Paula Ichniowski, IBM Principal Data and AI Sales Leader in the Southeast, joins for a walk through her impressive career at IBM that spans from her time as a software developer writing ADA code for air traffic control systems to being a sales leader today.

This episode of CTRL ALT STORY touches on the following topics:

• Her career journey that includes working under 5 different IBM CEOs, moving to Lockheed Martin and back, and having 25 years of experience with sales
• IBM’s Data and AI platform, watsonx, which includes an AI studio, tools for governing your models, and a fit for purpose data lakehouse to support AI scalability.
• How watsonx Code Assistant increases productivity, optimizes legacy code such as COBOL, and provides the ability to convert it to a more modern language like Java
• The history and evolution of AI including the Programming Languages - Prolog and Lisp
• Her passions outside of work that include a desire to work with the elderly, being an amateur pastry chef, and even making biscuits for her own dogs
• Another passion to support high school girls who want to get into STEM
• The history of Paula’s Friday Five
• Using watsonx to create posts for LinkedIn
• IBM’s client zero story - How IBM achieved 1.5 billion in savings in one year
• IBM’s ethical approach to AI for business
• Tips for starting a career in technology and how generative AI can help

Your host is Josh Spurgin and I’m a watsonx Technical Specialist at IBM. I can also be found under the name Data Nerd Josh on various social media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn. My website is www.DataNerdJosh.com

CTRL ALT STORY is a new technology podcast / career podcast where I have conversations with people who work in and with technology, go through their career journeys, dive into career advice, and even share some fun stories along the way. If you're interested in being a guest, just let me know!

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