Shelmina is the founder and CEO of Show Your Worth.ai, a renowned global keynote speaker, gender equality advocate, TedX speaker, former IBM Vice President, angel investor, philanthropist and a distinguished alumni.
She started with humble beginnings in Tanzania and went from being first in her family to graduate college to becoming one of the highest ranking women of color at IBM while raising her two children as a single mother since they were 2 and 4.
She started her career as a Software Engineer and moved to sales and sales leadership. She has led global teams and delivered over $1B in revenues annually while consistently maintaining high client satisfaction as well as team morale.
She was responsible for hiring, promoting and compensating thousands of professionals.
She has mentored professionals at every level of their career.
She has delivered keynotes at Grace Hopper conference, Google, NASA, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, IBM, T-Mobile, Discover Financial Services, American Express, Deltek, Expedia, Boeing, Edward Jones, Assurant, Avalara, Fitch Ratings, Black Women in STEM, Ascend leadership convention, Harvard University and others.