by Stephanie Roper, Citrix

There is an old folk tale that says “It takes a village to raise a child,” this statement also holds true for any successful organization, “It takes a successful community to support a leading organization.” The Citrix User Group Community has been an avenue for like minded individuals to collaborate, share business experiences, and provide insights with Citrix applications. The community has continued to champion Citrix products and showcases its abilities. Whether it has been a webinar, local group meeting, a blog, or a tweet, the evangelism is invaluable and we appreciate it all. As we announced prior to Synergy 2017, we have created an expanded recognition program for our community champions and today I am happy to announce the 2017 Citrix Technology Advocates class members.

Drum roll please……

Abdullah Abdullah	Donald Wong	Jonathan Pitre	Patrick van den Born
Adam Gamble	Edwin Houben	Kevin Howell	Pawel Serwan
Alain Assaf	Gareth Carson	Kyle Davies	Phillip Jones
Benjamin Crill	George Kuruvilla	Kyle Wise	Preston Gallwas
Bram Wolfs	George Spiers	Lyndon-Jon Martin	René Bigler
Carl Behrent	Greg Tiber	Marco Hofmann	Rick Roetenberg
Carsten Bruns	Ingmar Verheij	Mark Plettenberg	Robin Hobo
Cécil Bove	Jacob Rutski	Martin Therkelsen	Ronnie Hamilton
Christiaan Brinkhoff	James O’Regan	Martin Zugec	Rory Monaghan
Chris Schrameyer	James Rankin	Matt Bodholdt	Ryan Butler
Craig Stones	Jane Cassell	Matthew Allen	Ryan Gallier
Daniel Feller	Jani Anttila	Matthias Schlimm	Saadallah Chebaro
David Gautney	Jason Tedrick	Mayunk Jain	Scott Osborne
David Ott	Jits Langedijk	Neal Dolson	Shane O’Neill
Dennis Span	John McBride	Niek Boevink	Shaun Ritchie
DJ Eshelman	Jon Bucud	Patrick Coble	Sinisa Sokolic
Steve Elgan	Timco Hazelaar	Timm Brochhaus	Trentent Tye

These members have demonstrated the technical knowledge, community passion, and thought leadership that Citrix would like to recognize. Membership in the Citrix Technology Advocate program is the first step in recognizing our community leaders, and I am looking forward to the continual promotion of their work and providing them with additional incentives. Below is a snippet of our community members in action, there will be lots more to come. Congratulations to all the new members of the Citrix Technology Advocate Program.

I would also like to thank all the CTP members who were a part of the pilot program for the CTA program and who will also continue to provide their support.