Collibra, the leader in unified governance for data and AI, today announced the recipients of its annual Collibra Excellence Awards. These awards recognize teams and individuals from leading global organizations who have partnered with Collibra to accelerate data use cases safely and with well-understood data. Since 2018, the Collibra Excellence Awards have celebrated those who leverage the Collibra Platform to harness trusted, accessible data, driving powerful insights and building data confidence throughout their organizations.
Learn more about each of the winners and their stories.
Winners of the 2025 Collibra Excellence Awards are:
Data Program of the Year: McDonald’s Corporation
The Data Program of the Year award celebrates the best data transformation program, demonstrating vision and ambition to drive business value.
Data Citizen of the Year: Jacqueline Paneque, TE Connectivity
The Data Citizen of the Year award honors a visionary leader driving organizational change and business impact through Data Confidence.
Collibra Ranger of the Year: Teresa Gustavson, American Century Investments
The Collibra Ranger of the Year award celebrates the Collibra Ranger who has led their organization in designing and implementing data and AI programs that drive real business value.
Collibra Community Champion of the Year: Grant Rollerson, Suncorp
The Collibra Community Champion of the Year award honors a Community member who demonstrates a spirit of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and peer support within the Community.
Acceleration All-Star: Emirates Group
The Acceleration All-Star award recognizes an organization that has rapidly achieved significant results in a data transformation initiative by leveraging best practices and creative methodologies.
Trendsetter: American Century Investments
The Trendsetter award honors an organization leading a unique data initiative or leveraging the Collibra platform in an innovative way.
Adoption Hero: VDAB
The Adoption Hero award recognizes a data transformation initiative that has achieved significant user adoption through best practices and innovative approaches.
About Collibra
Collibra is the enterprise AI control plane. Built over eighteen years of ontology engineering, it governs context and control across any data, any model and any agent for AI leaders who need certainty at the speed of AI. A 5x Forrester Wave Leader and 2x Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader, Collibra serves more than 700 customers, including 78 of the Fortune 500, and governs more than 2 billion assets. To learn more, visit collibra.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.
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