What a fabulous event! The IBM TechXchange 2024 Conference wrapped up with many prestigious awards being granted to IBM customers and IBM TechXchange Community members! Amy Tennison, VP of IBM TechXchange & Client Advocacy, granted these awards in person on stage at the IBM TechXchange Excellence Awards and Closing Ceremony.
We truly appreciate all the contributions that our community members make throughout the year, sharing their technical expertise, their experiences, tips and tricks with all community members.
In total, 22 TechXchange Excellence Awards were granted in the following categories:
- 4 Excellence in Community Engagement Awards
- 6 IBM watsonx Bootcamp Awards
- 5 Excellence in Community Advocacy Awards
- 7 Technical Excellence Awards:
Excellence in Community Engagement
- Most Creative Use of Social Media – Shari Chiara
- Most Well Attended Session – Elena Lowry (Building AI-driven applications with generative AI)
- Highest Rated Session – Bradley Steinfeld & James Reeve (Build your first gen AI application the right way)
- Learn N Score Scavenger Hunt – Kevin Dupont
IBM watsonx Bootcamp Awards
- AI – Annika Dubbeldam
- Business Automation – Martin Medina
- IT Automation – Nirbhay Kularia
- IBM Z – Todd Gades
- Security – Kranthikumar Vemula
- Sustainability – Khaled Ibrahim Abed
Excellence in Community Advocacy Awards
- Ruth Bonser
- Michael Nutt
- Laticia Carrow
- Andrey Klyachkin
- Scott Walker
Technical Excellence Awards
More information on these awards and the winning entries are in this blog.
- Excellence in AI at Work - Fabio Oliveria Guimaraes (Bank of Brazil, Brazil)
- Excellence in AI-driven Automation - Stephan Gerali (Lockheed Martin, USA)
- Excellence in Application Innovation - Thomas Gregg Faisis (Questronix, Phillipines)
- Excellence in Hybrid Cloud - Youssef Largou (rKube, Morocco)
- Excellence in Mainframe Innovation - Rene De Vleeschauwer (Kobee, Belgium)
- Excellence in Open Source Contribution - Emma Slovgard (Dinoframe, Denmark)
- Excellence in Operational Efficiency/Supply Chain - David Ganiford (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
To view the IBM TechXchange Excellence Awards and Closing Ceremony, you can check out the replay here.
And we encourage you to consider your contributions over the next year and putting your name in the ring for next year’s awards!
Sonia Singh
IBM TechXchange Advocate