermoraes
    avatar: img/avatars/elderjava.png
  - name: Gunnar Morling
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Hamburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gunnarmorling
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@gunnarmorling
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gunnar.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-morling-2b44b7229/
    avatar: img/avatars/gunnarmorling.png
  - name: Maarten Mulders
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Apeldoorn
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mthmulders
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@mthmulders
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mthmulders.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mthmulders/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/mthmulders/
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/mthmulders/
      website: https://maarten.mulders.it/
    avatar: img/avatars/mthmulders.png
  - name: Aurea Muñoz
    year: 2026
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    social:
      twitter: https://x.com/auritamh
    avatar: img/avatars/auritamh.png
  - name: Benjamin Muskalla
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bmuskalla
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmuskalla/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bmuskalla.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/bmuskalla.png
  - name: Bernd Müller
    year: 2026
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Wolfenbüttel
    social:
      twitter: https://x.com/berndmuller
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/berndmuller.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/berndmuller.png
  - name: Maurice Naftalin
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Scotland
    city: Edinburgh
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mauricenaftalin
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/Maurice_Naftalin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-naftalin/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mauricenaftalin.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/mauricenaftalin.png
  - name: Nikhil Nanivadekar
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/NikhilNanivade
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilnanivadekar/
    avatar: img/avatars/NikhilNanivade.png
  - name: Dr. Fabiane Bizinella Nardon
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/fabianenardon
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabianenardon/
    avatar: img/avatars/fabianenardon.png
  - name: Rafael Del Nero
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Ireland
    city: Dublin, Leinster
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/RafaDelNero
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafadelnero/
    avatar: img/avatars/RafaDelNero.png
  - name: Audrey Neveu
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Rouen
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/audreyneveu/
    avatar: img/avatars/Audrey_Neveu.png
  - name: Chris Newland
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@chriswhocodes
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswhocodes/
    avatar: img/avatars/chriswhocodes.png
  - name: Francesco Nigro
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Italy
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/forked_franz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-nigro-69963597/
    avatar: img/avatars/forked_franz.png
  - name: Kevin Nilson
    year: 2009
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/javaclimber
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinnilson/
    avatar: img/avatars/javaclimber.png
  - name: Elias Nogueira
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
      residence: The Netherlands
      citizenship: Brazil
      birth: Brazil
    city: Utrecht
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/eliasnogueira
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliasnogueira
      github: https://github.com/eliasnogueira
      website: https://eliasnogueira.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/elias-nogueira
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/eliasnogueira
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/eliasnogueira.com
    avatar: img/avatars/eliasnogueira.png
  - name: Tomasz Nurkiewicz
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    city: Warsaw
    social:
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@nurkiewicz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurkiewicz
      github: https://github.com/nurkiewicz
      website: https://nurkiewicz.com
    avatar: img/avatars/tnurkiewicz.png
  - name: Charles Oliver Nutter
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Minneapolis, Minnesota
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/headius
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@headius
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/headius.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/headius/
    avatar: img/avatars/headius.png
  - name: Harshad Oak
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: India
    city: Pune, Maharashtra
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/HarshadOak
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshadoak/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/harshadoak.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/HarshadOak.png
  - name: Rickard Oberg
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: Malaysia
    city: Selangor
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rickardoberg
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickardoberg/
    avatar: img/avatars/rickardoberg.png
    status:
      - retired
  - name: Carlos Obregon
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Colombia
    city: Bogota
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/gaijinco
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-obregon-1565aab/
    avatar: img/avatars/gaijinco.png
  - name: Daniel Oh
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Boston
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/danieloh30
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/danieloh30.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-oh-083818112/
    avatar: img/avatars/danieloh30.png
  - name: Víctor Orozco
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Guatemala
      residence: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/tuxtor
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@tuxtor
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victororozco/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tuxtor.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/tuxtor.png
  - name: Bethan Palmer
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: UK
      residence: Denmark
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethan-palmer/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bet-han.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/BethanKP.png
  - name: Mark Paluch
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mp911de
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mp911de
      github: https://github.com/mp911de
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-paluch-6482092a4
      website: https://paluch.biz
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mp911de.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/mp911de.png
  - name: Andrei Pangin
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreiPangin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apangin/
    avatar: img/avatars/AndreiPangin.png
  - name: Eugene Paraschiv
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/baeldung
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenparaschiv/
    avatar: img/avatars/baeldung.png
  - name: Nicolai Parlog
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Germany
      residence: Germany
    city: Karlsruhe
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/nipafx
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@nipafx
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nipafx.dev
      github: https://github.com/nipafx/
      youtube: https://youtube.com/nipafx
      website: https://nipafx.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/nipafx.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Sandra Parsick
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Neuss
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@sparsick
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-parsick/
    avatar: img/avatars/SandraParsick.png
  - name: Pratik Patel
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Atlanta, Georgia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/prpatel
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/prpatel.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prpatel/
    avatar: img/avatars/prpatel.png
  - name: Bob Paulin
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Chicago, Illinois
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bobpaulin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobpaulin/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bobpaulin.com
    avatar: img/avatars/bobpaulin.png
  - name: Dr. José Paumard
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JosePaumard
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jos%C3%A9-paumard-2458ba5/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/josepaumard.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/JosePaumard.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Kirk Pepperdine
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Kelowna, British Columbia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kcpeppe
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirk-pepperdine/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kcpeppe.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/kcpeppe.png
  - name: Dr. Jose Pereda
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Valladolid
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JPeredaDnr
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jperedadnr/
    avatar: img/avatars/JPeredaDnr.png
  - name: Dr. Paul Perrone
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulperrone/
    avatar: img/avatars/Paul_Perrone.png
  - name: John Paul "JP" Petines
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Canada
      birth: Philipines
    city: Toronto, Ontario
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jppetines
    avatar: img/avatars/jppetines.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Marc Philipp
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Karlsruhe
    social:
      mastodon: https://chaos.social/@marcphilipp
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcphilipp
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/marcphilipp.de
      website: https://marcphilipp.de
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/marcphilipp
    avatar: img/avatars/marcphilipp.png
  - name: Sean M. Phillips
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Washington DC
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/SeanMiPhillips
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmiphillips/
    avatar: img/avatars/SeanMiPhillips.png
  - name: Peter Pilgrim
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Milton Keynes, England
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/peter_pilgrim
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterpilgrim2000/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/peterpilgrim.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/peter_pilgrim.png
  - name: Grzegorz Piwowarek
    year: 2026
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    city: Warsaw
    social:
      website: https://4comprehension.com
      twitter: https://x.com/pivovarit
      github: https://github.com/pivovarit
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpiwowarek/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pivovarit.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/pivovarit.png
  - name: Dr. Julien Ponge
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Tassin-La-Demi-Lune, Lyon
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jponge
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julienponge/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/julien.ponge.org
      github: https://github.com/jponge
      website: https://julien.ponge.org/
    avatar: img/avatars/jponge.jpg
  - name: Steve Poole
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Hook
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/spoole167
    avatar: img/avatars/spoole167.png
  - name: Piotr Przybyl
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    city: Wrocław
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/piotrprz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piotrprzybyl/
      mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@piotrprz
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/piotrprz.bsky.social
      website: https://softwaregarden.dev/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/piotr-przybyl/
    avatar: img/avatars/piotrprz.png
  - name: Prof. William Pugh
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Maryland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/wpugh
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billpugh/
    avatar: img/avatars/wpugh.png
  - name: Carl Quinn
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cquinn
    avatar: img/avatars/cquinn.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Donald Raab
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: USA
      birth: UK
    city: Metuchen, New Jersey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDonRaab
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-raab-56016a121/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thedonraab.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/TheDonRaab.png
  - name: A N M *Bazlur* Rahman
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Canada
      birth: Bangladesh
      residence: Canada
      citizenship: Bangladesh
    city: Toronto
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bazlur_rahman
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@bazlur_rahman
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazlur/
      github: https://github.com/rokon12
      website: https://bazlur.ca/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/bazlur/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bazlur.ca
    avatar: img/avatars/bazlur_rahman.png
  - name: Matt Raible
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Denver, Colorado
    social:
      website: https://raibledesigns.com
      linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/mraible
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mraible
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mraible.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/mraible
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/mraible
      youtube: https://youtube.com/mraible
    avatar: img/avatars/mraible.png
  - name: Srikanth Raju
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikanthraju/
    avatar: img/avatars/Srikanth_Raju.png
  - name: Jayson Raymond
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/avatars/Jayson_Raymond.png
  - name: Michael P. Redlich
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Flemington, New Jersey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mpredli
      mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mpredli01
      github: https://github.com/mpredli01
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-redlich/0/966/13a
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/michael-redlich
      website: https://redlich.net
    avatar: img/avatars/mpredli.png
  - name: Jennifer Reif
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: St. Louis
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JMHReif
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmhreif
    avatar: img/avatars/jmhreif.png
  - name: Dr. Victor Rentea
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    city: Bucharest
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/VictorRentea
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-rentea-trainer/
    avatar: img/avatars/VictorRentea.png
  - name: Chris Richardson
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/crichardson
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pojos/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crichardson.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/crichardson.png
  - name: Clark D. Richey Jr.
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-richey-6b737/
    avatar: img/avatars/Clark_D_Richey_Jr.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Manfred Riem
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Provo, Utah
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mnriem
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mriem/
    avatar: img/avatars/mnriem.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Simon Ritter
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Twickenham
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/speakjava
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@speakjava
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siritter/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/speakjava.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/speakjava.png
  - name: Sven Reimers
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Konstanz
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/SvenNB
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@svenreimers
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svenreimers/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sreimers.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/SvenNB.png
  - name: Glenn Renfro
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Atlanta
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cppwfs
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cppwfs/
    avatar: img/avatars/cppwfs.png
  - name: Roy van Rijn
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Maassluis, South Holland Province
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/royvanrijn
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@royvanrijn
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royvanrijn/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/royvanrijn.com
    avatar: img/avatars/royvanrijn.png
  - name: Leonardo de Moura Rocha Lima
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leomrlima/
    avatar: img/avatars/leomrlima.png
  - name: Graeme Rocher
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Spain
      citizenship: UK
    city: Bilbao
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/graemerocher
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemerocher/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/graemerocher.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/graemerocher.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Antón María Rodríguez Yuste
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Galicia
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonmry/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/galiglobal.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/antonmry
    avatar: img/avatars/antonmry.png
  - name: Ix-chel Ruiz
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
      citizenship: Mexico
    city: Basel
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ixchelruiz
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@ixchelruiz
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ixchelruiz.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/ixchelruiz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ixchelruiz/
    avatar: img/avatars/ixchelruiz.png
  - name: Antoine Sabot-Durand
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Paris
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/antoine_sd
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/antoine.sabot-durand.net
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinesabotdurand
      github: https://github.com/antoinesd
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/antoine-sabot-durand
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/antoine_sd
    avatar: img/avatars/antoine_sd.png
  - name: Baruch Sadogursky
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: USA
      residence: USA
      citizenship: Israel
      birth: USSR
    city: Nolensville, TN
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jbaruch
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jbaru.ch
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbaruch
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jbaruch/
      website: https://speaking.jbaru.ch/
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@jbaruch
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8-VX2SiAIBE7guw7NG-Sg
    avatar: img/avatars/jbaruch.png
  - name: Charles Sabourdin
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Ile-de-France
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/kanedafromparis
    avatar: img/avatars/kanedafromparis.png
  - name: Koichi Sakata
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Japan
    city: Osaka
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jyukutyo
    avatar: img/avatars/jyukutyo.png
  - name: Yuuichi Sakuraba
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Japan
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/skrb
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuichi-sakuraba-4129699/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/skrb95.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/skrb.png
  - name: Mauricio Salatino
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/salaboy
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salaboy/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/salaboy.com
    avatar: img/avatars/salaboy.png
  - name: Alberto Salazar
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Ecuador
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/betoSalazar
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-salazar-15334154
      github: https://github.com/lasalazarr
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/alberto-salazar
    avatar: img/avatars/betoSalazar.png
  - name: Tatu Saloranta
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Seattle
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cowtowncoder
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatu-saloranta-b2b36/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cowtowncoder.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/cowtowncoder.png
  - name: Brian Sam-Bodden
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      github: https://github.com/bsbodden
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bsbodden
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bsbodden.bsky.social
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/brian-sam-bodden
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sambodden
      speakerdeck: https://speakerdeck.com/bsbodden
    avatar: img/avatars/bsbodden.png
  - name: Otávio Gonçalves de Santana
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/otaviojava
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/otaviojava/
    avatar: img/avatars/otaviojava.png
  - name: Michael Nascimento Santos
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mr__m
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelnascimento/
    avatar: img/avatars/mr__m.png
  - name: Mani Sarkar
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: UK
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/theNeomatrix369
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@neomatrix369
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mani-sarkar/
    avatar: img/avatars/theNeomatrix369.png
  - name: Deepu K Sasidharan
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
      citizenship: India
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@deepu105
      twitter: https://twitter.com/deepu105
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepu05
      github: https://github.com/deepu105
      website: https://deepu.tech
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/deepu-k-sasidharan
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/deepu105.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/deepu105.png
  - name: Tom Schindl
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Austria
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/tomsontom
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@tomsontom
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-schindl-178ba63/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomsontom.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/tomsontom.png
  - name: Olivier Schmitt
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Switzerland
      citizenship: France
    city: Geneva
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivier-schmitt-architect/
    avatar: img/avatars/Olivier_Schmitt.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Jonathan Schneider
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Miami
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jon_k_schneider
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonkschneider
    avatar: img/avatars/jon_k_schneider.png
  - name: Robert Scholte
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Groningen
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/rfscholte
      mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@rfscholte
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfscholte/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rfscholte.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/rfscholte.png
  - name: Bauke Scholtz
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/OmniFaces
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/balusc/
    avatar: img/avatars/OmniFaces.png
  - name: Aleksey Shipilev
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Potsdam, Brandenburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/shipilev
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alekseyshipilev/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shipilev.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/shipilev.png
  - name: Oleg Šelajev
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Estonia
    city: Tartu
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/shelajev
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/shelajev.bsky.social
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@shelajev
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelajev/
      github: https://github.com/shelajev/
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/oleg-selajev/
    avatar: img/avatars/shelajev.png
  - name: Erin Schnabel
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Wappingers Falls, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ebullientworks
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@ebullient
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinschnabel
      github: https://github.com/ebullient
      website: https://ebullient.dev
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ebullient.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/ebullientworks.png
  - name: Bert Jan Schrijver
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Utrecht
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bjschrijver
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bjschrijver
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjschrijver/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bjschrijver.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/bjschrijver.png
  - name: Nate Schutta
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Forest Lake, MN
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ntschutta
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nate-schutta/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nts.bsky.social
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQv8lTtoo-rNOmfrlQn6IyQ
      github: https://github.com/ntschutta/
      website: https://ntschutta.io
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/nathaniel-schutta/
    avatar: img/avatars/ntschutta.png
  - name: Vinicius Senger
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vsenger
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viniciussenger/
    avatar: img/avatars/vsenger.png
  - name: Yara Senger
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaramascarenhas/
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yara_tdc
    avatar: img/avatars/yarasenger.png
  - name: Dr. Zoran Sevarac
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: Serbia
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/zsevarac
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoran-sevarac-phd-49a9a411/
    avatar: img/avatars/zsevarac.png
  - name: Howard Lewis Ship
    year: 2010
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Portland, Oregon
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-lewis-ship-a86a0a21b/
    avatar: img/avatars/hlship.png
  - name: Jack Shirazi
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Westminster Abbey, Greater London
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-shirazi-a547831/
    avatar: img/avatars/Jack_Shirazi.png
  - name: Kathy Sierra
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    avatar: img/avatars/Kathy_Sierra.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Michael Simons
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@rotnroll666
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rotnroll666.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/michael-simons
      website: https://info.michael-simons.eu
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-simons-196712139/
    avatar: img/avatars/rotnroll666.png
  - name: Falk Sippach
    year: 2023
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Darmstadt
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/sippsack
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@sippsack
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/falk-sippach/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sippsack.bsky.social/
      github: https://github.com/sippsack
      website: https://www.sippsack.de/
    avatar: img/avatars/sippsack.png
  - name: Yakov Sirotkin
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
    city: Saint Petersburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yakov_sirotkin
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakovsirotkin/
    avatar: img/avatars/yakov_sirotkin.png
  - name: Bruce Snyder
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Louisville, Colorado
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucesnyder/
    avatar: img/avatars/Bruce_Snyder.png
  - name: Bruno Souza
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
    city: São Paulo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/brjavaman
      website: https://code4.life/
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brjavaman/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brjavaman.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/brjavaman.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Alex Soto
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Barcelona
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/alexsotob
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asotobu/
    avatar: img/avatars/alexsotob.png
  - name: Laurentiu Spilca
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    city: Bucharest
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/laurspilca
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurspilca/
    avatar: img/avatars/laurspilca.png
  - name: Kate Stanley
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Hampshire
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/KateStanley91
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-kate-stanley-3796b579/
    avatar: img/avatars/KateStanley91.png
  - name: James Strachan
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Mells, Somerset
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/jstrachan
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jstrachan/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jstrachan.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/jstrachan.png
  - name: Mark Struberg
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Austria
    city: Vienna
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/struberg
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/struberg.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/struberg.png
  - name: Domingo Suarez
    year: 2019
    city: Mexico City
    country:
      nomination: Mexico
      citizenship: Mexico
      birth: Mexico
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/domix
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domix/
      github: https://github.com/domix
      website: https://domingosuarez.com
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/domingo-suarez.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/domix.png
  - name: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Broomfield, Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/venkat_s
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsubramaniam/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/venkats.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/venkat_s.png
  - name: Burr Sutter
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/burrsutter
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/burrsutter/
    avatar: img/avatars/burrsutter.png
  - name: Ruslan Synytsky
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Ukraine
      residence: Cyprus
    city: Zhytomyr/Limassol
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/siruslan
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siruslan/
    avatar: img/avatars/siruslan.png
  - name: Attila Szegedi
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Hungary
      residence: Switzerland
    city: Zug
    social:
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@attilasz
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atszegedi/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/szegedia.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/szegedi
    avatar: img/avatars/asz.png
  - name: Mohamed Taman
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Serbia
      birth: Egypt
    city: Belgrade
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/_tamanm
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedtaman/
    avatar: img/avatars/_tamanm.png
  - name: Shin Tanimoto
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Japan
    city: Yokohama, Kanagawa
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/cero_t
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shintanimoto/
    avatar: img/avatars/cero_t.png
  - name: Bruce Tate
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Chattanooga, Tennessee
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/redrapids
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-tate/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/redrapids.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/redrapids.png
  - name: Régina ten Bruggencate
    year: 2011
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Apeldoorn
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/reginatb38
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginatb/
    avatar: img/avatars/reginatb38.png
  - name: Gil Tene
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/giltene
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giltene/
    avatar: img/avatars/giltene.png
  - name: Yoshio Terada
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Japan
    city: Yokohama, Kanagawa
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yoshioterada
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshioterada/
    avatar: img/avatars/yoshioterada.png
  - name: Frans Thamura
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Indonesia
    city: Jakarta
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/fthamura
    avatar: img/avatars/fthamura.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Chris Thalinger
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Haleiwa, Hawaii
    avatar: img/avatars/christhalinger.png
  - name: Alex Theedom
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/alextheedom
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextheedom/
    avatar: img/avatars/alextheedom.png
  - name: Martin Thompson
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: UK
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/mjpt777
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinjthompson/
    avatar: img/avatars/mjpt777.png
  - name: Dr. Kresten Krab Thorup
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Denmark
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/drkrab
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krestenkrabthorup/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drkrab.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/drkrab.png
  - name: Arjan Tijms
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Arnhem, Gelderland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/arjan_tijms
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjan-tijms-1214aa1b1/
    avatar: img/avatars/arjan_tijms.png
  - name: Neal Tisdale
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Marietta, Georgia
    avatar: img/avatars/Neal_Tisdale.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Dalibor Topic
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Hamburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/robilad
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalibortopic/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/robilad.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/robilad.png
    status:
      - alumni
  - name: Mario Torre
    year: 2014
    country:
      nomination: Germany
      birth: Italy
    city: Hamburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/neugens
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@MarioTorre
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neugens/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mariotorre.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/neugens.png
  - name: Henri Tremblay
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: Canada
    city: Montréal, Québec
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/henri_tremblay
      mastodon: https://mastodon.world/@henri
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henritremblay
      github: https://github.com/henri-tremblay
      website: https://blog.tremblay.pro
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/henri.tremblay.pro
    avatar: img/avatars/henri_tremblay.png
  - name: Ray Tsang
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: New York City, New York
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/saturnism
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@saturnism
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/saturnism.me
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayjtsang/
      github: https://github.com/saturnism
      website: https://saturnism.me
    avatar: img/avatars/saturnism.png
  - name: Dr. Cǎtǎlin Tudose
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Romania
    city: Bucharest
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/CatalinTudose5
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalin-tudose-847667a1/
    avatar: img/avatars/CatalinTudose.jpg
  - name: Klaasjan Tukker
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
      birth: The Netherlands
    city: Seattle, Washington
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ktukker
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktukker/
    avatar: img/avatars/ktukker.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Christian Ullenboom
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Nürnberg, Bavaria
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-ullenboom/
    avatar: img/avatars/javabuch.png
  - name: Dr. Raoul-Gabriel Urma
    year: 2017
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Cambridge
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/raoulUK
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raoulurma/
    avatar: img/avatars/raoulUK.png
  - name: Rahman Usta
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Turkey
      residence: Poland
    city: Krakow
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ustarahman
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahmanusta/
    avatar: img/avatars/ustarahman.png
  - name: Tagir Valeev
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Russian Federation
      residence: Germany
    city: Munich
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/tagir_valeev
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@tagir_valeev
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tagir-valeev/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tagir-valeev.bsky.social
      github: https://github.com/amaembo/
    avatar: img/avatars/tagir_valeev.png
  - name: Linda van der Pal
    year: 2013
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Amsterdam
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/DuchessFounder
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lvdpal/
    avatar: img/avatars/DuchessFounder.png
  - name: Michael Van Riper
    year: 2008
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Silicon Valley, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vanriper
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanriper/
    avatar: img/avatars/vanriper.png
  - name: Jorge Vargas
    year: 2007
    country:
      nomination: Mexico
      citizenship: Mexico
      birth: Mexico
    city: Mexico City
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/edivargas
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edivargas
      github: https://github.com/edivargas
      website: https://jorgevargas.mx
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/edivargas
    avatar: img/avatars/edivargas.png
  - name: Dan Vega
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Rocky River, OH
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/therealdanvega
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danvega/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/danvega.dev
    avatar: img/avatars/therealdanvega.png
  - name: Bill Venners
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/bvenners
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-venners-27570a1/
    avatar: img/avatars/bvenners.png
  - name: Martijn Verburg
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: UK
      residence: New Zealand
      birth: The Netherlands
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/karianna
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@martijnverburg
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/karianna.bsky.social
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijnverburg
      github: https://github.com/karianna
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/martijnverburg
    avatar: img/avatars/karianna.png
  - name: Brian Vermeer
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Breda
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianVerm
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@brianverm
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/brianvermeer.nl
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianvermeer/
      website: https://brianvermeer.nl
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/brian-vermeer
    avatar: img/avatars/BrianVermeer.png
  - name: Julien Viet
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: France
    city: Marseille
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/julienviet
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julienviet/
    avatar: img/avatars/julienviet.png
  - name: Jonathan Vila
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: Spain
    city: Barcelona
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vilojona
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvila/
      website: https://aytartana.wordpress.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jonathan-vila/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vilojona.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/vilojona.png
  - name: Thomas Vitale
    year: 2025
    country:
      nomination: Denmark
    city: Aarhus
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vitalethomas
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitalethomas/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thomasvitale.com
    avatar: img/avatars/vitalethomas.png
  - name: Michael Vitz
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: Germany
      residence: Germany
      birth: Germany
    city: Moenchengladbach
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelvitz
      mastodon: https://innoq.social/@michaelvitz
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/michael.vitz.me
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@michael-on-code
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvitz/
      github: https://github.com/mvitz
      website: https://michael.vitz.me
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/michaelvitz/
      xing: https://www.xing.com/profile/Michael_Vitz2
    avatar: img/avatars/michaelvitz.png
  - name: Lars Vogel
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Hamburg
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/vogella
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vogella/
    avatar: img/avatars/vogella.png
  - name: Dr. Johan Vos
    year: 2012
    country:
      nomination: Belgium
    city: Leuven, Flanders
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/johanvos
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@johanvos
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanvos/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/johanvos.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/johanvos.png
  - name: Joe Walker
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Leicester
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joewalkeruk/
    avatar: img/avatars/Joe_Walker.png
  - name: Nitsan Wakart
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: South Africa
    city: Cape Town
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/nitsanw
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitsanwakart/
    avatar: img/avatars/nitsanw.png
  - name: Dick Wall
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: UK
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/dickwall
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dickwall/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dickwall.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/dickwall.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Craig Walls
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Castle Rock, Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/habuma
      mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@habuma
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/habuma.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/CraigWalls
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4KvfQvH5XAfbA5g7sMdOww
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/habuma/
    avatar: img/avatars/habuma.png
  - name: Dr. Richard Warburton
    year: 2016
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardWarburto
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-warburton-5b03613/
    avatar: img/avatars/RichardWarburto.png
  - name: James Ward
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Crested Butte, Colorado
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesWard
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jamesward.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward
      github: https://github.com/jamesward
      website: https://jamesward.com
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/jamesward
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JamesWard
    avatar: img/avatars/_JamesWard.png
  - name: Jim Weaver
    year: 2008
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Indianapolis, Indiana
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JavaFXpert
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javafxpert/
    avatar: img/avatars/JavaFXpert.png
  - name: Paul Webber
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Poway, California
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptainWebber
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/captainwebber/
    avatar: img/avatars/CaptainWebber.png
  - name: Patrycja Wegrzynowicz
    year: 2024
    country:
      nomination: Poland
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yonlabs
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrycjaw/
    avatar: img/avatars/yonlabs.jpg
  - name: Miro Wengner
    year: 2018
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Munich, Bavaria
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/miragemiko
      github: https://github.com/mirage22
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/miro-wengner
      website: https://www.wengnermiro.com
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwengner/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mirowengner.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/miragemiko.png
  - name: Geertjan Wielenga
    year: 2020
    country:
      nomination: The Netherlands
    city: Amsterdam
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/GeertjanW
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geertjanwielenga/
    avatar: img/avatars/GeertjanW.png
  - name: Alan Williamson
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
      birth: Scotland
    city: Virginia
    social:
      website: https://alan.is/about
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a1anw2/
    avatar: img/avatars/a1anw2.png
  - name: Joe Winchester
    year: 2006
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: Southampton
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeWinchester
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joewinchester/
    avatar: img/avatars/JoeWinchester.png
  - name: Russel Winder
    year: 2021
    country:
      nomination: UK
    city: London
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/russel_winder
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russelwinder/
    avatar: img/avatars/russel_winder.png
    status:
      - passed-away
  - name: Adam Winer
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: San Francisco, California
    avatar: img/avatars/Adam_Winer.png
    status:
      - founding-member
  - name: Rafael Winterhalter
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Norway
    city: Oslo
    social:
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rafaelcodes.bsky.social
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@rafaelcodes
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelwth
      website: https://rafael.codes
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/rafaelw
      github: https://github.com/raphw
    avatar: img/avatars/rafaelcodes.png
  - name: Eberhard Wolff
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: Germany
    city: Kaiserslautern
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/ewolff
      mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@ewolff
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eberhardwolff/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ewolff.com
    avatar: img/avatars/ewolff.png
    status:
      - founding-member
      - retired
  - name: Haim Yadid
    year: 2022
    country:
      nomination: Israel
    social:
      github: https://github.com/lifey
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haimyadid
      twitter: https://twitter.com/lifeyx
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/lifey
      youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6DehzPjjueerkXWcy1AkoRNxWTLRCnrT
    avatar: img/avatars/lifeyx.png
  - name: Yusuke Yamamoto
    year: 2019
    country:
      nomination: Japan
    city: Tokyo
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yusuke
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yusuke/
    avatar: img/avatars/yusuke.png
  - name: Edson Yanaga
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Brazil
      birth: Brazil
      residence: USA
    city: Cary, NC
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yanaga
      mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@yanaga
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/yanaga.io
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanaga
      github: https://github.com/yanaga
      website: https://yanaga.io
      sessionize: https://sessionize.com/yanaga
      speakerdeck: http://speakerdeck.com/yanaga
    avatar: img/avatars/yanaga.png
  - name: Sooyeul Yang
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: South Korea
    social:
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javaoracle/
    avatar: img/avatars/Sooyeul_Yang.png
  - name: Murat Yener
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Turkey
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/yenerm
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muratyener/
    avatar: img/avatars/yenerm.png
  - name: Dr. Michael Juntao Yuan
    year: 2005
    country:
      nomination: USA
    city: Austin, Texas
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/juntao
    avatar: img/avatars/juntao.png
  - name: Enrique Zamudio
    year: 2015
    country:
      nomination: Mexico
      citizenship: Mexico
      birth: Mexico
    city: Mexico City
    social:
      twitter: https://twitter.com/chochosmx
      linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enriquezamudiolopez/
      bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chochosmx.bsky.social
    avatar: img/avatars/chochosmx.png