Introducing the Twitter Developer Insider Program

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Over the years, the Twitter Developer Platform has grown and evolved due to its amazing community of developers. It’s developers like you who step in and support others by sharing your knowledge with the community in exciting ways. To acknowledge you and thank you for what you do, we are pleased to introduce the Twitter Developer Insider Program!

The Twitter Developer Insider program aims to recognize and celebrate passionate technologists who demonstrated outstanding leadership in advancing the Twitter community — it’s a way for Twitter to thank developers who are consistently passionate about the Twitter API, and to recognize their meaningful contributions.

With the inauguration of this program, we are honored to announce our first set of Insiders for their incredible contribution to the growth of the Developer Platform. They are:

	Somraj Saha Somraj Saha is a freelance software developer. While not working on client projects, he spends his spare time developing & maintaining Free & Open Source Software (FOSS). He also spends some of his spare time helping & interacting among the various FOSS & developer communities around. Blog Follow @Jarmosan on Twitter
	Janique-ka John Janique-ka John was born and raised in St.Vincent and the Grenadines, where she first fell in love with computers and computing. During her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill she discovered her love for programming and went on to pursue a Masters Degree in Applied Computer Science. She has been working in Brussels as a Software Engineer for the past 4 years and is also the Founder of the Women in Tech Caribbean Community. Follow @janiquekajohn on Twitter
	Terence Eden Terence Eden is a technology expert with a focus on open standards. He is an open source coder, open data publisher, and freelance security consultant. He was formerly the UK Government’s representative to the W3C. He speaks around the world on open standards, open source software, and open data. He also helped get four-and-a-half new emoji into Unicode. Blog Follow @edent on Twitter
	Hannah Kolbeck Hannah is a software developer in Portland, Oregon who meddles in microcontroller hardware and laser cutting. In her spare time she plays soccer, volunteers doing mutual aid, and hangs out with her cat and her wife. She is deeply committed to improving the lives of the people around her, and believes that technology can be a force for immense good in the world if freed from the requirement that it be profitable. Follow @hbeckpdx on Twitter
	Igor Brigadir Started working on Twitter APIs during my PhD in Computer Science, implementing breaking news event detection and recommender systems for journalists, and spend time contributing to many other academic projects, most notably twarc. Currently working on implementing privacy preserving and explainable recommender Systems with recsyslabs, a startup spinout from University College Dublin. Follow @igorbrigadir on Twitter
	Jamie Maguire Jamie Maguire is a Software Architect, Developer, Microsoft MVP (AI) and Pluralsight Author. He is passionate about using AI and technology to help advance systems in organisations and many industries. Jamie is an active contributor to the technology community and has gained global recognition for articles he has written and software he has built. He is the founder of the social media analytics and productivity platform Social Opinion and maintains an open source SDK that makes it easy for Microsoft .NET developers to use the Twitter API v2. Jamie is also a STEM Ambassador and Code Club volunteer, inspiring interest at grassroots level. He shares his story and expertise at speaking events, on social media and through podcasts and interviews. He has co-authored a book with 16 fellow Microsoft MVPs demonstrating how Microsoft AI can be used in the real world and regularly publishes material to encourage and promote the use of AI and .NET technologies. Social Opinion Developer SDK Pluralsight courses Follow @jamie_maguire1 on Twitter
Over the past twelve months, these awesome individuals brought the Twitter Developer community forward by demonstrating:

1.Leadership and Influence: they demonstrated an extraordinary ability to share knowledge in a way that resonated with their community
2. Technical prowess: they showed exceptional technical skills and, combined with their creativity, delivered outstanding apps and integrations
3. Force for good: they reinvest their skills and time into their community, or contributing to the social good

These are the first Developer Insiders, but we will be unveiling additional members of this program in the coming weeks. To become a Twitter Developer Insider or to nominate someone else, review Eligibility and Benefits of the Twitter Developer Insider Program and submit yourself for consideration by filling out this form. We will review your submission and get back to you as soon as we can.

The Twitter Developer Platform wouldn’t be where we are today without our community and leaders like these new Insiders. Thank you to all who engage with and contribute to the community, and we look forward to recognizing more of you in the future as we build together.