“Hello, Community!”: Meet the 2025 MongoDB Community Champions!
We are so excited to announce this year’s new cohort of MongoDB Community Champions!
Community Champions are the connective tissue between MongoDB and our community, keeping them informed about MongoDB’s latest developments and offerings. Community Champions also share their knowledge and experiences with others through a variety of media channels and event engagements.
“The MongoDB Community Champions program is one of the best influencer programs,” says Shrey Batra, Head of Engineering and a fifth-year returning Champion. “We can contribute directly to the product development, participate in developer outreach, get developer feedback to the right people, and so much more! “
This year’s 48-member group includes 22 new champions. They come to us from countries all over the world, including Canada, the United States, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Australia, Serbia, Germany, India, Portugal, and Brazil.
As a group, they represent a broad range of expertise and serve in a variety of community and professional roles—ranging from engineering leads to chief architects to heads of developer relations.
“I’m excited to join the MongoDB Community Champions program because it brings together engineers who are deeply invested in solving real-world data challenges,” says Ruthvik Reddy Anumasu, Principal Database Engineer and a first-year Champion. “As someone who’s worked on scaling, securing, and optimizing critical data systems, I see this as a chance to both share practical insights and learn from others pushing boundaries.”
Each Community Champion demonstrates exceptional leadership in advancing the growth and knowledge of MongoDB’s brand and technology.
“Being part of the MongoDB Community Champions program is like a solo leveling process—from gathering like-minded personnel to presenting valuable insights that help others in their careers,” says Lai Kai Yong, a Software Engineer and first-year Champion. “I’m excited to continue shipping things, as I believe MongoDB is not only a great product and an amazing company, but also a vibe.”
As members of this program, Community Champions gain a variety of experiences—including exclusive access to executives, product roadmaps, preview programs, an annual Champions Summit with product leaders—and relationships that grow their professional stature as MongoDB practitioners, helping them be seen as leaders in the technology community.
“After working with MongoDB for more than a decade, I’m happy to be a MongoDB Community Champion,” says Patrick Pittich-Rinnerthaler, Hands-on Web Architect and first-year Champion. “One of the things I’m interested in particular, is the connection to other Champions and Engineers. Together, we enable customers and users to do more with MongoDB.”
And now, without further ado, let’s meet the 2025 cohort of Community Champions!
NEW COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS:
Maria Khalusova, Margaret Menzin, Samuel Molling, Karen Zhang, Shaun Roberts, Joey Marburger, Steve Jones, Ruthvik Reddy Anumasu, Karen Huaulme, Abdussalam Alawini, Lai Kai Yong, XiaoLei Dai, Luke Thompson, Darae Park, Kim Joong Hui, Rishi Agrawal, Sachin Hejip, Sachin Gupta, Patrick Pittich-Rinnerthaler, Marko Aleksendrić, PhD, Markus Wildgruber, Carla Barata.
RETURNING COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS:
Abirami Sukumaran, Arek Borucki, Azri Azmi, Christoph Strobl, Christopher Dellaway, Claudia Cardeno Cano, Elie Hannouch, Flavia da Silva Bomfim Policante, Igor Alekseev, Justin Jenkins, Kevin Smith, Leandro Domingues, Malak Abu Hammad, Mateus Leonardi, Michael Höller, Mustafa Kadioglu, Nancy Agarwal, Nenad Milosavljevic, Nilesh Soni, Nuri Halperin, Rajesh Nair, Roman Right, Shrey Batra, Tamara Manzi de Azevedo, Vivekanandan Sakthivelu, Zidan M.
For more, visit our MongoDB Community Champions page. If you’d like to connect with your local MongoDB community, check out our MongoDB User Groups on Meetup.
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