We did it again! Triton Consulting is excited to share some great news. Seven of our team members have been recognised as IBM Champions for Data and AI for 2025.
For those who might not know, the IBM Champion program recognises people who make a big difference in the tech world. The champions know a lot about IBM technologies and share their knowledge with others. By doing this, they help drive innovation and success in data and AI.
IBM Champions join a global network of highly skilled professionals, gaining recognition and greater visibility to expand their influence. They also benefit from exclusive access to development resources and invitations to key conferences and events.
How do customers benefit?
Having seven IBM Champions means our customers get access to some of the best experts in the industry. This allows us to provide the latest technical information and smarter solutions to improve your business problems. Our Champions work closely with IBM, so our clients benefit from new developments and best practices as soon as they come out.
Meet Our IBM Champions
We have two new IBM Champions for 2025: Rob Gould and John Campbell.
Rob Gould
When he’s not busy making Star Wars Lego or playing the Euphonium for his local Brass Band. Rob can be found working with large customers in finance and retail both in the UK and globally.
Skills include: Data Strategy and Architecture, Cloud Migrations, and System Performance and Tuning.
“I’m delighted to be recognised as an IBM Champion for 2025, joining six incredible colleagues from Triton Consulting in receiving this honour. I look forward to sharing my knowledge, engaging with the Db2 community, and contributing over the next 12 months”. Rob Gould, Consultant and Business Development Lead, Triton Consulting.
John Campbell
Renowned expert in Db2 for z/OS, often referred to as the Db2 Guru. With over 40 years of experience, he has extensive knowledge of systems, databases, and application design.
Skills include: Db2 Distributed Connectivity and Processing, Db2 System Restart/Recovery Db2 Application and Database Design for High Performance and much more.
Damir Wilder
An avid climber who spends his free time scaling heights when he’s not working on client projects or sharing his knowledge of Db2 Pacemaker, HADR and AWS to the technical community.
Skills include: Problem Determination, Cloud Migrations, DB2 LUW Administration and Performance Tuning.
Mark Gillis
Our one and only kilt-wearing, karate-kicking Db2 expert.
With over 30 years of experience in IT (he started at a very young age 😉), Mark has been using Db2 for LUW for more than 20 years. In 2022 Mark was named an IBM Gold Consultant and has been an IBM Champion since 2015.
Skills include: AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, Database Design, Jupyter Notebooks and more.
James Gill
Enjoys spending weekends competing in sailing competitions, often participating in local regattas and club races.
James is Triton’s Head of Modernisation services and has worked with Db2 for z/OS from the early days of version 2.1. As well as Db2, z/OS, Linux on Z and z/VM, he’s also working with clients on DevOps tooling, Openshift on Z and Ansible.
Skills include: OpenShift, Jenkins, Ansible and most things DevOps related.
Learn more from James about Ansible.
Iqbal Goralwalla
Our resident cake lover and Head of Database Services at Triton Consulting.
Iqbal is an IBM Gold Consultant with extensive project support and technical liaison experience within Db2 on LUW environments.
Skills include: Data Strategy and Architecture, HADR, Db2 pureScale and Db2 Education.
Read more about Iqbal and his pureScale updates.
Gareth Copplestone-Jones
A music lover, particularly fond of the 70s, which is evident in his vibrant and unique shirts.
Gareth has a broad and varied experience as a DBA, Systems Programmer, and member of the Db2 for z/OS Development SWAT Team for over 12 years. He is now the Head of Infrastructure Services at Triton Consulting.
Skills include: Configuring Db2 for Resilience and High Availability, Db2 Recovery, Problem Determination, IBM and ISV Db2 Toolsets and more…