Verified recognition
Provenance
Where the trust comes from: named, firsthand, verifiable.
Independent, firsthand recognition — from Docker's then-CEO, the Docker Captains program lead, a published security author, and the lead of Snyk's ambassador program — each claim linked to its proof.
First up, Vladimir Mikhalev. Vladimir has written more than 100 pieces of content for Docker in the past year. He has also helped us find customer stories that we've been able to document and share throughout the rest of the community, and he's met with multiple product managers internally to share his product feedback. Fantastic, Vladimir, we're so thankful for you.
Vladimir is among a small number of Captains whose work has both shaped Docker's developer ecosystem and demonstrated technical communication at the highest level.
Eva Bojorges, Senior Developer Relations Manager, Docker, Inc. (recommendation letter, May 2026)
Vladimir's container security expertise is, in my experience, at the upper end of what working practitioners in this field demonstrate.
Mohammad-Ali A'râbi, Docker Captain and author of "Docker and Kubernetes Security" (recommendation letter, May 2026)
He became one of the people other members turned to when they were stuck on a security problem.
Gérald Crescione, Head of AI Security Engineers Community, Snyk (recommendation letter, June 2026)
Ten vendor community titles
Independent recognition spanning containers, cloud, platform, infrastructure, testing, and application security.
- Docker Captain Container architecture, security & developer workflows
- IBM Champion Enterprise AI, Cloud, Automation, Terraform
- AWS Community Builder Cloud architecture, EKS, Serverless
- CNCF Ambassador (2026-2028 cohort) Kubernetes & the cloud native ecosystem
- HashiCorp Ambassador (2024-2025), continuing as IBM Champion 2026 Terraform, Vault, infrastructure as code
- Platform Engineering Ambassador Internal Developer Platforms
- Snyk Ambassador (2023-2026), Ambassador Award finalist (2023) Application security, supply chain
- Cypress Ambassador Test automation, AI agents in testing
- GitKraken Ambassador Git workflows, version control
- Notion Ambassador Engineering knowledge management
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