The kubestrong program recognizes passionate community leaders who are dedicated to continuous learning and helping others grow. Members of the kubestrong club are multi-cloud enthusiasts who have earned the awstronaut and kubestronaut titles — or hold the Golden Kubestronaut badge along with at least two cloud certifications. They are active contributors who uplift and inspire others across the community.

To submit your profile:

1. You must be an awstronaut + kubestronaut or a golden kubestronaut + 2 cloud certs
2. You must have officially claimed your kubestrong title by tagging us in a LinkedIn post
3. Then, follow the steps below to get listed!

👉 More info on kubestrong.

🚨 Important: You must fork this repository, make your changes, and submit them via a Pull Request (PR).
Do NOT attempt to push changes directly to the main branch — they will be automatically rejected.

Your Pull Request should include:

• ✅ One new JSON entry at the bottom of users.json
• 🖼️ One avatar image uploaded to the avatars/ folder

Please add your profile using the following format in users.json:

{
  "name": "Yongkang He",
  "github": "yongkanghe",
  "certs": ["kubestrong"],
  "city": "Melbourne",
  "country": "Australia",
  "date": "2024-07-01",
  "bio": "Founder @KSUG.AI | Creator @kubestrong = @awstronaut + kubestronaut | Akamai Advocate | AWS Builder | Azure MVP | Google GDE | Alibaba MVP | Multi-Cloud | Community Reach | DevRel | 100K Social Reach",
  "twitter": "yongkanghe",
  "linkedin": "yongkanghe",
  "website": "https://ksug.ai",
  "avatar": "/avatars/yongkanghe.png"
}

• Place your avatar in the avatars/ folder (e.g., avatars/yourgithubusername.png)
• Max size: 500 KB
• Recommended dimensions: 200×200 px (square images render best)
• Allowed formats: .png, .jpg

If no avatar is uploaded, your GitHub profile picture will be used by default.

• ✅ Add your profile to the end of users.json
• ✅ Ensure your JSON is valid (use a JSON validator)
• ✅ Use a clear commit message, e.g.:
  add: alicejohnson to certified list

Check out this official guide:
👉 GitHub Pull Request Guide

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