IBM Fellow

Fellow is the highest honor a scientist, engineer, or programmer at IBM can achieve.

The IBM Fellows program was founded in 1962 by Thomas Watson Jr., as a way to promote creativity among the company's "most exceptional" technical professionals and is granted in recognition of outstanding and sustained technical achievements and leadership in engineering, programming, services, science, design and technology.

In addition to a history of extraordinary accomplishments, candidates must also be considered to have the potential to make continued contributions.

IBM Fellows are given broad latitude to identify and pursue projects in their area of expertise.

IBM Fellows have generated over 9,329 patents and thousands of government and professional citations, received five Nobel Prizes and five Turing Awards, and created a massive store of published research in scientific journals.