IBM Champions are individuals, non-IBMer and recognized professionals in the IBM community.
IBM introduced the IBM Champion program back in 2008,[1][2] initially only in the IBM Information Management Software division.
[4] Originally, champions were divided by categories: 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.
In 2016, in addition to being elected as an IBM Champion on a yearly basis, IBM announced the entitlement for a lifetime achievement to the following personalities (as of 2023): Collaboration Solutions Power Cloud and Automation Data & AI (formerly Analytics)