Google Developers Expert

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Google Developers Expert is a yearly award recognizing top-contributing members of Google developer communities for their technical contribution and impact. Google Developers Experts speak in local and global events, have strong online presence and excellent technical background in their field. These independent developers bring their real-world experience and knowledge working with Google technologies to developer communities worldwide.

Find a member

You can find program members, along with their area of expertise, in this directory.


Becoming a member

The Google Developers Expert Program recognizes and rewards outstanding developers with advanced technical expertise in specific areas who are strong contributors to the developer community, startups and ISV’s. The program recognizes developer experts in specific areas including: Android, Cloud, HTML5, Maps, and more.

How do I become a member of the Google Developers Expert program?

Nominations are made by members of the Google Developer Relations team. To be considered, please send your name, email, country of residence, area of expertise and how you contribute to the developer community to gde-nomination@google.com. As the program grows, we will add additional product areas, locations and increase the number of members who will be accepted. Membership in the program is for a one-year period and can be renewed each year if the member still is active and qualifies.


Member Benefits

Direct interaction with Google

Early access to APIs

Exclusive events

Members of the Google Developers Expert program will meet with members of the product team for their area of expertise.

Google Developers Experts will be part of a trusted tester program to provide feedback on upcoming product releases and early access to APIs.

Special on-line and in-person events are offered to program members.

Community

Represent Google

Listing in the directory

Google Developers Experts are part of a community that works together to deepen their knowledge to help use the technology to its fullest potential.

Google Developers Experts may be asked to help with labs, hackathons, speak at events, and advocate for open standards.

Google Developers Experts are listed in the program member directory to enable those looking for experts to easily find them.

Credibility

Google Developers Experts are allowed to display a special logo indicating the year and product for which they are a member.

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