IBM Champions are experts and advocates. They innovate with IBM and open source technologies to help their organizations and customers. They support the community with content, mentoring and other contributions. Each year, IBMers, Champions and the community nominate the best mentors, speakers, community leaders, experts and innovators to become IBM Champions. The Champions in Action series will help you learn what the IBM Champions have done in 2017 and understand the value of the program.

IBM Champion David Conover

David Conover brings innovation with Watson, Bluemix, and serious video game design to at-risk students in a Texas high school. His program inspires these young people to take control of their lives, to learn new skills, and to think outside themselves -- and then to use technology to solve the problems they see. From last year's work with the Medical Minecraft game to current work with the IBM Research labs on Quantum Computing and with gamifying disaster recovery, David brings his students to IBM and IBM to his students.

In addition to being an IBM Champion, David has been recognized by The White House as a Maker of Change and by EdCast as a Global Influencer.

Get to know David and his work

Read more about David's work via his LinkedIn articles or watch this dW video on Medical Minecraft.

Do you know someone who should be an IBM Champion? Read more about the program and nominate an IBM Champion today!