Putting Diversity To Work In Data Science

Our company is celebrating the second anniversary of one of our most successful programs, the IBM Data Science Elite Team. Since its launch, the team has grown from only five data scientists serving a few clients to nearly 100 members and more than 130 clients around the world.

These elite data scientists form small teams that work directly with companies to help push their first AI models into production. Since the program started in early 2018, we’ve helped more than 100 companies kick-start their AI efforts in a range of industries, including JPMorgan Chase, Lufthansa and Siemens. We’re proud to often hear happy clients say things like, “How did you put this team together? They’re awesome!”

But you know what makes us just as proud? When clients comment admiringly on the diverse makeup of our elite team.

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About the Author: DrStefanieKJohnson

Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities, with the goal of finding ways to mitigate those biases. Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN. Stefanie lives in the Boulder Bubble in Colorado with her Biology Professor husband, two young kiddos, and two old kitties.