Yasemin Ciftcisoy Sen is a seasoned Z system programmer with over three decades of experience in the technology industry. She currently serves as the Z Cloud Middleware and Communication Technologies Manager at Garanti BBVA. If you were to ask about her favorite IBM product, she wouldn’t be...
Meet Donna Hudi, a technology leader with extensive experience and an IBM Champion since 2024. As the Chief Marketing Officer at Phoenix Software International, Donna has been actively engaged in the mainframe community for over a decade. Her deep-rooted passion for the platform led her to...
Florian is an Enterprise IT Architect in Germany with more than 20 years of experience in the IT Infrastructure field. His background in hardware, software and the financial industry has led to his roles as leading architect for Fin-Tecs in DACH. Beside the “traditional” Mainframe work, his...
Meet one of our 28 "Lifetime Champions", Darren Surch who is the CEO of Interskill Learning. Darren is a 30 year veteran of global mainframe workforce training. Noted thought leader and speaker at mainframe computing, training, and digital credentialing industry events worldwide. His...
Meet Sarah Julia Kriesch, an accomplished professional with a passion for Linux and an outstanding commitment to fostering collaboration within the technology community. She is a part-time Consultant and a part-time Post Graduate student in Computer Science at the Friedrich-Alexander-University....
Meet Sabine Diemt, a very special and talented Champion who is a pilot at MENA Aerospace Enterprises W.L.L. and a part-time computer science student at the FernUniversität Hagen, Germany. Her favourite IBM Product is IBM Z. According to her, “It’s fascinating how IBM reinvented and...
Meet Reg Harbeck, an IBM Champion since 2020, with a profound passion for everything related to IBM Z! As the Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics Ltd., Reg shares insights into his journey, motivations, and his vibrant contributions to the technology community. Reg's favourite product...
Meet the IBM Champion Chiara Baldan who is a Data Engineer at Sogei. She has been an IBM Champion for 4 years officially but she thinks it as a way of life! Her favourite product is IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS and according to her, “It can really give a boost to Db2 queries!”. ...