IBM Champions, congratulations and THANK YOU

Mat Newman  June 27 2011 16:43:13

It's old news now, but it's taken a few days to truly sink in.

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2011 IBM Champions for Collaboration Solutions:

Adam Brown Bill Malchisky Bruce Elgort Carlos Casas CheeChin Liew Chris Miller Chris Toohey Daniel Recio David Leedy David Stephens

Declan Lynch Eileen Fitzgerald Eric Mack Femke Goedhart Francie Tanner Gabriella Davis Giuseppe Grasso Handly Cameron John Head Julian Robichaux

Kenio Carvalho Lidia Vikulova Lisa Duke Marie Scott Mark Leusink Mathew Newman Matt White Mikkel Heisterberg Mitch Cohen Mitsuru Kato

Nathan T Freeman Paul Mooney Paul Withers Rob Bontekoe Rob Novak Sanjaya Kumar Saxena Serdar Basegmez Sharon Bellamy Simon Vaughan Sjaak Ursinus

Steve Pitcher Stuart McIntyre Theo Heselmans Thomas Duff Tim Tripcony Ulrich Krause Warren Elsmore Yancy Lent Yoshihiro Matsuo Yoshio Maruyama

 

I've been pondering what it means to be a member of the esteemed group of people above, in the end it's come down to this.

Eighteen months ago I made a commitment to lifting my game, to do things better.  To be more open, more social, to connect, to share and engage with the community.

And YOU responded.  As a community you welcomed me with open arms, listened to what I had to say and gave me feedback that further fuelled my passion for Lotus Software.  Some of you thought my efforts worthy of nomination for this prestigious award.  The Champion panel at IBM considered your nominations and agreed.

To all of you that I have connected to, friended, liked, followed, tweeted, blogged and interacted with, this is an affirmation that I've been doing some things right.  #LotusKnows sharing and engaging with the community only serves to strengthen and expand our ever growing Yellowverse.

In a couple of days I will have been working in IT as a consultant and educator for 16 years, predominantly dedicated to working with IBM/Lotus software.  The last 18 months have without doubt been my most rewarding.

To the Community, from the bottom of my heart, I Thank You.

Mat.

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