Rashida Hodge is a distinguished technologist and executive leader at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies.

Hodge currently serves as the Vice President of Customer Success at Azure Data and AI at Microsoft where she leads the global commercial business, driving data-driven digital transformation through a connected and differentiated customer experience.

She previously spent 18 years at IBM in the Watson business unit, helping to commercialize AI and implement groundbreaking technology solutions. She was named Fortune’s 40 Under 40 in Technology in 2020 and received the NC Tech Woman of the Year award in 2021.

She serves on the Board of Directors for Sonatype where she continues to influence the field of software supply chain management and AI governance.