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 | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
 | Andriy Redko         | [reta](https://github.com/reta)                         | Aiven          |
 | Bukhtawar Khan       | [Bukhtawar](https://github.com/Bukhtawar)               | Amazon         |
-| Daniel Doubrovkine   | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)                     | Amazon         |
+| Daniel Doubrovkine   | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)                     | Independent    |
 | Dominik Szczepańczyk | [szczepanczykd](https://github.com/szczepanczykd)       | Exadel         |
 | Madhusudhan Konda    | [madhusudhankonda](https://github.com/madhusudhankonda) | Chocolateminds |
 | Sarat Vemulapalli    | [saratvemulapalli](https://github.com/saratvemulapalli) | Amazon         |