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IBM Champion Spotlight — Roy Boxwell

By Chloe Zgheib posted 2 days ago

  

Meet Roy Boxwell, a senior software architect from Software Engineering GmbH. He is a recipient of an IBM community award, and has been an IBM champion for three years, though he says it feels like it's been longer! Roy’s journey as an IBM Champion is a testament to innovation, technical mastery, and support for others in the tech community.

Roy is constantly sharing his expertise with the tech community. He’s active on the TechXchange community site, providing technical insight through bi-monthly blogs, and interacting with others on their posts. He also enjoys public speaking, often at IDUGs or RUGs. When asked what drives him to give back to the tech community and be an IBM Champion, he said: “I just love to share knowledge. Helping other people is paramount for me!”

His favorite IBM product is Db2 for z/OS, which he refers to as the best database management system in the world. Roy is a recurring attendee of IDUG conferences, the Central Canadian DB2 (CCDB2) user group, and the German GUIDES tech group. Out of all of these, his favorite would have to be CCDB2.

Roy said if he wasn’t working in tech, he would be an astronaut, aiming to land on Mars (but only if they had a 3270 emulator there of course!).

To those interested in becoming an IBM Champion, he offers this advice: “Dive in and take the chance—you will never regret it!”

Lightning round: 

  • Q: What would be your superpower and why? 

    • A: Know all human languages. It would be epic to never need a translation program again! 

  • Q: Ice cream or cake?  

    • A: Ice cream, of course! 

  • Q: Cats or dogs?  

    • A:   Cats—is there any other higher being? 

  • Q: Summer or winter?    

    • A:   Winter—you can add a layer of clothes! 

  • Q: Morning or evening?  

    • A: Morning—need my coffee. 

  • Q: EBooks or paper books?  

    • A: Paper books! 

  • Q: TV shows or movies?  

    • A: Shows! 

  • Q: A night out or a night in?  

    • A: Night in with my wife, catching a good film! 

  • Q: Cannonball into the pool or dip a toe in first?  

    • A: Full on body splash! 

  • Q: Go-to karaoke song?  

    • A: None, unless you like your ears bleeding. If you do though, then perhaps "Benson Arizona.” 

  • Q: Drive or fly? 

    • A: Drive. 

Don’t forget to connect with Roy on LinkedIn and in the Community!   

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