It was 7:26 AM today when the email came. I am pleased and honored to be included once again in the group called IBM Champions! Here’s what it takes to be an IBM Champion, and what the benefits are…
One benefit is that you can use the logo, so I got to tag “2014” onto my caption over there on the right.
Per the announcement site:
These individuals are non-IBMers who evangelize IBM solutions, share their knowledge and help grow the community of professionals who are focused on social business and IBM Collaboration Solutions. 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 wiki articles and applications, publishing podcasts, sharing instructional videos and more!
87 Champions were chosen for inclusion in 2014 — I have to say it’s great to see so many new names along with a core group of longstanding contributors to the community. Congratulations to all the new Champions…see many of you next month at IBM Connect in Orlando!
| Adam Brown
Andrew Barickman Arshad Khalid Benedek Menesi Bill Malchisky Brad Balassaitis Brian O’Neill Bruce Elgort Chris Miller Christian Güedemann Christoph Stoettner Cody Burleson Daniel Lieber Daniele Grillo David Leedy David Price Dennis Rot Femke Goedhart Francie Tanner Frank Van der Linden Fredrik Norling Friso van den Berg |
Gabriella Davis
Gary Swale Giuseppe Grasso Glenn Kline Handly Cameron Howard Greenberg Jan Valdman Jérôme Deniau Jesse Gallagher João Vendruscolo John Head John Jardin Julian Robichaux Karl-Henry Martinsson Kathy Brown Keith Brooks Kenichi Sato Kenio Carvalho Kenji Ebihara Koichi Hatanaka Laks Sundararajan Liz Albert |
Luis Carlos Garza
Marion Vrielink Mark Calleran Mark Leusink Mark Roden Masahiko Miyo Matteo Bisi Mike Ostrowski Mikkel Heisterberg Mitch Cohen Mitsuru Katoh Olaf Boerner Patrice Vialor Patrick Hope Paul Calhoun Paul Della-Nebbia Paul Mooney Paul Withers Per Henrik Lausten Ray Bilyk RenéWinkelmeyer Rob Novak |
Rupert Clayton
Russ Maher Salvador Gallardo Sandra Bühler Sarah Carter Sasja Beerendonk Serdar Basegmez Sharon Bellamy Simon Vaughan Sjaak Ursinus Steve Pitcher Stuart McIntyre Takeshi Yoshida Theo Heselmans Tim Clark Tim Malone Tom Simmons Tony Holder Ulrich Krause Vincent Perrin Wannes Rams |