{"id":24087,"date":"2016-01-25T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T19:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=24087"},"modified":"2016-01-25T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T19:25:52","slug":"xamarins-newest-most-valued-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarins-newest-most-valued-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin&#8217;s Newest Most Valued Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWith the new year comes exciting new changes, and for our community, that means lots of new Xamarin MVPs! These are\u00a0rockstars\u00a0who have earned recognition for significant contributions to the mobile C# community by:\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16407\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/MVP-Badge3\" alt=\"Xamarin MVP\" width=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speaking at user groups, conferences, and online<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining and sharing useful information on personal blogs<\/li>\n<li>Writing great articles, blog\u00a0posts, and books<\/li>\n<li>Growing their local Xamarin community by hosting user group events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While also showing their dedication to the community through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/xamarin.com\/plugins\">Plugins<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/components.xamarin.com\">components<\/a> for Xamarin<\/li>\n<li>Helping developers online by heavily participating in our <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\">forums<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xamarinhq\">Twitter<\/a>, Stack Overflow, and other communities<\/li>\n<li>Shipping awesome mobile apps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We invite you to join us at Xamarin in welcoming\u00a0our newest round of 2016 Xamarin MVPs for their remarkable contributions to the community!<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 395px;height: 652px;margin: auto\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimbobbennett\">Jim Bennett\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16446 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/JB-Head-Post.png\" alt=\"JB Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhvdijk\">Martijn van Dijk\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16447 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/MVD-Head-Post-.png\" alt=\"MVD Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_rafa_moura_\">Rafael Moura\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16446 alignnone aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/RM-Head-Post.png\" alt=\"RM Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MobileRez\">Mitch Muenster\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16447 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/MitchMuenster-Head-Post.png\" alt=\"MitchMuenster Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onovotny\">Oren Novotny\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16448 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/ON-Head-Post.png\" alt=\"ON Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRadacz\">Mark J Radacz\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16449 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/MR-Head-Post.png\" alt=\"MR Head Post\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnThiriet\">John Thiriet\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16450 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/JT-Head-Post-2.png\" alt=\"JT Head Post 2\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to shout out a big thank you to all of <a href=\"http:\/\/xamarin.com\/mvp\" target=\"_blank\">these outstanding community leaders<\/a> who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to helping others get the most out of their experience with Xamarin by sharing their passion, real-world knowledge, and technical expertise with developers all over the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Does this sound like someone you know?<\/h3>\n<p>Is there an outstanding developer in your community who would be the perfect fit as a Xamarin MVP? 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