The Astronomer Champions Program for Apache Airflow®

The Astronomer Champions Program for Apache Airflow® is a global initiative dedicated to fostering passionate advocates of Apache Airflow. This program is designed to empower and elevate the knowledge, influence, and leadership of its committed members who champion the cause of Apache Airflow® technology.

We're actively seeking fervent supporters within the Apache Airflow® community to become part of our Champions Program. As a member, you'll enjoy a range of exclusive benefits, including; comped certifications, exclusive access to Airflow contributors, beta access to new features, academy courses...and of course, swag!

We invite you to apply by sharing your community contributions.

Apply to be a Champion

What it Means to be a Champion

Champions are leaders within the community who dedicate their time and expertise to increasing the understanding of and awareness for the Airflow product and mission.


Impact Airflow Strategy

Learn from the questions asked in the community, and take that back to the Airflow team to help inform new features, products, and roadmap.

Never Stop Learning

With beta access to certifications and trainings, Champions take advantage of their exclusive access to knowledge, and constantly uplevel their Airflow skills in order to share them with the broader community.

Share Your Knowledge

Whether it be via blog posts, speaking events, videos, or even podcasts, advance the Airflow mission by sharing your expertise about the product with the larger community.

Meet the Champions

Siva Krishna Yetukuri

Cloud Data Architect

Wynn Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Matthew Weingarten

Lead Data Engineer

Disney Streaming

Seattle, WA, US

Shivani Chauhan

Data Engineer II

Petco

Ranchi, India

Ryan Delgado

Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

Ramp

NYC, USA

Raviteja Tholupunoori

Engineer 2

Deloitte

Hyderabad, India

Bhavani Ravi

Software Consultant

Invisible Technologies Inc

Chennai, India

Ross Lovelace

Data Engineer

Facet

Austin, TX

Victor Iwuoha

Data Engineer

ARM HoldCo

Lagos, Nigeria

Kyle McCluskey

Head of Data Engineering

TVision

Chicago, USA

Aakash Balyan

Sr. Software Engineer - Analytics

Airtel Digital

Delhi, India

Evan Seabrook

Cloud Data Architect

PwC Canada

Nanaimo, Canada

Pooja Chaudhari

Data Engineer III

Quantiphi

Gurugram, India

Aman Ranjan Verma

Software Development Engineer II, Data Engineering

Quillbot

Bodh Gaya, India

Ajith Ananda Shetty

Senior Data Engineer II

Miniclip

Lisbon, Portugal

Amandeep Singh Johar

Senior Big Data Engineer

Fractal

Bangalore, India

Israel Amangoua

DataOps Engineer

BNP Paribas CIB

Paris,France

Cody Rich

Field Engineer

Astronomer

Fairfax, VA

Daniel Reeves

Data Architect

Battery Ventures

Boston, United States

Deeptansh Aggarwal

Senior Engineer

Astronomer

Chandigarh, India

Fabio Barbazza

Data Analytics Engineer

lastminute.com

Milan, Italy

Federico Benazzo

Head of Business Intelligence

LeadHouse

Leuven, Belgium

Giorgos Myrianthous

Senior Data Engineer

Plum

London, United Kingdom

Hari Kuchibhotla

Senior Software Engineer

Moody’s

New York City, US

Jana Polianskaja

Data Engineer

Accenture Baltics

Vilnius, Lithuania

Jano Roberto Camacho Vicente

Senior Data Engineer

Strata Analytics Group

Lima, Perú

Luan Moreno Medeiros Maciel

Sr. Cloud Consultant

Pythian

Brasilia, Brasil

Manas Bhardwaj

Data Engineer

CRED

Banglore, India

Péter Szécsi

CEO and Co-Founder

DataRock Labs

Budapest, Hungary

Priyadarshan Mohanty

Senior Data Engineer

Petco

Hyderabad, India

Rajesh Kumar Rout

Lead Data Engineer

kipi.bi

Bhubaneswar, India

Santosh Kumar Perumal

Cloud Consultant

Consultancy

United Kingdom

Vasudev Maduri

Staff Data Engineer

Admiral Group Plc

London, UK

Samyak Jain

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Info Edge

Delhi, India

Mihir Samant

Sr. Data Analyst

Etraveli Group

Toronto, Canada

Sumitkumar Kanoje

Lead Data Engineer

Mangtas

Pune, India

Priyansh Gupta

Lead Data Science Engineer

Gartner

Gurgaon, India

Loo Chee Heong

Senior Data Engineer

CloudMile

Malaysia

Arjun Anandkumar

Data Engineer

Telia Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Kewal Krishan

Sr. Data Engineer

Jet2 Travel Technology Pvt Ltd

Chandigarh, India

Snir Israeli

Senior Data Engineer

Next Insurance

Tel Aviv, Israel

Nelson Alfonso CITP

Lead Software Architect

Circadia Technologies Limited

London, UK

Prakhar Srivastava

Data Engineer

EyeVi Technologies

Tallinn, Estonia

Guilherme C. de Vargas

Data Engineer PL

OTO CRM

Balneário Piçarras, Brazil

Volker Janz

Expert Data Engineer

InnoGames GmbH

Hamburg, Germany

Yiming Peng

Senior Software Engineer

WetaFx Ltd

Wellington, New Zealand

Adegbite Ayoade

Data Analyst Engineer

WirePick

Lagos, Nigeria

Supriya Badgujar

Manager

Blue Altair

Pune, India

Alejandro Almaraz

Senior Data Engineer

Epam System

Málaga, Spain

Kristina Sharaeva

Data Engineer / Python Engineer

Quantori

Yerevan, Armenia

Rahul Pateriya

Senior Data Engineer

Rackspace Technology

Pune, India

Abhishek Sharma

Lead Engineer

Airtel X Labs

Gurugram/India

Siddhartha Kumar

Senior Software Engineer-Big Data

Tiger Analytics

Bengaluru, India

Wael BEN MSAAD

DataOps Engineer

Carrefour Links

Tunis/Tunisia

Nishchay Agrawal

Data Engineer

India

Benefits of Being a Champion


Exclusive Access and Recognition

  • Champions channel in Slack w/ direct access to Airflow contributors
  • Comped ticket & speaking opp at Airflow Summit
  • Webinars on new Airflow features and in-depth tutorials

Pro Development and Education

  • Free Airflow Fundamentals or DAG Authoring Certifications
  • Beta access to new Academy Courses

Rewards and Support

  • Promotion of personal brand via content creation (blogs, videos, etc.)
  • Financial support at conferences that include advocacy opportunities (case by case basis)
  • Swag!

How to Become a Champion


Skills and Certifications

Complete Airflow certifications or author a DAG in the Registry to showcase your commitment to expanding your Airflow knowledge.

Content Creation and Sharing

Create content like blog posts, videos, or podcasts. And share Airflow updates and information across social media platforms.

Engagement and Interaction

Speak at and attend in person and virtual events to spread the word about Airflow and grow your own brand voice in the space.

Become a Champion Today

See how your team can fuel its data workflows with more power and less complexity than ever before.

Apply to Be a Champion

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