
The Neo4j Ninjas Program
The Neo4j Ninjas program recognizes community experts who are shaping the future of graph databases. Neo4j Ninjas are technical experts and graph enthusiasts who are committed to sharing their knowledge and love for graph databases with their communities and our larger, global network.
They are active community members, writing blogs, presenting at top conferences and community meetups, leading GitHub projects, giving interviews in podcasts and livestreams, and helping their peers with practical solutions on forums. Read about their work in the developer newsletter: This Week in Neo4j
Being a Neo4j Ninja Comes With Benefits and Perks
- Exclusive monthly calls with experts from Neo4j Engineering team
- Provide feedback directly to Neo4j teams
- Invitation to Ninja gatherings
- Featured on the community website
- Travel reimbursement for Ninjas who speak about Neo4j at technical conferences
- Networking opportunities with other graph experts
Become a Ninja
Anyone can apply to become a Ninja! Your submission should mention your contributions in the past year and a contribution plan for the coming year. Submit your application
Eligibility criteria
- Solid expertise in Graph, including any additional experience in application development, data science, data-related subjects, Cloud and more.
- Contributions to the Neo4j community: speaking at events, publishing content, mentoring peers and more.
- Passion for helping others with empathy, humility and clear communication.
- A plan for regular contributions throughout the year. The contributions can be blogs, presentations, leading an open source project, answering questions and more
Meet the Neo4j Ninjas

Maxime Guery
France

Elena Kohlwey
Cologne, Germany

Arthur Namias de Crasto
Curaçao

Michael McKenzie
Virginia, United States

Benjamin Chu
Singapore

Tim Eastridge
Charlotte, United States

Ghlen Nagels
Belgium

Gabriel Tardif
Canada

Robert Piombino
Minnesota, United States

Chintan Desai
Maharashtra, India

Niklas Saers
Denmark

Luis Eduardo Almazan
Mexico

Gal Engelberg
Israel

Grant Beasley
United Kingdom

Ashleigh Faith
Boston, United States

Sixing Huang
China

Philipp Brunenberg
Bavaria, Germany

David Hughes
Seattle, United States

Siraj Munir
Marches, Italy

Gary Lilienfield
Virginia, United States

Sebastian Daschner
Munich, Germany

Astrid Mochtarram
Berlin, Germany

Jan Žák
Prague, Czech Republic

Mehul Gupta
Hyderabad, India

Konrad Kaliciński
Wroclaw, Poland

Alejandro Puerto
Mérida, Mexico

Sean Robinson
Chicago, United States

Tawanda Ewing
South Africa

Vincent Rupp
Boston, US

Djordje Benn Maksimovic
Berlin, Germany

Fatjan Lala
Basel, Switzerland

Ido Faran
Israel

Joakim Nilsson
Malmo, Sweden

Ron van Weverwijk
Utrecht, Netherlands

Mark Heckler
Illinois, United States

Olga Kogan
Israel

Donovan Bergin
Arkansas, United States

Filippo Minutella
Venice, Italy

Koji Annoura
Japan

Isaac Ruiz Guerra
Mexico City, Mexico

Véronique Gendner
Paris, France

Ponciano Barrios
Monterey, Mexico

Jamie Gaskins
Baltimore, United States

Drabo Constantin
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Sefik Ilkin Serengil
London, United Kingdom

Cüneyt Tyler
Istambul, Turkey

Roei Levi
Israel

John Dag Addy
Accra, Republic of Ghana

John Maiden
New Jersey, United States

Antonio Origlia
Naples, Italy

Vlad Batushkov
Thailand

Tomaz Bratanic
Slovenia

Alexandre Podar
São Paulo, Brazil

Dairon Perez
Cuba

Neylson Crepalde
São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Haro
Mexico

Will Charles
Oxford, UK

Charchit Kapoor
India

Yogesh Kulkarni
India

Thomas Larsen
North Carolina, United States

Zach Probst
San Diego, US

Joel_Duerksen
Orlando, Florida

Gabriel Matei Toma
Belgium

Christophe Willemsen
Lecce, Italy

Luanne Misquitta
Lisbon, Portugal

Bhavesh Bhatt
Mumbai, India

Tom Nijhof
Netherlands

Jose Bacoy
Virginia, US

Adrien Sales
Nouméa, New Caledonia

Soren-Klein
Dresden, Germany

Piotr Blaszczyk
Wrocław, Pologne