IBM Champion Spotlight: Fadi Hatim Mahmoud Pioneering Open Banking Innovation in Saudi Arabia This month, we proudly feature Fadi Hatim Mahmoud , Head of IT Application Development at Bank Albilad and a dedicated IBM Champion, who stands as one of the key brains...
IBM Champion Seb Julliand Meet Sébastien “Seb” Julliand, Tech Lead at ARCAD Software (soon moving to i and me) and an IBM Champion for two years. Seb’s favorite IBM product is IBM i on Power, a platform he has worked on since 2009 and never left. He started out as a developer, grew into an...
IBM Champion Spotlight: Moataz Mousa The Brain Behind the Reliability of Many Mission-Critical Systems This month, we are proud to highlight another IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) master from the region: Moataz Mousa , Middleware Senior Advisor at Alinma...
Meet Awais Afzal, Digital Solution Technical Architect at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, celebrating his first year as an IBM Champion in 2025. Awais’s favorite IBM product is IBM Fusion HCI, which he describes as a “performance beast” and a one-stop shop providing a dedicated environment for...
IBM Champion Spotlight: Sean Boyd Evolving the Enterprise Application Infrastructure at Riyad Bank This month, we proudly highlight Sean Boyd , Head of Infrastructure (Apps) Unit at Riyad Bank and a dedicated IBM Champion , whose amazing career has...
Meet Mohamed Abdelwahed, Customer Success Manager at Valleysoft, celebrating his second year as an IBM Champion in 2025. His journey as a Champion reflects a powerful drive to share knowledge, innovate through technology, and help others achieve success through IBM solutions. For Mohamed,...
IBM Champion Tim Hill Meet Tim Hill, VP of Engineering and Distinguished Engineer at Rocket Software, proud to be an IBM Champion for about five years. Over the course of his career, Tim has dedicated himself to finding ways to help organizations work smarter and safer with IBM technology....
Meet Francois (F.J.) Brandelik, WebSphere Architect at Information Design, Inc. He has been an IBM Champion for the past three years, bringing his knowledge and experience of IBM technologies to the Community. His favorite IBM products are integration tools such as MQ and App Connect...
Meet Hans Boef, Manager of Technical Consultancy and Support at Novadoc , based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. His company focuses on business automation, enterprise content management, and IBM-focused consulting and solutions. 2025 is his first year as an IBM Champion , an...
IBM Champion Sven Jansson For Sven Jansson, technology has always been about finding smarter, more efficient ways to solve problems and then sharing those lessons with others. Today, he works as an IBM i specialist at Agria Animal Insurance and is celebrating his first year as an IBM...