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10 developer relations experts
These ten professionals have led developer relations and developer advocacy teams inside the companies they worked for. A reader can learn how companies build and run developer relations programs from the inside.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ankur Kotwal
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Developer Relations & Strategic Content, Google Cloud · Google
Head of Global Developer Relations & Strategic Content, Google Cloud at Google since March 2018, where the profile says this person leads a globally distributed team representing the APAC, EMEA and LATAM regions and manages regional managers and individual contributors. Former Head of Maps Developer Relations at Google (2016–2018).
James Beswick
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations · Stripe
Head of Developer Relations at Stripe since June 2024, and former Head of Serverless Developer Advocacy at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2019–2024). The profile describes leading Developer Advocacy and Developer Relations teams and developing and supporting programs that help customers learn and use services quickly.
Jayson DeLancey
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations · Dolby Laboratories
Former Head of Developer Relations at Dolby Laboratories (2020–2023); the profile says this person built a team of Developer Advocates and Developer Programs Engineers for Dolby.io responsible for developer experience, developer education and community. Former Manager, Developer Relations at Dolby Laboratories (2019–2020), and Head of Developer Relations at Semgrep since January 2025.
Joe Darko
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Developer Relations · Snap Inc.
Global Head of Developer Relations at Snap Inc. since February 2024, and Global Head of SPECS Developer Relations at SPECS since April 2026. Former Global Head of AR Developer Relations at Snap Inc. (2021–2024) and former Global Lead of Facebook Developer Outreach Initiatives at Facebook (2020).
Joyce Lin
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations · Postman
Former Head of Developer Relations (2020–2022), Senior Director of Developer Relations (2022–2024) and Lead Developer Advocate (2019–2020) at Postman; in the Senior Director role the profile mentions creating tutorials, demos and documentation. Former Head of Developer Relations at Viam (2024–2025), and Head of Developer Relations at Arena since October 2025.
Manikantan Krishnamurthy
LinkedInExperience: Developer Relations Head Google - APAC · Google
Developer Relations Head Google - APAC at Google since March 2021. The profile says this person leads Google's developer community programs, GDG, GDE and GDSC, and its startup accelerators in APAC, and is responsible for their strategy, execution and results. Former Developer Relations - Southeast Asia (2018–2021) and Developer Relations Program Manager (2017–2018) at Google.
Matt Carter
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations, Community and Growth · Snowflake
Head of Developer Relations, Community and Growth at Snowflake since May 2024, where the profile says this person heads the teams driving global engagement programs for developers, data scientists and data engineers, including developer relations, community and influencer programs. Former Senior Director of Product Marketing and Developer Relations at Progress Chef (2017–2020).
Mukund Srinivasan
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations, India · Apple
Head of Developer Relations, India at Apple since January 2025. Former Director & Global Head - Developer Relations & Strategic Partnerships at BrowserStack (2023–2025), where the profile says this person was part of the CEO's leadership team, leading developer relations, community growth and global partnerships.
Olaf Hubel
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations · Databricks
Head of Developer Relations at Databricks since November 2023; the profile says this person leads global Developer Relations organizations, with a scope spanning the full lifecycle of developer engagement, including open source strategy. Former Head of Developer Relations, Google Workspace (2022–2023) and Manager - Google Workspace DevRel (2019–2022) at Google.
Taylor Singletary
LinkedInExperience: Head of Developer Relations · Retool
Former Head of Developer Relations at Retool (2024–2025), where the profile says this person established and led a small, new Developer Relations team. Head of Developer Relations at Tenstorrent since August 2025, and former Senior Director, Developer Relations (2021–2024) and Senior Developer Relations Manager (2017–2021) at Slack.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's role to your question: someone who built a small, new team suits questions about a first developer relations hire and early programs, while someone who led a global or regional organization suits questions about team structure, budgets and measuring results. Also ask about the kind of product and developer audience they served, since an API platform, a cloud provider and a hardware company reach developers in different ways.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you decide what to measure for developer relations, and how did you report it to leadership?
- 02How did you split work between developer advocacy, documentation, community and events?
- 03Where did developer relations sit in the org chart, and how did that affect what the team could do?
Reaching developer relations experts
How can I contact one of these developer relations experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 9 companies, including Google, Stripe and Dolby Laboratories, based on profile data retrieved on October 4, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach developer relations experts?
You choose the offer, starting at $5 per person. It includes Instant Expert's 20% fee, so an offer that pays the person $100 costs you $125. You're charged only when the person books the call or sends the answer.
What if they don't reply?
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About this directory
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