IBM Champions


IBM Champions are individuals, non-IBMer and recognized professionals in the IBM community.

History and Organization

has introduced the IBM Champion program back in 2008, initially only in the IBM Information Management Software division. The program describes itself as:
As of today, the program has elected 484 professionals across the globe. As of 2018, champions are divided in 6 groups:
IBM Champions are nominated by their peers. An IBM internal committee publishes the results once a year and the title is valid for one year. The champion needs to be nominated every year.

Lifetime IBM Champions

Besides from being elected as an IBM Champion on a yearly basis, IBM announced the entitlement for a lifetime achievement to the following personalities
Collaboration Solutions
Power
Cloud
Analytics