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Congratulations, 2021 IBM Champions

By Libby Ingrassia posted Wed January 20, 2021 02:08 PM

  

Champions extend through the ecosystem

After reviewing 2000 nominations, IBM is proud and happy to announce the 735 members of the 2021 class of IBM Champions. This class represents the largest and most representative class of IBM Champions ever, including bringing the IBM Partner Ecosystem officially into the program for the first time.

The IBM Champions program recognizes excellence and expertise in innovative thought leaders in the technical community, and rewards these contributors by amplifying their voice and increasing their sphere of influence.

An IBM Champion is an IT professional, business leader, executive, developer, or educator who influences and mentors others to help them innovate and transform digitally with IBM products, offerings, communities, and services.

Among our newest class of IBM Champions:

  • 70% of 2020 IBM Champions renewed.
  • 2021 IBM Champions are 61% renewing or Lifetime and 39% are new Champions.
  • 56 countries are represented.
  • 11 business areas are included from AI Apps (Blockchain and Watson IoT) (7%), Cloud (Public Cloud and Automation) (15%), Data & AI (26%), Developer (4%), IBM Z (10%), Power Systems (12%), Storage (10%), to Security (10%) and the IBM Partner Ecosystem for the first time (5%).

These individuals evangelize IBM solutions and communities, share their knowledge, and help grow the community of professionals who are focused on IBM offerings. IBM Champions spend a considerable amount of their own time, energy, and resources on community efforts—organizing and leading user group events, answering questions in forums, contributing articles and applications, publishing podcasts, sharing instructional videos, and more.

As a reward, IBM Champions receive IBM Champion-branded merchandise, IBM Champion digital badges, and invitations and discounts to IBM conferences. They are highlighted online and recognized at events. In addition, they may be offered various speaking opportunities that enable them to raise their visibility and broaden their sphere of influence. They are recognized for the work they have done over the past year and supported and enabled with education and opportunities to do even more advocacy in the next year.

Meet IBM’s 2021 class of innovative thought leaders

We look forward to working with this amazing group of community leaders! IBM Champions nominations will be open and reviewing new nominations on a quarterly basis in 2021. Visit us regularly on our community page to make connections with IBM Champions, to learn from the contributions they make, and to be inspired by their stories. In addition to reading the blog and connecting in the community, you can also keep up with what IBM Champions do throughout the year on our Twitter stream and through our livestream events. Watch the calendar for our other events.

Aaron Magid
United States
Developer		 Chris Hembrom
India
Cloud		 Frank Welder
United States
Security		 Joel Zysman
United States
Storage		 Marco Riva
Italy
Power		 Patrick Meyer
France
Data & AI		 Satoshi Nakamura
Japan
Cloud		 Torbjorn Appehl
Sweden
Power
Abhinandan Prasad
India
Power		 Chris Klein Zessink
Netherlands
Cloud		 Fred Sobotka
United States
Data & AI		 Joern Kettler
Germany
Security		 Marco Zanchi
Italy
Security		 Patrick Ndayizigamiye
South Africa
IBM Z		 Scott Arntsen
United States
Storage		 Trevor Eddolls
United Kingdom
IBM Z
Abhishek Verma
Germany
Cloud		 Chris Morgan
United States
Security		 Frederic Bosch
France
Cloud		 Johan Janssen
Belgium
Cloud		 Marcos Souza
Brazil
IPE		 Paul Bartak
United States
Data & AI		 Scott Francis
United States
Cloud		 True Vang
United States
Cloud
Adithya Rajesh

Data & AI		 Chris Muncan
Canada
Data & AI		 Gabriel Lopez
Argentina
IPE		 John Hassman
United States
Data & AI		 Marcus Davage
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Paul Brett
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Scott Hayes
United States
Data & AI		 Ulker Gurpinar
Turkey
Cloud
Adnan Sheeraz
Pakistan
WIoT		 Chris Schlipalius
Australia
Storage		 Gabriella Davis
United Kingdom
Lifetime		 Jjohn Hawkins
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Maria de Rosario Bruera
Peru
Data & AI		 Paul Cortellesi
United States
Cloud		 Scott Klement
United States
Power		 Ursula Flade-Ruf
Germany
Data & AI
Adrian Collett
Italy
Data & AI		 Christian Massé
France
Power		 Gareth Copplestone-Jones
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 John McDonald
United States
WIoT		 Mariusz Koczar
Poland
Data & AI		 Paul Matthews
Australia
IBM Z		 Scott McFall
United States
IBM Z		 Ute Kleyensteuber
Germany
Data & AI
Ahmed El Sayed
Egypt
Storage		 Christoph Cuscoleca
Austria
Data & AI		 Gary Ben-Israel
Israel
Data & AI		 John Spielberger
United States
Power		 Mark Fry
United States
Data & AI		 Paul Mendelson
United States
Data & AI		 Sean Boyd
Saudi Arabia
Cloud		 Vedran Vidovic
Croatia
Cloud
Akhil Hada
India
Cloud		 Christophe Bianco
Luxembourg
Security		 Gary Fry
United States
Cloud		 John Zawistowski
United States
Storage		 Mark Gillis
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Paul Tuohy
Ireland
Power		 Sean Colicchio
Canada
Security		 Vicente Salvador Cubedo
Spain
Data & AI
Alain Pary
Belgium
Data & AI		 Christopher Penn
United States
Data & AI		 Gary Watters
Canada
Storage		 Johnny McGuire
United States
Blockchain		 Mark Jula
United States
IBM Z		 Paul Turpin
United States
Data & AI		 Sebastian Wind
Germany
IBM Z		 Vicki Liu
United States
Data & AI
Alan Fulton
United States
Power		 Christopher Sullivan
United States
Power		 Gaurav Mishra
Canada
Power		 Jon Paris
Canada
Power		 Mark Lack
United States
Data & AI		 Paul Withers
United Kingdom
Lifetime		 Sebastian Zok
Germany
Data & AI		 Vikram Vaswani
India
Cloud
Alan Seiden
United States
Power		 Chuck Fried
United States
Cloud		 George Warner
United States
Data & AI		 Jon Pike
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Mark Little
United States
Data & AI		 Pavan Kristipati
United States
Data & AI		 Seigo Tanaka
Japan
Cloud		 Vincencio Michaelis
Germany
Power
Alex deBruyn
South Africa
Blockchain		 Cindy Lichtenauer
United States
Data & AI		 Georges Kopp
France
IBM Z		 Jonathan Fosburgh
United States
Storage		 Mark Mastrangeli
United States
Security		 Perry Shindle
United States
Data & AI		 Sergio Gonzalez
Spain
Cloud		 Vincent Terrone
United States
IBM Z
Alex Ivanov
United States
WIoT		 Claire Terblanche
South Africa
Data & AI		 Gerald Beasley
United States
Cloud		 Jonathan McKnight
United States
Data & AI		 Mark Moncelle
United States
IBM Z		 Pete Massiello
United States
Power		 Sergio Insalaco
Italy
Security		 Vinita Bhushan
United States
Security
Alex Walter
United States
WIoT		 Claiton Zanella
Brazil
Storage		 Gerd W. Becker
Germany
Storage		 Jop de Graaf
Netherlands
Storage		 Mark Robbins
United Kingdom
WIoT		 Peter Micke
Germany
Storage		 Shahriar Mahib
United States
IBM Z		 Vishwas Balakrishna
United States
Data & AI
Alexander Gebhardt
Germany
Security		 Corey Mendelsohn
Canada
Data & AI		 Gerhard Paulus
Germany
Data & AI		 Jorn Thyssen
United States
Data & AI		 Mark Whitney
United States
IBM Z		 Phil Allison
United States
IBM Z		 Shambi Broome
United States
Developer		 Waleed Abu Sirhan
UAE
Storage
Alexander Pawlik
Austria
IBM Z		 Craig Aston
United Kingdom
IPE		 Giovanni Faccioli
Italy
Data & AI		 Jos Verschuuren
Netherlands
Cloud		 Mark Wilson
United Kingdom
Security		 Philip Gunning
United States
Data & AI		 Shaun Frankson
Canada
Blockchain		 Walid Daboubi
Switzerland
Security
Alexey Brook
Israel
Cloud		 Craig Goodman
Australia
Security		 Glenn Bowden
Australia
IBM Z		 Jose Ortega Diazgranados
Colombia
Power		 Mark Wyllie
United States
Storage		 Philip Nelson
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Shawn Bodily
United States
Power		 Wendy Zemba
United States
Security
Alexey Saltovski
Israel
Security		 Craig Kokay
Australia
WIoT		 Glenn Schneck
United States
IBM Z		 JOSEPH AMRITH RAJ PATURI
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Markus Fraune
Germany
Data & AI		 Philip Wasylow
Canada
Storage		 Shawn Hisaw
United States
Cloud		 Wiesława Zaborowska
Poland
IBM Z
Alfred Freudenberger
United States
Power		 Craig Mackenzie
Canada
WIoT		 Gokhan Yildirim
Turkey
Storage		 Joseph Likuski
Canada
Cloud		 Markus Leonard
United States
Cloud		 Philipp Brune
Germany
IBM Z		 Shawn Mandel
Canada
Data & AI		 Wiliam Kanegae
Brazil
Data & AI
Alistair Mackenzie
United Kingdom
Storage		 Craig Mullins
United States
Data & AI		 Gordon Gruber
Canada
Storage		 Joshua Hall
United States
Power		 Martin Hansgut
Czech Republic
Security		 Philippe Dubost
Czech Republic
Data & AI		 Shawn Moe
United States
Data & AI		 William Powers
United States
Data & AI
Amarender Katkam
India
Data & AI		 Cristian Molaro
Belgium
Data & AI		 Graeme Sharp
Australia
WIoT		 Joy Paul
UAE
Data & AI		 Martin Heitkämper
Germany
Data & AI		 Piara Bhamra
United Kingdom
IBM Z		 Shawn Sullivan
United States
Data & AI		 William Shipley
United States
Data & AI
Amendra Pratap
Australia
Data & AI		 Daichi Kakimoto
Japan
Developer		 Greg Hodgkinson
United States
Cloud		 Judy Nall
United States
Data & AI		 Martin Hubel
Canada
Data & AI		 Piotr Tkaczyk
Poland
IPE		 Shelley Mizerak
United States
Data & AI		 Wole Adetayo
Ghana
Storage
Amer Chanaa
United States
Security		 Dale Nelson
United States
Security		 Greg Rhoades
United States
Cloud		 Juha Eklund
Finland
Power		 Martin Otto
Germany
Data & AI		 Prabhu Kumar Benjamin
United States
Cloud		 Sheryl Larsen
United States
Data & AI		 Wolfram Greis
Switzerland
IBM Z
Amit Malik
Australia
Cloud		 Damir Wilder
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Greg Southam
Australia
Cloud		 Julia Carter
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Masakatsu Yasui
Japan
IPE		 Prasenjit Ray
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Shigehiro Mohri
Japan
IPE		 Yannick Bruck
Luxembourg
Cloud
Amit Modi
United States
Cloud		 Dana Rafiee
United States
Storage		 Gregor Frimodt-Møller
Denmark
Security		 Julian Robichaux
United States
Lifetime		 Masayuki Tasaki
Japan
Cloud		 Radim Navrátil
Czech Republic
Security		 Shigeo Ueda
Japan
Developer		 Yasuhiro Inoue
Japan
IPE
Amneris Teruel
Argentina
Power		 Daniel Bongiovanni
United States
Storage		 Gregory Belinson
Canada
Data & AI		 Julian Stuhler
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Mateja Jankovic
Slovenia
Data & AI		 Radoy Stoyanov
Bulgaria
Cloud		 Shingo Wakabayashi
Japan
Cloud		 Yoichi Yoshida
Japan
Cloud
Anders Wasen
Sweden
Cloud		 Daniel Hermes
United States
Data & AI		 Gregory Boyd
United States
IBM Z		 Julie Bergh
United States
Security		 Mats Lidstrom
Sweden
Power		 Raghu Cherukuru
United States
Data & AI		 Shinji Nishio
Japan
Cloud		 Yoichiro Fujita
Japan
Cloud
Andre Konig
United States
Quantum		 Daniel Housden
Australia
security		 Gregory DeBo
United States
Data & AI		 Julio Aspiazu
Germany
Data & AI		 Matt Simons
United States
security		 Rajesh Kumar Khare
Norway
Data & AI		 Shoichiro Sakaigawa
Japan
WIoT		 Yongkook(Alex) Kim
United States
IBM Z
Andre Wiradarma
United States
Cloud		 Daniel Luksetich
United States
Data & AI		 Grzegorz Golda
Poland
Storage		 Julio Pari
Peru
Cloud		 Matthew Garst
United States
Cloud		 Rakib Hossain Molla
India
Cloud		 Shrirang "Ranga" Deshpande
Belgium
Power		 Yoshihide Tomonaga
Japan
Cloud
Andrea Ribuoli
Italy
Power		 Daniel Magid
United States
Developer		 Gus Ortiz
United States
Cloud		 Justin Bradley

Security		 Matthew Giambrone
United Kingdom
WIoT		 Ralf Roeber
Spain
Data & AI		 Simon Hutchinson
United States
Power		 Yoshiki Hayama
Japan
Data & AI
Andres Gomez
Colombia
Data & AI		 Daniel Nashed
Germany
Lifetime		 Gustavo Cuervo
Panama
Cloud		 Karen Kilroy
United States
Blockchain		 Matthew Hill
Australia
Data & AI		 Rama Yenumula
United States
Security		 Simon Thompson
United Kingdom
Storage		 Yoshishige Yamazaki
Japan
Cloud
Andres Meira
Mexico
Developer		 Daniele Tedesco
Switzerland
IPE		 Hans Populaire
Belgium
Storage		 Karen Schuster
Germany
Cloud		 Matthew Likes
United States
security		 Ramanathan Perinkolam
United States
Cloud		 Sonya Fournier
United States
Data & AI		 Yosuke Enomoto
Japan
Developer
Andrew Copeland
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Danielle Abosolom
South Africa
Cloud		 Harald Biedermann
Austria
Cloud		 Karsten Hespelt
Germany
Power		 Matthew Miller
United States
IPE		 Randy Frerking
United States
IBM Z		 Sri Vijay Bharat Peddi
Canada
Data & AI		 Youssef Largou
Morocco
Storage
Andrew Detandt
United States
WIoT		 Darren Sanders
United Kingdom
Storage		 Harpreet Walia
United States
Security		 Karsten Vogt
Germany
Storage		 Matthew Paul Nation
United Kingdom
IBM Z		 Randy Jones
United States
Security		 Stacey Gregerson
United States
Security		 Yuma Kajita
Japan
Data & AI
Andrey Klyachkin
Germany
Power		 Darren Surch
United States
IBM Z		 Harry van Irsel
Netherlands
IBM Z		 Kathy Fahy
United States
Cloud		 Maurizio Galotti
Italy
IPE		 Randy Wilson
United States
Data & AI		 Stacy Lee
United States
Security		 Zeljen Stanic
Croatia
Data & AI
Andy Lin
United States
Storage		 Dave Anderson-Ward
United Kingdom
Storage		 Heather Cole
United States
Data & AI		 Katsumi Totsuka
Japan
Cloud		 Michael Adams
United States
Storage		 Rangana Gunathilaka
UAE
Developer		 Stan Wysocki
United States
Storage		 Zoran Janjic
Germany
Storage
Andy Steeds
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Dave Chura
United States
Developer		 Heidi Schmidt
Germany
Power		 Kaushik Chatterjee
UAE
Power		 Michael Bisignani
United States
Power		 Raphael Langella
France
Security		 Steen Rasmussen
United States
Data & AI		 Zulfiye Meral Temel
Turkey
IBM Z
Andy Youens
United Kingdom
Power		 Dave Waddell
United States
Power		 Helen Fisher
United Kingdom
WIoT		 Kay Vandevanter
United States
Data & AI		 Michael Condry
United States
Data & AI		 Raphael Silva
Brazil
Security		 Stefan Kral
Germany
Security
Ann-Grete Tan
United States
Data & AI		 Dave Wiseman
United States
Power		 Hemanth Ramanathan
United States
IBM Z		 Kaylei Perry
United States
Blockchain		 Michael Cotignola
Canada
Data & AI		 Ravindra Singh
India
IPE		 Stephan Akeborg
Sweden
Power
Antony Steel
Singapore
Power		 David Beulke
United States
Security		 Henri Cujass
Germany
Data & AI		 Kazuhito Yokoi
Japan
Developer		 Michael Elleby
United States
Cloud		 Ray Mullins
United States
IBM Z		 Stephan Multhaupt
Germany
Data & AI
Ari Juntunen
Finland
Power		 David Birmingham
United States
Data & AI		 Henri Kuiper
Netherlands
IBM Z		 Kazuki Masuda
Japan
Cloud		 Michael Karasienski
United States
Power		 Raymond Haruna
Nigeria
Storage		 Stephanie Rabbani
Canada
Power
Arindam Mandal
India
Security		 David Conover
United States
Developer		 Herbert Daly
United Kingdom
IBM Z		 Kazunori Hosoda
Japan
Data & AI		 Michael Krafick
United States
Data & AI		 Reg Harbeck
Canada
IBM Z		 Stephen Hume
Canada
WIoT
Armand Mizan
Australia
Data & AI		 David Ficacci
United States
Storage		 Hermann Huebler
Austria
Cloud		 Keita Nagase
Japan
Security		 Michael McCardle
United States
Storage		 Renar Grunenberg
Germany
Storage		 Stephen Lopresti
United States
Security
Armando Arias
United States
IPE		 David Fosca Gamarra
Peru
Data & AI		 Hermanni Pernaa
Finland
Cloud		 Kenin Paatan
Philippines
Security		 Michael Murray
United States
Data & AI		 Renato Castilho
Brazil
Cloud		 Stephen Thorne
United States
Cloud
Arnaud Chemla
France
Security		 David Greenstein
United States
Cloud		 Hidekazu Suzuki
Japan
Developer		 Kenio Carvalho
Brazil
WIoT		 Michael Pavlak
United States
Power		 Rex Ahlstrom
United States
Data & AI		 Stephen Ulmer
United States
Storage
Arne Hirschfeld
Germany
Cloud		 David Knight
United States
Cloud		 Hiromi Ohta
Japan
Developer		 Kenneth Shaffer
United States
Data & AI		 Michael Rubenstein
United States
Security		 Rhonda Hackenburg
United States
Data & AI		 Steve Bradshaw
United Kingdom
Power
Art Kagel
United States
Data & AI		 David Link
United States
Data & AI		 Hiroshi Kawai
Japan
Cloud		 Kenny Smith
United States
Cloud		 Michael Tiefenbacher
Germany
Data & AI		 Ricardo Arguello
Spain
Cloud		 Steve Hnath
United States
Storage
Arthur "Bobbie" Geronimo
Philippines
Storage		 David Luftig
United States
Security		 Hiroshi Miki
Japan
Data & AI		 Kerem Celiker
Turkey
Cloud		 Michael Urwin
Australia
Cloud		 Rich Jackson
United States
IBM Z		 Steve Licata
United States
Storage
Arup Datta
United States
Cloud		 David Pacific
United States
Data & AI		 Hitesh Bhatia
India
Cloud		 Kerem Eyigun
Turkey
IPE		 Michele Buccarello
Italy
Cloud		 Richard Hampson
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Steve Mazer
United States
Data & AI
Arvind Solanki
United States
WIoT		 David Romo
United States
Developer		 Horacio Benedicto
Argentina
Power		 Kevin Fahling
United States
Storage		 michiya kurosawa
Japan
Cloud		 Richard Moy
United States
Lifetime		 Steve Pitcher
Canada
Power
Ash Giddings
United Kingdom
Power		 David Russell
United States
WIoT		 Hrvoje Zokovic
Croatia
Data & AI		 Kevin Gee
United States
Power		 Miguel Carbone
Brazil
Data & AI		 Richard Severino
United States
Power		 Steve Talbot-Walsh
Australia
Security
Ash Moholkar
United States
Storage		 David Simpson
United States
Data & AI		 Ian Bjorhovde
United States
Data & AI		 Kevin Hosozawa
United States
IBM Z		 Miho Ezawa
Japan
Data & AI		 Richard (Dick) Moberg
United States
Data & AI		 Steven Bex
Belgium
Data & AI
Atanu Roy
India
Cloud		 David Woolbright
United States
IBM Z		 Ian Chappell
United States
IBM Z		 Khaled Bentebal
France
Data & AI		 Mike DeGeus
United States
Data & AI		 Richie Palma
United States
Power		 Steven Goedertier
Belgium
Data & AI
Atsuki Sakae
Japan
Security		 Declan Rodger
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Ichiro Kano
Japan
Cloud		 Kim DuPlessis
South Africa
Cloud		 Mike Hey
United Kingdom
Storage		 Rick Barlow
United States
IBM Z		 Steven Shull
United States
WIoT
Avilesh Gujrathi
India
Cloud		 Denis Tronin
Czech Republic
Data & AI		 Igor Migrić
Germany
Security		 Kim Fry
United States
Storage		 Mike Potter
United Kingdom
Storage		 Rick Clements
United States
IPE		 Steven Wolk
United States
Power
Balagopal Ramdurai
United States
Cloud		 Dennis Conley
United States
Cloud		 Ilija Lazovic
Serbia
Cloud		 Kim Greene
United States
Power		 Mike Ryan
United States
Power		 Ricki West
United Kingdom
IBM Z		 Stoyan Pedev
Bulgaria
Blockchain
Bartlomiej Grabowski
Czech Republic
Power		 Dennis Hoddinott
United States
Storage		 Iqbal Goralwalla
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Kim May
United States
Data & AI		 Mike Walker
United States
Data & AI		 Ritesh Kumar Khare
India
Security		 Subhasish Sarkar
India
IBM Z
Bartosz Chrabski
Poland
WIoT		 Derek Powe
United States
IBM Z		 Isamu Kato
Japan
Cloud		 Kimberly Floss
United States
Data & AI		 Mikio Kaya
Japan
Developer		 Rob McNelly
United States
Power		 Suganya Rane
United States
Cloud
Bastien Boudot de la Motte
France
Power		 Dharmatej Inaganti
United States
Data & AI		 Itai Mossery
Israel
Security		 Kimberly Harris
United States
Security		 Milan Bhatt
India
Data & AI		 Robb Sinclair
Canada
Data & AI		 Suresh Patnam
United States
Cloud
Ben Holmes
United States
Data & AI		 Diego D'Addeo
Italy
IBM Z		 Jacinto Cavestany
Spain
IPE		 Kirsten Craft
United States
Cloud		 Mirna Kos
Croatia
Data & AI		 Robert Adachi
United States
Security		 Susan Barker
United States
Cloud
Bernie O'Connor
United States
Data & AI		 Diego Verdier
Uruguay
Developer		 Jack Woehr
United States
Developer		 Klaas Brant
Netherlands
Data & AI		 Miroslav Peic
Austria
Storage		 Robert Bersano
United States
Data & AI		 Susan Gantner
Canada
Power
Beth Beese
Canada
WIoT		 Dietmar Knodel
Germany
IBM Z		 Jacob Bock Axelsen
Denmark
Power		 Koen Decorte
Belgium
Power		 Miroslav Resetar
Croatia
Cloud		 Robert Fijan
Germany
Storage		 Susan Kirk
Canada
Data & AI
Bill Crawford
United States
Security		 Dmitry Mironov
Russian Federation
Power		 Jacques Van Niekerk
United States
Data & AI		 Kohei Nishikawa
Japan
Developer		 Mitchell Lauer
United States
Security		 Robert Hansel
United States
security		 Susan Lawson
United States
Data & AI
Bill Stark
United States
Blockchain		 Dominic Lehr
Germany
Cloud		 James Cockayne
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Kohsuke Yoshihara
Japan
Data & AI		 Mitsuaki Tameda
Japan
IPE		 Robert Johns
Germany
Security		 Sushant Chalke
United States
WIoT
Bill Wallace
United Kingdom
WIoT		 Don Scott
United Kingdom
Power		 James Ellis
United States
Security		 Koki Miura
Japan
Developer		 Mohammed Hayaz
India
Security		 Robert Miller
United States
IBM Z		 Sushil Tripathi
United States
Cloud
Birgit Vesterling
Denmark
IBM Z		 Doug Anderson
United States
Data & AI		 James Gill
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Kris Caron
Belgium
Security		 Mohankumar Saraswatipura
United States
Data & AI		 Robert Owor
United States
Blockchain		 Sven Heidorn
Sweden
Data & AI
Birgitta Hauser
Germany
Developer		 Douglas Partch
United States
Data & AI		 James Harris
Australia
Storage		 Kristian Milos
Australia
Power		 Moller Agaiby
UAE
Cloud		 Robert Perih
United States
Data & AI		 Sylvain Beragnes
Ireland
Power
Bjarne Nelson
Switzerland
Data & AI		 Dr Arghaya Kasuum-Das
United States
Storage		 James Sobieski
United States
Data & AI		 Kristin Rangel
United States
Data & AI		 Morag Hughson
New Zealand
Cloud		 Robert Proffitt
United States
Data & AI		 Sylvain Gilbert
Canada
Security
Bjoern Nachtwey
Germany
Storage		 Duccio Manganelli
Italy
IPE		 James Taylor
United States
Cloud		 Kurt Acker
United States
IPE		 Morten Middelfart
United States
Cloud		 Robert Recknagel
Germany
IBM Z		 Talor Holloway
Australia
Security
Bjoern Steffens
Switzerland
Security		 Dumisani Mthimkhulu
South Africa
Data & AI		 Jan Dittel
Germany
Storage		 Kurt Struyf
Belgium
Data & AI		 Murray Woods
Australia
IBM Z		 Robert Thiel
United States
Storage		 Tamer Aly
UAE
Data & AI
Bob Hayes
United States
Data & AI		 Dustin Ratliff
United States
Data & AI		 Janet Sun
United States
IBM Z		 Laerte Sabino
Brazil
IPE		 Nathanaël BONNET
France
Power		 Robert van den Breemen
Netherlands
Cloud		 Tanya Bosman
United States
IPE
Bob Mayotte
United States
Storage		 Dusty Rivers
United States
IBM Z		 Janine Tatham
Canada
IPE		 Lana McCormick
United States
Storage		 Neale Ferguson
Australia
IBM Z		 Roberta Viglione
Italy
Storage		 Tara Panu
United States
IPE
Bob Oesterlin
United States
Storage		 Edson Carlotti
Brazil
Security		 Janttu Lindroos
Finland
Data & AI		 Youssef Largou
Morocco
Storage		 Neil Casey
Australia
Cloud		 Roberto Cason
Italy
Data & AI		 Tatsuya Okazaki
Japan
Developer
Bob Vargo
United States
Data & AI		 Eduardo Laens
Paraguay
Cloud		 Jaqueline (Jaqui) Lynch
United States
Power		 Larry Bolhuis
United States
Power		 Nicholas Gonzalez
United States
Security		 Roberto De Pedrini
Italy
Power		 Ted Alexander
United States
Data & AI
Boudewijn Dekkema
Netherlands
IBM Z		 Edwin Boggess
United States
Security		 Jared Fagel
United States
Security		 Lars Thiemann
United States
Security		 Nick Kammerman
United States
Blockchain		 Roberto Mazzoni
Switzerland
Lifetime		 Ted Holt
United States
Power
Brad Green
United States
Data & AI		 Edwin Bolton
United Kingdom
Security		 Jason Juliano
United States
Cloud		 Laura Tuller
United Kingdom
Storage		 Nick Waters
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Robin Tatam
United States
Power		 Terry Johnson
United States
Data & AI
Brad Miller
United States
Data & AI		 Egil Simones
Norway
Storage		 Javier Estrada Benavides
Czech Republic
Data & AI		 Laura Ubelhor
United States
Power		 Nicolae Chirea
Spain
Power		 Roger Ecklund
United States
Storage		 Tetsuharu Tsuji
Japan
Cloud
Brett Murphy
United States
Power		 Eiichi Edo
Japan
Data & AI		 Jean-Georges Perrin
United States
Data & AI		 Laurent Haccoun
United States
Cloud		 Niel Balsino
United States
Power		 Roger Lacroix
Canada
Data & AI		 Thanikachalam "Billy" Sundarrajan
United States
Data & AI
Brett Phaneuf
United Kingdom
Power		 Ember Crooks
United States
Data & AI		 Jeff Allen
Canada
Storage		 Leanne Kemp
Australia
Blockchain		 Niels Liisberg
Denmark
Power		 Rohan Chauhan
United Kingdom
Storage		 Theo Heselmans
Belgium
Lifetime
Brian Christopherson
United States
Storage		 Emeka Boris Ama
Nigeria
Data & AI		 Jeff Filippi
United States
Data & AI		 Lella Violet Halloum
United Kingdom
IBM Z		 Nigel Sylvester
Ireland
WIoT		 Roland Schock
Germany
data & AI		 Thomas Beebe
United States
Data & AI
Brian Laube
Canada
Data & AI		 Emil Kotrc
Czech Republic
Data & AI		 Jeff Helton
Canada
Storage		 Len Diegel
United States
IBM Z		 Nir Kaldero
United States
Data & AI		 Ron Bisceglia
United States
IBM Z		 Thomas Girsch
United States
Data & AI
Brian Wong
United States
Cloud		 Emiliano Brogi
Italy
Developer		 Jeff Inkrott
United States
Storage		 Len Santalucia
United States
IBM Z		 Nishi Nair
Australia
Cloud		 Ron Gordon
United States
Power		 Thomas Lucey
Australia
Data & AI
Bruce Elgort
United States
Developer		 Enrico d'Elia
Italy
Cloud		 Jeff Yanoviak
United States
Power		 Lester Knutsen
United States
Data & AI		 Nivin Jacob George
Kuwait
WIoT		 Ronan Murphy
Irealnd
Security		 Tiago Moura
Brazil
Cloud
Bruno Camaggi
Italy
Storage		 Eric McCormick
United States
Developer		 Jeffrey Waggoner
United States
IBM Z		 Lethika Panicker
United States
Data & AI		 Norbert Jenninger
Germany
Data & AI		 Ronnie Maina
Kenya
Security		 Tim Hill
United States
Power
Bruno Portaluri
Italy
WIoT		 Erwin Earley
United States
Power		 Jens Bäumler
Germany
Data & AI		 Liam Allan
United States
Power		 Norihisa Tanaka
Japan
IPE		 Rudi van Helvoirt
Netherlands
Power		 Tim Johnson
Canada
Data & AI
Byron Smith
United States
Security		 Ezriel Gross
United States
IBM Z		 Jesper Omer
Denmark
Power		 Lionel Clavien
Switzerland
Power		 Norman Owens
United States
Storage		 Russell Schneider
United States
Storage		 Tim Kreytak
United States
Data & AI
Cameron Seay
United States
IBM Z		 Fabiano Rodrigues
Brazil
IPE		 Jesse Gallagher
United States
Developer		 Lockwood Lyon
United States
Data & AI		 Norman (Joe) Jurak
United States
Storage		 Ryan Dolley
United States
Data & AI		 Tim Lalone
United States
Storage
Carla Raffi
Italy
Cloud		 Felipe Bessa
Brazil
Power		 Jesse Harmon
United States
Power		 Louis DeLeon
Hong Kong
Storage		 Nuttee Udomsirirat
United States
Power		 Ryan Mullaney
United States
Data & AI		 Tim Mather
Canada
Storage
Carlos Simoes
Brazil
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Germany
Data & AI		 Jesse Schmidt
United States
Security		 Luc Oglietti
Italy
Data & AI		 Ognjen Orel
Croatia
Data & AI		 Ryoga Takao
Japan
Cloud		 Tim Tait
United States
Security
Carol Woodbury
United States
Power		 Filip Leonarski
Switzerland
Power		 Jim Buck
United States
Power		 Luc Vandaele
Luxembourg
Data & AI		 Oliver Thompson
United Kingdom
Cloud		 Sabine Rentzsch
Germany
Data & AI		 Timo Wielink
Netherlands
Developer
Carolyn Staats
United States
Data & AI		 Finbarr Hennessy
Australia
Cloud		 Jim Dee
United States
IBM Z		 Luke Powell
United Kingdom
Storage		 Osman Cayli
Turkey
Data & AI		 Saghi Amirsoleymani
United States
Data & AI		 Todd Lipp
United States
IBM Z
Catherine Foley
United States
Cloud		 Fiorella Andrea Guerrero Ciprian
Peru
Data & AI		 Jim Genna
United States
IBM Z		 Magnus Halvarsson
Sweden
Cloud		 Otto Konopa
United States
Cloud		 Salem Hadim
United States
Cloud		 Tom Crocker
United Kingdom
Data & AI
Catherine Wakelin
United Kingdom
Data & AI		 Florian Boldt
Germany
Cloud		 Jim Herron
United States
WIoT		 Maik Zutz
Germany
Storage		 Owen Morley
Canada
Storage		 Salome Valero Cumplido
Spain
Developer		 Tom Glaser
United States
Data & AI
Celia Gahagan
United States
Data & AI		 Florian Kronberger
Germany
IBM Z		 Jim Porell
United States
Security		 Manikyala Rao M
India
Security		 Paolo Guccini
Italy
Cloud		 Sameer Paradkar
India
Developer		 Tom Huntington
United States
Power
Chad Rikansrud
United States
IBM Z		 Frances Berger
United States
Data & AI		 Jinsung Son
Korea (Republic of)
Storage		 ManJool Park
Korea (Republic of)
Storage		 Paolo Maresca
Italy
Data & AI		 Sandeep Chellingi
United States
Cloud		 Tom Van Daele
Belgium
Storage
Charles Guarino
United States
Power		 Francisco Bergeret
Uruguay
Cloud		 Joe Geller
United States
Data & AI		 Manuel Gómez Burriel
Spain
Data & AI		 Paolo Tortiglione
Italy
WIoT		 Sanjay Patel
United States
Storage		 Tommi Sihvo
Finland
Power
Charlie Caris
United States
Security		 Francisco Loschiavo neto
Brazil
Data & AI		 Joe Grasso
United States
Cloud		 Marc Hebert
United States
Data & AI		 Paras Gandhi
United States
Data & AI		 Santhosh Ramanathan
India
Cloud		 Tong JiLong
China
IPE
Chiara Baldan
Italy
Data & AI		 Frank Blau
Austria
Blockchain		 Joe King
United States
Storage		 Marc Smith
United States
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France
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Colombia
IPE		 Tony Andrews
United States
Data & AI
Chikako Inami
Japan
Cloud		 Frank Eargle
United States
Security		 Joel Kaiser
United States
Storage		 Marcel Anthonijsz
Netherlands
Storage		 >Pat Birkeland
United States
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UAE
Data & AI		 Tony Owens
United States
Storage
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United States
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United States
Data & AI		 Joel Tilton
United States
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Spain
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Germany
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India
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United States
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Rangana Gunathilaka
Tue May 04, 2021 10:06 PM

Thank you IBM Champions community for letting me in! 

-Rangana Gunathilaka
opensplint.io

aaron ralls
Wed February 24, 2021 11:21 AM

Congratulations! 

I look forward to connecting with as many of you as I can!

Opemipo Disu
Mon February 22, 2021 12:15 PM

Yayy, congratulations to all the IBM Champions I know.

Gerald Beasley
Wed February 03, 2021 11:35 AM

I wish a warm welcome to all the new Champs and congrats to all the returning Champs such as myself.

Arthur 'Bobbie' Geronimo
Tue January 26, 2021 09:21 PM

Happy to be part of this group!

Thank you!!!

Georges Kopp
Mon January 25, 2021 07:19 PM

Thank you IBM Champions community to let me in! - IBM Z France

Gabriel Lopez
Mon January 25, 2021 11:22 AM

Happy to be part this year! Thank you #IBMCHampions2021
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Ralf Roeber
Fri January 22, 2021 12:01 PM

Thank you for curating the IBM Champions 2021! Great work.​​ Selecting 700 people from 2000 nomenies is a lot of work.

Hey Watson: Who will be a champion in 2022?

Wole Adetayo
Fri January 22, 2021 11:35 AM

I am humbled to be in this group of great minds... Leadership per excellence..

Ash Giddings
Fri January 22, 2021 11:32 AM

Wow, humbled to be in such good company! Congratulations to all IBM Champions!

Renato Castilho
Fri January 22, 2021 10:52 AM

I feel very honored to be part of this special team for the first time!
Thank you and congratulations to all IBM Champions!

Claiton Zanella
Fri January 22, 2021 09:22 AM

Honored to be part of this community for the first time.
Congrats to all fellow IBM Champions 2021!

Horacio Benedicto
Fri January 22, 2021 08:52 AM

Felicitaciones a todos los nuevos colegas Champions !
Gracias IBM por este nuevo año en la comunidad !

Congratulations to all new Champions colleagues !
Thank you IBM for this new year in the community !

Marco Riva
Fri January 22, 2021 04:55 AM

I'm proud to be part of this community for the first time. Thanks a lot.

Santhosh Ramanathan
Thu January 21, 2021 11:43 PM

Thanks for the selection. Extremely honored to be part of this community for the first time..

Jack Woehr
Thu January 21, 2021 08:35 PM

Honored and pleased to be in this stellar collegium!

Onwards in Open Source on IBM Platforms and IBM Quantum Computing!

Gaurav Mishra
Thu January 21, 2021 02:23 PM

Thanks for the nomination and Selection. Feels honored and proud.

Gustavo Cuervo
Wed January 20, 2021 07:04 PM

It is an honor to be part of this community...

Mac Gupta
Wed January 20, 2021 04:22 PM

Excellent program this one. Congrats to Libby and team.

Rocket Software is excited to participate. With over 1000 technical experts on Db2, IBM Z, Power Systems, etc. IBM is our #1 business partner. In 2021, we have well over 20 IBM Champions.​