The IBM Champion Lifetime Achievement award recognizes IBM Champions who stands above their peers for service to the community. Over multiple years, these IBM Champions consistently excel and positively impact the community. They lead by example, are passionate about sharing knowledge, and provide constructive feedback to IBM. We look particularly for consistency and excellence in a few areas, above and beyond their IBM Champion contributions.
Lifetime Champions are selected by the IBM Champion program team, based on nominations from IBMers and other IBM Champions. We ask IBM Champions and IBMers who they recommend, and we review the annual nominations for extremely strong returning candidates. When we begin the process of selecting Lifetime Champions, we also ask the existing Lifetime IBM Champions for their input: who better to know who is right to join their ranks? Finally, after we have consensus, we approve the names with our internal executive sponsors.
Congratulations to the 2020 Lifetime IBM Champions.
These nine amazing Lifetime IBM Champions join the 17 existing Lifetime IBM Champions, named since 2016.
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