MVPs of Appeon Technology

MVPs are leaders in the Appeon Community. These individuals deserve special recognition for their combination of technology expertise and contribution to the community. They tend to push the technology envelope, and even help advise Appeon on future product roadmap. It’s likely you have read a tech article, watched a presentation, or received help from at least one of our MVPs.

Program Overview | Criteria | Selection | Benefits

2026 MVPs

The Appeon MVP program recognizes community leaders for their exceptional technical expertise and contributions demonstrated throughout the 2025 calendar year.

Status: Active

Bruce Armstrong is a senior developer with Integrated Data Services (IDS). Prior to joining IDS in 2004 he spent 15 years as an independent ...

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Status: Active

John has used PowerBuilder since version 4 (circa 1994) and was a Certified PowerBuilder Developer Associate for version 7...

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Status: Active

PB enthusiast since 1995. Appeon-certified leading dozens of migration projects worldwide from PB to Appeon Web/Mobile. Invited speaker at ...

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Status: Active

Software developer and pool player. Moderately better at software than pool. Actually, terrible at pool.

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Ramón San Felix is ​​a self-taught PowerBuilder developer who works at Ismael Natividad Alpuente, S.L and who started developing applications ...

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Status: Active

René Ullrich is a PowerBuilder Developer for Thüringer Aufbaubank in Erfurt, Germany. He has used PowerBuilder for 28 years...

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Status: Active

Roland Smith is a PowerBuilder Developer for Jenzabar, Inc in Harrisonburg, VA. He has used PowerBuilder since version 2...

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Status: Active

My first experience with PowerBuilder (v. 5) was in 1998. Since then, I had the opportunity to watch the evolution of the product and work with almost ...

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Status: Active

Software engineer, DevOps architect and team leader with 7 years of experience in PowerBuilder development ...

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Status: Active

I have been developing in PowerBuilder since version 3. I was immediately taken by how productive it is and especially the versatility of the datawindow object ...

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Status: Active

Konstantin has been writing, testing, debugging, and documenting computer programs with PowerBuilder and Oracle SQL, PL/SQL since 1995 ...

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Note: MVP status is a recognition of excellence achieved in the previous year. While our MVPs are dedicated leaders, their current availability for community support may vary based on personal or professional commitments.

MVP Program

MVPs are the backbone of the Appeon Community. These individuals deserve special recognition for their combined technology expertise and their history of community service. While we do our best to keep track of the leaders in the Appeon Community, please feel free to nominate an MVP you think we missed.

Criteria
  • We don’t create a set of specific requirements to become an MVP because we want to leave room for individuals to contribute in the best way they can.
  • We recognize individuals no matter they are a great writer, speaker, or coder.
  • The only absolute criterion is you must truly be passionate about Appeon products.
  • Your passion will naturally translate in you becoming an expert (if you are not there yet) and making great contributions.
Selection
  • The Appeon MVP program is refreshed every January.
  • Nominations are evaluated based on contributions made from January 1st to December 31st of the preceding year.
  • This ensures our most recent community heroes are recognized for their impact.
Benefits
  • Free 1-year NFR subscription of PowerBuilder, PowerServer for Development, and InfoMaker.
  • Insider releases of PowerBuilder, PowerServer, InfoMaker & new products.
  • Appeon roadmap steering group membership (shape the future).
  • Appeon MVP recognition with public profile page and certificate of award.
  • Appeon MVP t-shirt or other Appeon MVP memorabilia.