Rashida Hodge, Microsoft CVP on Azure Data & AI Customer Success

Rashida Hodge is Corporate Vice President of Azure Data & AI Customer Success at Microsoft, leading global efforts to scale AI-driven enterprise transformation and customer value. A 20-year veteran of IBM, she served as Global VP in Watson AI, launching commercial partnerships with firms like Salesforce and Workday. Today she brings that expertise to the board room as a director at Sonatype and Regal Rexnord, and supports deep‑tech startups as a Limited Partner at Neotribe and Operator Collective—all backed by an Industrial Engineering degree (BS/MS, NC State) and an MBA from Duke Fuqua School of Business.Topics:

• Enterprise AI rollouts: from pilot to global scale
• Strategic AI partnerships: startups & tech giants
• AI-executives shaping enterprise board strategy

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