Inspiring AI's Future Leaders: A Discussion With Rashida Hodge

It is certainly an understatement to say that Rashida Hodge is an inspiration. A tenacious, 18-year tech exec, Hodge has forged an impressive career centered on exploration, expanding representation, and philanthropy. In her current role at IBM, Hodge leads product integration of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies for key IBM clients in North America. Hodge's story will certainly motivate anyone who has the pleasure of meeting her but may be especially useful to women and people of color looking to begin a career in STEM. After our powerful discussion, it became clear that the natural choice was to let Hodge's story be told in her own, kind and confident voice. We began our conversation by discussing Hodge's childhood and early career, during which she explained how family support propelled her towards a love for and career in engineering.