I am delighted to share that this year’s IBM Champions family grew to include over 80 awesome advocates who are experts particularly in the IBM IT Automation portfolio which includes our best-of-breed observability products like Instana, Turbonomic, Concert, and IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps. To see a full list of all our 2025 Champions, check out our brand-new 2025 IBM Champion Directory!
I have personally enjoyed meeting and working with a lot of them throughout 2024 and am thrilled to have so many returning this year, along with welcoming our new 2025 Champions who are passionate in the IT Automation and Observability area. For example, I participated in the IBM Hursley Summit a few months ago where long-time Champion, Ryan Don from ADP, joined a client panel discussion to share his experiences in the AIOps space. We had the opportunity to invite another SME onto that stage as well, Barry Mockett from Estee Lauder, who has been an advocate and strong contributor to our Turbonomic product throughout 2024 and I was grateful that he accepted our nomination to join the Class of 2025 as a new Champion. Another new Champion I met who presented and shared their Turbonomic + Instana experiences at multiple events throughout 2024 was Franjo Piskur from APIS IT who I’m delighted has joined us as a new Champion this year! And long-time Champion, Dr. Carla Raffi from Sogei not only is a passionate contributing member on the Instana client advisory council but is always willing to talk with me about advocacy opportunities and share her expertise in user group meetings and our community.
I could go on and on with examples of how these amazing Champions go the extra distance to advocate for IBM in numerous ways, some of which include speaking at conferences like the ones above, participating in research and customer advisory boards, creating and managing user groups, contributing code, and developing educational and instructional content, to name a few.
Let's Continue the Celebration!
Meet the Champions: Dive into the 2025 IBM Champions Directory to connect with our Champions!
Get inspired: Check out Libby Ingrassia’s Blog for more on this year’s class.
Hang live: Don’t miss the Meet & Celebrate IBM Champions webinar on March 5, 2025 (11:00 AM ET)—Q&A with the experts!
Join us: Register and participate in IBM TechCon 2025! (March 18-20, 2025)
I look forward to meeting and working with all of the Champions in 2025 as our extraordinary advocates and IBM technology ambassadors for the IT Automation family!