Challenger Champions
We love to celebrate the success of IFS customers. And recognizing that behind every success are people with their own unique stories, the Challenger Champions initiative was born.
The Challenger Champions are an amazing set of individuals within the IFS customer community who are challenging the status quo in the quest to achieve great things.
They are catalysts of change and they think in new and innovative ways, in order to make a difference and have a real impact for the businesses they are part of.
This is their story.
Charles Nshimiyimana
Inventory Manager – EDCL
Charles' company is responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Rwanda.
"I feel proud when I hear my colleagues telling me how IFS makes their work much easier."
Zainab Abbas
Director – Investment & Projects, Akbar Brothers
Zainab and her colleagues work at the world's leading exporter of Ceylon tea and use IFS solutions extensively in their operations to gain a competitive advantage and improve business processes.
"Being a Challenger is about creating a simple solution to a complex problem."
Jodie Hatch
Chief Technology Officer – Resolute Mining
Jodie's team has implemented IFS solutions to operate in innovative ways using a collaborative approach. As a result, the entire operation with its dispersed geographical locations run on a single platform.
"It is never just about the technology."
Bjarte Haugland
Area Head IM&IT – Apply
Bjarte leads ten developers and four project managers all working with IFS Applications. He likes challenging the norms and feels it’s due to the success the business has had running IFS solutions that he has been nominated as a Challenger Champion.
“Being a challenger means always looking for new ways to improve what you do.”
Marie Sköldenborg
IFS Applications Coordinator – Floatel
Marie feels proud of what she has built up when she sees IFS Lobbies on the computer screens at work and wants her colleagues to feel as though IFS Applications is their friend. She loves change and is always thinking of ways to improve and challenge what Floatel colleagues are working.
“I think anyone can be a Challenger, it’s a mindset.”
The Challenger Champions Initiative
Oliver Pilgerstorfer – CMO, IFS
IFS’s CMO Oliver explains the reasoning behind the Challenger Champions program and states why it’s important to celebrate the stories of those that are challenging the status quo within business.
Read more about our Champions
Challenger Champions: celebrating the people within our customers who do things differently and have an impact
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Putting IFS to the test—for the benefit of all customers: Getting to know IFS Challenger Champion Lovisa Tholerus Sondén, Ingram Micro Mobility
Speaking with Lovisa Tholerus Sondén, ERP and Finance Systems Manager at long-standing IFS customer Ingram Micro Mobility, for just a short while, I was immediately struck by the passion she has for her work.
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Always try to fix what isn’t broken: How skepticism helps Pawel Ceglarz bring value to IFS customer Shawcor
When I recently caught up with Pawel over the phone, I had not only learned that Shawcor, the global energy services company, had successfully deployed IFS Applications 10, but that Pawel might also just be the very epitome of a Challenger Champion.
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