Since 2018, Collibra has presented the Collibra Excellence Awards to customers and partners who are doing the hard, important work of building Data Confidence™. Our awards celebrate organizations with complex data challenges and big ambitions for data and AI — those who have chosen to unify governance across every data source, use case and user, and are reaping the rewards. That includes the technology and services partners who help make it happen: accelerating implementation, extending the platform’s reach and driving the kind of joint innovation that turns trusted data into real competitive advantage. Together, we harness well-understood data to accelerate every data use case, safely and at scale.
Honoring data leaders who set the bar high
Collibra Customer Awards
Unlocking the true value of data takes more than technology; it takes the culture and courage to govern it well. The Collibra Excellence Awards celebrate the data citizens who are doing exactly that: building unified governance foundations that let their people trust, comply and consume data safely, and using that foundation to accelerate every data and AI use case. See below for the customer award categories.
Customer Awards
- Acceleration All-Star
- Adoption Hero
- Collibra Community Champion of the Year
- Collibra Ranger of the Year
- Data Citizen of the Year
- Data Program of the Year
- Trendsetter
About Collibra Customer Awards
Acceleration All-Star
This award honors an organization that started with Collibra after January 2025 and has moved fast. Whether through rapid use case implementation, measurable business impact or strong user adoption, this team didn’t wait to start reaping first-mover benefits. They got their data house in order and accelerated from there.
Adoption Hero
The Collibra Adoption Hero award honors an organization that has done the cultural work, not just the technical work. This team has driven significant user adoption by bringing business and technical users into the fold, making governed data accessible to everyone who needs it, not just the data pros.
Collibra Community Champion of the Year (individual award)
The Community Champion award honors a Collibra Community member who understands that Data Confidence™ is a team sport. This individual goes well beyond their own work to share knowledge, spark discussions and help fellow data professionals navigate their own governance journeys, making the whole community smarter in the process.
Collibra Ranger of the Year (individual award)
The Collibra Ranger of the Year celebrates the certified expert who turns governance knowledge into real business acceleration. This Ranger has led their team in designing and implementing data and AI programs that drive measurable value, proving that governance isn’t a blocker, it’s the foundation for moving faster. Must be a certified Collibra Ranger on or before January 2026.
Data Citizen of the Year (individual award)
The Data Citizen of the Year award honors a visionary leader who drives their organization toward Data Confidence™. This is the person who makes governance feel less like a constraint and more like a competitive advantage, building the culture, the trust, and the foundation that lets their people use data safely and move faster. Whether working directly with data, leading a transformation or fostering a data-driven culture, their impact is felt industry-wide.
Data Program of the Year
The Data Program of the Year celebrates the organization that has done the work to unify governance across their entire data estate, and is now scaling the results. This team has the vision to build a lasting foundation and the ambition to keep accelerating use cases on top of it, powered by the Collibra Platform.
Trendsetter
The Collibra Trendsetter award honors an organization that isn’t waiting for the perfect moment to pursue AI, they’re building the governance foundation now and moving on AI opportunities faster because of it. This team has found a bold new way to leverage the Collibra Platform to achieve faster, better AI use cases. They’re showing their industry what’s possible when you treat governance as the accelerator, not the obstacle.
Successful submissions include
- Describe how the organization or individual is building Data Confidence™, helping their people trust, comply, and consume data safely across the organization
- Explain how their data strategy or individual contributions accelerate data and AI use cases, and how that connects to the specific award goal
- Include any integration or partner involvement that contributed to their unified governance approach
- Provide specific details: organization size, measurable business impact, current user adoption rate, and future data and AI goals. Concrete metrics and ROI are strongly encouraged
- Provide details on how being a Collibra Certified Ranger impacted their current role and career (Ranger of the Year award only)
- Describe how the organization or individual demonstrated leadership in their industry or among peers, including any data-specific events, webinars, speaking engagements or community activities they participated in this year
- Detail the business impact of the program and of Collibra specifically, include metrics, ROI, and any outcomes that show what becomes possible when your people can trust, comply and consume data at scale
