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Philippine Waze Champs and Experts

The community in each country is Waze’s beating heart. It edits the map, helps with localization and provides Waze with important info and feedback. Each community is a little different, but there are common roles and rules that are relevant to everyone.


Champs are the community leaders
Champs are the most experienced users, who also contribute to discussions on the forum. This is not just about editing skills - it’s about actively participating in the community.

Global champ - Part of the world community leadership of Waze Local champ - Part of a specific country’s community leadership


Coordinators are users (usually Champs) who act as the community’s ambassadors to Waze. They have a direct communication channel to the company.

A Coordinator’s main responsibilities:
Participating in both the global and local Champs' groups, and being in a direct contact with the relevant Waze community manager Advise about the urgency and the severity of any reported issue Be aware of the company news, product announcements, new versions etc. Take part in the setup of local and regional editors meetups


Experts are editors who mastered a certain field - be it Routing, Android, iOS or localization Experts are the ‘top-authority’ for anything related to their expertise Experts will be part of the global experts group and will work closely with Waze and with community members

Waze will share with the group of experts all sorts of professional information, knowledge and future plans which are relevant for their area of expertise. Experts will be responsible to ‘carry & deliver’ the relevant information to the local community. Experts Will moderate relevant forums and will manage relevant Wiki pages

Country and Division Managers are Champs who take charge of the entire country or several states/counties in large countries, i.e.. provinces/regions for the Philippines. They manage a region in all things relevant to the community

Division Managers are added according to the community’s judgement, usually in large countries, in which geographic limitations require another layer of community involvement.

Global Champ and Coordinator

  • kazmuth
  • SpeedDzel

Country Manager

  • Baldugaras
  • rider111
  • zy_pher - Luzon Division Manager
  • Lu_Wei_Jie - Visayas Division Manager
  • deadlockprocess - Mindanao Division Manager

iPhone expert

  • deadlockprocess
  • shogsbro

Android expert

  • zy_pher
  • Guardian4ngel
  • shogsbro

WME Editing expert

  • zy_pher
  • Guardian4ngel
  • deadlockprocess
  • shogsbro

WME Beta Editor expert

  • kazmuth
  • Baldugaras

Navigation / Routing expert

  • deadlockprocess
  • shogsbro

Social Media expert

  • zy_pher
  • Guardian4ngel
  • Dominatrix

Localization expert

  • kazmuth

Local Champs

  • iceden
  • Ungas
  • zy_pher
  • Guardian4ngel
  • deadlockprocess
  • shogsbro
  • Baldugaras
  • Adabadada
  • Lu_Wei_Jie

Wiki Masters

  • rccoros
  • kazmuth

Philippine Waze Area Manager

What is an Area Manager and what does it entail:

  • An Area Manager is a Waze community member (a user) who wishes to take an active and proactive role in maintaining specific areas of the Waze map. How deeply involved and how much time an Area Manager spends maintaining the Waze map varies greatly. Duties of an Area Manager include, but not necessarily limited to:
  • Seek to continuously improve the maps for navigation, i.e. naming un-named roads and setting turns properly.
  • Make changes to the map when road geometry needs to be changed, or roads added or removed from the map.
  • Edit road construction areas, especially for closures so that users are not routed into those areas.
  • Respond to and act on Update Requests from Waze drivers.
  • Maintain speed and red-light cameras, processing reports of devices from Waze drivers.
  • Process and resolve Map Errors or Problems as shown on that layer in the Waze Map Editor.
  • Act as a mentor to other editors, offering advice in the forums and when you see improper edits on the map.

By being an Area Manager, you agree to be reachable and available to respond to communication from your fellow Waze editors. Being an Area Manager is not for your convenience so you can edit the map at a higher level but rather it entails the responsibilities listed above.

When you become inactive or unreachable for 90 days, your AM permissions and level will be revoked.


The following are the conditions or requirements for approval of AM applications:

  • Approval of at least current Area Managers, if possible the same AMs for the location applied, upon review of the map edits of the AM applicant.
  • Meets 'X' number of edits for area applied
    • City wide or permalink wide - 10k map edits
    • Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, & Metro Davao wide - 20k map edits
    • Province wide - 25k map edits
    • Region wide - 50k map edits
    • Luzon, Visayas, or Mindanao Island Groups - 100k map edits
    • Countrywide - CM only or 250k edits
  • Must have at least 10 posts in Waze forum or FB group page (must be related to waze and have sense)
  • Must have resolved at least 100 update requests
  • Must have at least 2,500 existing kilometers
  • Must be an active member of the Philippine Waze forum and/or FB group page
  • Must attend at least waze meetup per year. Waze has a quarterly meetup. This can be waived if the applicant is not from Metro Manila
  • Must pass an online exam. (Currently under process)


List of Philippines Area Managers

This list is based on the recently approved Area Managers, those approved after the Philippines became self-managed. Those approved before self-management are not listed, send a message to kazmuth on the forums if you have been previously approved and wish to be added. You can send these wazers a message in the forums if you want to have an issue fixed in their respective areas.

* - Country Manager permissions

Waze Username Area Since
daxky Angeles 11/18/2013
* deadlockprocess Philippines 2/22/2015
shogsbro Baguio 2/17/2014
daxky Batangas City 11/18/2013
junrex Bicol (Region V) 6/24/2013
M-a-r-s Bislig 8/22/2013
daxky Boracay Island 12/31/2013
roseAntonio Cabanatuan 8/2/2013
mponteres Cabuyao 8/22/2013
ericbishop CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 7/5/2013
monz98 CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 6/28/2013
Ungas CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 6/29/2013
Ungas Bicol (Region V) 2/22/2015
tcajita Calamba 1/11/2014
atjcamacho Cavite Province 6/23/2013
BRM-BLK-BMW Cavite Province 7/4/2013
abecedarian2380 Cebu Province 8/2/2013
gerix28 Cebu Province 6/22/2013
pinoyoutdoor Cebu Province 7/7/2013
warfab Cebu City 8/14/2013
world_8eidg3mz Cebu City 7/20/2013
Calicantzaros Central Luzon (Region III) 7/2/2013
kwithoor Central Luzon (Region III) 1/11/2014
SEELE_01 Central Luzon (Region III) 1/29/2014
gerix28 Central Visayas (Region VII) 6/28/2013
nobs98 Central Visayas (Region VII) 7/8/2013
M-a-r-s Eastern Mindanao 12/5/2013
monz98 Eastern NCR 6/27/2013
crgandionco Leyte 9/9/2013
daxky Lipa 11/18/2013
furuboru Luzon Island Group 8/8/2013
ivanatorprime Mandaluyong 10/11/2013
warfab Mandaue 8/14/2013
world_8eidg3mz Mandaue 7/20/2013
markking1991 Manila 6/23/2013
mponteres Muntinlupa 8/22/2013
atjcamacho NCR 6/23/2013
bdo2v NCR 7/4/2013
* zy_pher Philippines 2/22/2015
Calicantzaros NCR 7/2/2013
daxky NCR 11/18/2013
furuboru NCR 6/23/2013
kwithoor NCR 1/11/2014
M-a-r-s NCR 7/7/2013
mirallwood NCR 8/18/2013
SEELE_01 NCR 1/29/2014
SkipperBoo26 NCR 7/7/2013
BRM-BLK-BMW NCR 7/4/2013
Dekca Pampanga 6/22/2013
evs_13 Pangasinan 7/12/2013
* baldugaras Philippines 8/7/2013
iceden Philippines 6/25/2013
* kazmuth Philippines 11/13/2012
* rider111 Philippines 6/21/2013
* SpeedDzel Philippines 11/13/2012
markhaggai Puerto Princesa 8/30/2013
ongandy86 Quezon City 8/30/2013
crgandionco Samar 9/9/2013
crgandionco Southern Leyte 12/21/2013
tcajita Sta Rosa 1/11/2014
kwithoor Ilocos Region (Region I) 3/11/2014
kwithoor Cagayan Valley (Region II) 3/11/2014
shogsbro Northern Luzon 6/22/2014
swisspound2 NCR 3/31/2014
* Lu_Wei_Jie Philippines 2/22/2015
Adabadada Cavite Province 6/22/2014
albertcong Cabadbaran 6/25/2014
albertcong Surigao City 6/25/2014
albertcong Butuan 6/25/2014
albertcong Bislig 6/25/2014
palin_1274 NCR 6/27/2014
palin_1274 CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 7/1/2014
monz98 Eastern NCR 7/3/2014
monz98 CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 7/3/2014
albertcong Caraga (Region XIII) 7/10/2014
SpeedyGonzalesAT Metro Cebu 8/5/2014
kanamits Negros Occidental Province 8/5/2014
gerix28 Region VII 10/6/2014
Guardian4ngel Luzon Island Group 10/9/2014
Adabadada NCR and Cavite 11/2/2014
Adabadada CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 2/22/2015
Adabadada Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) 2/22/2015
cryptmaster Bulacan Province 11/29/2014
SpeedyGonzalesAT Cebu Province 11/29/2014
shogsbro Luzon Island Group 4/13/2015
rccoros NCR 4/20/2015
rock_stone Cebu Province 8/2/2015
rccoros CALABARZON (Region IV-A) 8/3/2015

Note: Eventhough approved as an area manager, management for an assigned area will be lost after three months of inactivity or waze editing.