[Oracle Blog] 30 New Java Champions Confirmed in 2018

30 New Java Champions Confirmed in 2018

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<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The efforts of these community experts sharing their knowledge around the would influence countless others, professional engineers and students new to the craft to think in new ways, apply new solutions to problems and enhance, not only the commerce of the organizations they work for but also their own professional growth.&nbsp;</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We have also welcomed 30 new Java Champions to the program in 2018, including new members from countries as diverse as Japan, India, South Africa, and&nbsp;New Zealand.</div>

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<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alberto Salazar</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alex Theedom</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bethan Palmer</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Christoph Engelbert</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Claus Ibsen</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Daniel Bryant</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Donald Raab</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ivan St. Ivanov</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jean-Francois Arcand</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jim Manico</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jonathan Giles</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jose Diaz</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Julien Dubois</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ken Fogel</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Koichi Sakata&nbsp;</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mala Gupta</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mani Sarkar</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michael Hunger</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michael Minella</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Michael Simons</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Miroslav Wengner&nbsp;</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nikhil J. Nanivadekar</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nitsan Wakart</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rafael Chinelato Del Nero</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Rahman Usta</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ray Tsang</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Roy van Rijn</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Shin Tanimoto</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tomasz Nurkiewicz</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Victor Orozco</li>
<li style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Viktor Klang</li>
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<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The full bios of these and all other Java Champions may be found <a href="https://community.oracle.com/docs/DOC-925803" target="_blank">here</a></div>

<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Information about the Java Champions Program can be found <a href="https://community.oracle.com/docs/DOC-922857" target="_blank">here&nbsp;</a></div>



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