RH

Rashida Hodge

Technology Executive | Artificial Intelligence | Strategic Partnerships | Customer Success | Board Member | Diversity Advocate

Durham, North Carolina

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2021

  • CVP, Azure Data and AI | Customer Success

    2021

    Leading the Customer Success Azure Data and AI Team, focused on helping clients re-imagine their business outcomes with a market leading portfolio.

2023

  • Board Member

    2023

    As a Vista Equity Portfolio Company, Sonatype is the software supply chain management company. Sonatype researchers have analyzed more than 120 million open source components – 40x more than its competitors – and the Sonatype platform has automatically blocked over 145,000 malicious components from entering developers’ code. More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on our tools and guidance to be ambitious, move fast and do it securely.

  • Limited Partner

    2021

    Operator Collective brings together as limited partners 100+ of tech’s most sought-after operators, investors, and founders from diverse backgrounds to invest in and accelerate the next generation of enterprise tech.

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    Neotribe is led by a team of serial entrepreneurs with a track record of building highly successful companies and investing in bold new ideas. Our passion lies in helping founders to usher in the next wave of transformative technology

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Serves girls ages 6-18 at more than 1,500 sites in 350 cities across the US and Canada. Research-based programming is delivered by trained professionals who focus on the development of the whole girl, supporting, mentoring, and guiding girls in an affirming, pro-girl environment. | https://girlsinc.org/

2020 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2020 - 2022

    Misty, Sphero spinoff, provides a new world of opportunities with robots for business, personal, research and educational use. Purpose-built for developers, has the tools and docs you need to easily build skills, and is readily extensible via third-party APIs, hardware modifications, and additional sensors. Key investors include: Foundry Group and Venrock Partners.

2001 - 2020

  • Global VP, North America Go-to-Market | Global Markets

    2019 - 2020

    Leading $2-3B P&L for one of IBM’s largest segment sales go-to-market teams, selling hardware, software, consulting and cloud technology services; and tasked with reinventing the IBM client footprint with AI, Cloud and Emerging Technology.

  • VP, Strategic Partnerships and Product Management | Watson AI

    2017 - 2018

    I defined the go-to-market and product strategy for Watson partnerships from inception, driving strategy, development and delivery of AI solutions with partners like Salesforce, Box and Workday, which leveraged IBM Watson AI capabilities to embed Watson and add functionality to their products and value for their clients.

  • Director, Client Delivery Technical Professional Services | Watson AI

    2014 - 2017

    After Watson was launched, I established and scaled a world-class AI professional services delivery organization to develop, architect and implement complex Watson AI solutions.

  • COO and Chief of Staff to IBM Senior VP | Watson AI

    2013 - 2014

    Selected to serve as the operational leader for SVP, Mike Rhodin, responsible for more than 50% of IBM’s software business, key software acquisitions and emerging technologies, including Watson AI.

  • Strategy and Business Development Executive | Integrated Supply Chain

    2012 - 2013

    I led the development of a global 2020 Supply Chain Strategy, looking 8 years into the future to plan a data and analytics-driven intelligent supply chain for a multi-tiered ecosystem.

  • Europe Business Leader | Technical Support Services

    2008 - 2011

    Relocating to Bratislava, Slovakia, I led a large global organization and drove the operational support of Maintenance Service contracts for IBM Europe and Africa.

  • Sales Operations Manager | Pre-Sales and Go-to-Market

    2006 - 2008

    I led the operational management of a startup organization providing pre-sales and technical support to sales.

  • Supply Chain Leadership Program

    2004 - 2006

    Selected for the Supply Chain Leadership Program to drive change and help transform the company’s supply chain.

  • IBM Development and Research Program Manager

    2001 - 2004

    My first role at IBM was leading joint development and research projects.