Docker Captains Program

Help steer Docker into the future

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

What it means to be a Docker Captain

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

Benefits of being a Captain

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

Visibility and recognition

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

Beta access

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

Connection with Docker staff

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

Docker swag and discounts

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

Community support

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

Annual Captains offsites

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

Education budget

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

Eligibility criteria

How to become a Docker Captain

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

What you need to apply

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

Docker Advisor

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

Docker Thought Leader

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

Docker Community Contributor

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

Special exceptions

Sail the extra mile

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

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

Looking to renew your Captain status?

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

More information

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

Expertise

Location

Available for

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Rockwall, TX, USA

Don Bauer

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Lucerne, Switzerland

Benito Martin

Captain headshot Marco Franzon

Trieste, Italy

Marco Franzon

Captain headshot Claudio Raposo

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cláudio Filipe Lima Rapôso

Captain headshot Sudhendu Pandey

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sudhendu Pandey

Captain headshot Suleiman Dibirov

Limassol, Cyprus

Suleiman Dibirov

Captain headshot Bodo Eichstadt

Berlin, Germany

Bodo Eichstädt

Captain headshot Yadnesh Nikam

Mumbai, India

Yadnesh Nikam

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Toronto, Canada

Tatiana Mikhaleva

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Indore, India

Rashi Dashore

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Vienna, Austria

Nana Janashia

Headshot Cristian Greco

London, UK

Cristian Greco

Headshot Sumit Gupta

San Francisco, CA, USA

Sumit Gupta

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San Francisco, CA, USA

Prakhar Srivastav

Captain headshot Mehul Patel

Ahmedabad, India

Mehul Patel

Captain headshot Chandra Mohan D

Bengaluru, India

Chandra Mohan Dhanasekaran

Captain headshot Bruno Brito

Londrina, Brazil

Bruno Henrique de Brito

Captain headshot Prabesh Thapa

San Diego, CA, USA

Prabesh Thapa

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Ulm, Germany

Tobias Fenster

Captain headshot James van den Berg

Amsterdam, Netherlands

James van den Berg

Captain headshot Gustavo Valverde

Lisbon, Portugal

Gustavo Adolfo Jr Valverde De Soto

Captain headshot Rishab Kumar

Kitchener, Canada

Rishab Kumar

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Nürnberg, Germany

Timo Stark

Headshot Sarthak Varshney

New Delhi, India

Sarthak Varshney

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Osaka, Japan

Masahito Zembutsu

Captain headshot Kunchala Vikram

Visakhapatnam, India

Kunchala Vikram

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Denver, USA

Jay Schmidt

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Rome, Italy

Francesco Ciulla

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Seattle, WA, USA

Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

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Toulouse, France

Aurélie Vache

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Hyderabad, India

Avinash Reddy Thipparthi

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Mohammad-Ali A’râbi

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Durham, NC, USA

Nirmal Mehta

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Austin, TX, USA

Balajee Asish Brahmandam

Captain headshot Maris Botero

Medellin, Colombia

Maris Botero

Captain headshot Oliver Sturm

Castle Douglas, United Kingdom

Oli Sturm

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Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Natália Granato

Captain headshot Juliana Conde

Aparecida, Brazil

Juliana Conde Alvarez

captain Fabricio Veronez

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabricio Veronez

Captain headshot Akos Takacs

Pécs, Hungary

Ákos Takács

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Melbourne, Australia

Jorge Arteiro

Captain headshot Renato Groffe

Salto, Brazil

Renato Jose Groffe

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Mahitha Adapa

Captain headshot Ashutosh Bhakare

Aurangbad, India

Ashutosh S. Bhakare

Headshot Swapnil Patil

Chantilly, USA

Swapnil Patil

Captain headshot K Henry

Purcellville, USA

Katoria Henry

Captain headshot Denis Rodrigues

São Paulo, Brasil

Denis Cruz Rodrigues

captain Gaurav Sharma

Jaipur, India

Gaurav Sharma

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Dublin, Ireland

Andrew Pruski

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Banglore, India

Akanksha Buchke

Captain headshot Alan Torrance

Glasgow, Scotland

Alan Torrance

Captain headshot Marcelo Goncalves

Campinas, Brazil

Marcelo dos Santos Gonçalves

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Punjab, India

Saloni Narang

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Indaiatuba, Brazil

Gustavo Oliveira do Nascimento

Captain headshot Pablo Perez Aradros

Madrid, Spain

Pablo Pérez-Aradros

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Bochum, Germany

Camilla Hemmer

Captain headshot Shivlal Sharma

Ahmedabad, India

Shivlal Sharma

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Madrid, Spain

Ulises Gascon

Headshot Bishworaj Poudel

Pokhara, Nepal

Bishworaj Poudel

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Hyderabad, India

Abhishek Veeramalla

Captain headshot Prasad Bhalerao

Hyderabad, India

Prasad Bhalerao

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Jalandhar, India

Karan Verma

Captain headshot Baransel S

Ankara, Turkey

Baransel Saginda

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Bruyères, France

Yves Brissaud

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Johannesburg, South Africa

Nomthandazo T. Tshuma

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Winterthur, Switzerland

Darragh Grealish

Captain headshot Sergei Shitikov

Berlin, Germany

Sergei Shitikov

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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Julian König

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Rajkot, India

Harsh Manvar

Headshot Gabel Wright

San Antonio, USA

Gabel Wright

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Raeveen Pasupathy

Captain headshot Ian Miell

London, UK

Ian Miell

captain Joseph Velliah

Austin, TX, USA

Joseph Velliah

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Bengaluru, India

Arpita Patel

captain Shawn Wildermuth

Atlanta, USA

Shawn Wildermuth

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Chorleywood, UK

James Spurin

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Bordeaux, France

Kaan Yagci

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Cheshire, UK

Nigel Poulton

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Istanbul, Turkey

Batuhan Apaydın

captain Rohit Ghumare

Leicester, United Kingdom

Rohit Ghumare

Captain headshot Pawel Piwosz

Krakow, Poland

Pawel Piwosz

captain Josua Blejeru

Nürnberg, Germany

Josua Blejeru

Captain headshot Yhary Estefania Arias Trillo

Bucaramanga, Colombia

Yhary Estefania Arias Trillo

Headshot Atsushi Suzuki

Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Suzuki

Headshot Ajay Kumar Yegireddi

Hyderabad, India

Ajay Kumar Yegireddi

Captain headshot Paloma Lataliza

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Paloma Lataliza

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Seattle, WA, USA

Vinicius Apolinario

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Jaipur, India

Naman Kaley

Captain headshot Sergio Lopes

São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Lopes

Captain headshot Pedro Ignacio

São Paulo, Brasil

Pedro Ignácio Rufo da Silva

Captain headshot Rafael Pazini

São Paulo, Brazil

Rafael Pazini

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Southampton, United Kingdom

Steven Hartland

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GLEIZE, France

Rachid Zarouali

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Aalborg, Denmark

Martin Terp

captain Jonas Scherer

Freiburg, Germany

Jonas Scherer

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Nabiac, Australia

Scott Coulton

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Singapore, Singapore

Nilesh Gule

Captain headshot Jami Kousa

Helsinki, Finland

Jami Kousa

Captain headshot Neal Patel

Cary, USA

Neal Patel

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Montreal, Canada

David Cardozo

Headshot Ben Greenberg

Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben Greenberg

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Camilla Martins

Captain headshot Karan Singh

Toronto, Canada

Karan Singh

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Bengaluru, India

Shubhendu Shubham

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Uruguay, Uruguay

Marcos Lilljedahl

captain Sagar Utekar

Pune, India

Sagar Utekar

Captain headshot Albert Tanure

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albert Tanure

Captain headshot Rami Krispin

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Rami Krispin

captain GeunSam

Seoul, South Korea

GeunCheol Yeom

Captain headshot Ivan Pesenti

Stezzano, Italy

Ivan Pesenti

captain Suzaril Shah

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Muhammad Suzarilshah bin Zakaria

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New York City, NY, USA

Nick Janetakis

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Ankara, Turkey

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu

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Mielec, Poland

Damian Naprawa

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London, UK

Mama Samba Braima Nelson Djalo

Captain headshot Shivay Lamba

New Delhi, India

Shivay Lamba

captain Justin Yoo

Daegu, South Korea

Justin Yoo

Captain headshot Kristiyan Velkov

Sofia, Bulgaria

Kristiyan Velkov

captain Luiz Carlos

Betim, Brazil

Luiz Carlos

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Quebec, Canada

Hamida Rebai

Captain headshot Furkan Turkal

Burdur, Turkey

Furkan Türkal

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Santa Clara, CA, USA

Arun Gupta

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Berlin, Germany

Sebastián Ramírez

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Austin, TX, USA

Lee Calcote

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Ciudad Real, Spain

David Jiménez Villajos

Captain headshot Will Crum

Golden, CO, USA

Will Crum

Captain headshot Andrea Gallegati

Rome, Italy

Andrea Gallegati

captain Geshan Manandhar

Sydney, Australia

Geshan Manandhar

captain Khushboo Verma

Bengaluru, India

Khushboo Verma

captain michael yuan

Austin, TX, USA

Michael Yuan

Captain headshot Ashraful Alam

London, United Kingdom

Ashraful Alam

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Medellin, Colombia

Esteban Maya Cadavid

Captain headshot RISHI MONDAL

Chinsurah, India

Rishi Mondal

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Norrköping, Sweden

Simon Aronsson

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Taipei, Taiwan

Kai Kao

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Chicago, IL, USA

Advait Patel

Headshot Felipe Sarmento

São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Sarmento de Araujo

Captain headshot Wesley Willians

Orlando, FL, USA

Wesley Willians Ramos da Silva

Headshot Ravi Kalia

Mexico City, Mexico

Ravi Kalia

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Rotterdam, Nederland

Kasun Rajapakse

Captain headshot Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

Austin, TX, USA

Sathiya Shunmugasundaram

captain Rajesh Padmakumaran

New Orleans, USA

Rajesh Padmakumaran

Captain headshot Kisan Tamang

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kisan Tamang

captain Brandon Hunt

Longmont, USA

Brandon Hunt

Captain headshot Gauri Yadav

Vadodara, India

Gauri Yadav

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Warsaw, Poland

Łukasz Lach

Headshot Alagu Prakalya

Banglore, India

Alagu Prakalya P

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Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Bret Fisher

Captain headshot Mohammed Aboullaite

Stockholm, Sweden

Mohammed Aboullaite

Captain headshot Jonas Schloz

Karlsruhe, Germany

Jonas Scholz

captain Luiz Carlos Faria

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiz Carlos Faria

Captain headshot Md Imran

Banglore, India

Md Imran

Captain headshot Igor

Batumi, Georgia

Igor Aleksandrov

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Ayacucho, Perú

Edith Erika Puclla Pareja

Headshot Anjan Reddy

Ashburn, USA

Anjan Kumar Reddy Ayyadapu

Captain headshot Shelley Benhoff

Davenport, USA

Shelley Benhoff

Captain headshot Flavius Dinu

Bucharest, Romania

Flavius Dinu

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Vancouver, Canada

Max Proske

Headshot Rashi Chaubal

Pune, India

Rashi Chaubal

Headshot Shruthi Murthy

Fenton, USA

Shruthi Sreenivasa Murthy

Captain headshot Alex Pliutau

Berlin, Germany

Alex Pliutau

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Bogotá, Colombia

Adriana Fernanda Moya

Captain headshot Hasnae Rehioui

Sydney, Australia

Hasnae Rehioui

Captain headshot Rajani Ekunde

Banglore, India

Rajani Ekunde

Captain headshot Julio Arruda

São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Arruda

Captain headshot Mazlum Tosun

Paris, France

Mazlum Tosun

Headshot Saroj Dahal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Saroj Dahal

Headshot Vishal Anarase

Pune, India

Vishal Anarase

Captain headshot Madhu Kumar

London, UK

Madhu Kumar

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Minneapolis, MN, USA

Steve Buchanan

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San Francisco, CA, USA

Alex Iankoulski

captain Gerardo Lopez

Heredia, Costa Rica

Gerardo Lopez Falcon

Captain headshot Sangam Biradar

Banglore, India

Sangam Biradar

Captain headshot Vinayak Singoriya

Indore, India

Vinayak Singoriya

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Patna, India

Pradumna Saraf

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Fremont, CA, USA

Uttej Badwane

captain Lize Raes

Basel, Switzerland

Lize Raes

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Bonita, CA, USA

Michele Leroux Bustamante

Captain headshot Saurav Jain

New Delhi, India

Saurav Jain

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Lukasz Dynowski

Captain headshot Bobby Iliev

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bobby Iliev

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Fairfax, VA, USA

Brandon Mitchell

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Provo, UT, USA

Rob Richardson

Captain headshot Michael Toscano

Westfield, NJ, USA

Mike Toscano

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Millbrae, CA, USA

Rajashree Mandaogane

Captain headshot Seito Horiguchi

Tokyo, Japan

Seito Horiguchi

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Nonnweiler, Germany

Thorsten Hans

Headshot Ben Greenberg

Tel Aviv, Israel

Mohammad Hasan Akbari

Captain headshot Anil Kumar

Richmond, USA

Anil Kumar Moka

Captain headshot Denislav Gavrilov

Sofia, Bulgaria

Denislav Gavrilov

Captain headshot Lucas Polaquini

São Paulo, Brazil

Lucas de Faria Polaquini

Captain headshot Mike Smith

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mike Smith

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Zaragoza, Spain

Angel Borroy

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Athens, Greece

Antonis Kalipetis

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Toronto, Canada

Vladimir Mikhalev

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Freiburg, Germany

Nicholas Dille

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New Delhi, India

Utkarsh Chauhan

Captain headshot Jupiter Song

Seoul, South Korea

Juyoung Song

captain Nasi Chaudhari

Nashik, India

Nasiullha Chaudhari

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Quebec, Canada

Julien Maitrehenry

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Penang, Malaysia

Sujay Pillai

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Burlington, VT, USA

Julie Lerman

Captain headshot Rustam Mehmandarov

Oslo, Norway

Rustam Mehmandarov

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Indore, India

Sarthak Shrivastava

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rossana Suarez

Captain headshot Julius Lisauskas

Kaunas, Lithuania

Julius Lisauskas

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