Community leaders

Meet your Community Leaders

We are the IBM TechXchange Community Leader team, and we're pleased to meet you. 

Our job is to provide our members the best possible Community experience. We are here to listen, make connections, provide useful resources, boost your knowledge, and help you expand your eminence. We're looking forward to getting to know you!

Sarah Cogley

Program Director and Community Team Manager

Personal fun fact: I am a crazy cat lady and grow my own food in my English garden

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: How our members are willing to help each other, by setting up local User groups and using dynamic problem solving.

Nicklous Plowden

Communities I manage: watsonx.ai, watsonx.governance, planning analytics, watsonx assistant, AI & DS Skills, Global AI & Data Science, Data Integration, Data Governance-Knowledge Catalog, Global Data Lifecycle - Integration and Governance, Governance, Risk and Compliance  - OpenPages

Personal fun fact: I love roller blading

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: How to make presentations more engaging and compelling

Wendy Batten

Communities I manage: IT Automation (AIOps, Integration & Application RunTimes)

Personal fun fact: I love to ski and have a house in Vermont

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: How amazing our members are and how supportive they are of our mission

Christopher Vollmar

Community I manage: IBM Storage

Personal fun fact: Newly constructed F1 Racing fan and even went 'Karting' last year

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: That its such a supportive community across all the members no matter their specialties or advocacy interests. There’s such a good set of running dialogs and discussions.

Libby Ingrassia

Communities I manage: IBM Champions

Personal fun fact: I'm a mom of twins, published author, yoga instructor, and have been both a teacher and magazine editor in my past.

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: They have some amazing recipes - award winners! - and they share them.

Kathryn DuPont

Communities I manage: IBM Champions

Personal fun fact: Horse Groomer (age 13)

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: Community members provide real and usable advice.

Namitha K

Communities I manage: IBM Champions

Personal fun fact: I am a fan of horror movies, but I watch them with my eyes closed!

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: The consistent enthusiasm towards new learning and engagements.

Linda Alkire

Communities I manage: IBM Power and Power Developer eXchange

Personal fun fact: When I’m not working, I enjoy time in my garden, going to concerts, and suffering the unending disappointment of being a Minnesota Vikings football fan.

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: The extent users are willing to help each other and share their knowledge.

Medha Parekh

Communities I manage: IBM Cloud

Personal fun fact: I’m someone who loves spending time in nature, whether it’s going for long walks or hiking. I’m also a professional baker.

The most unexpected thing I have learned from the community members: That people are willing to help each other by contributing their knowledge.