Shelmina Babai Abji
Former IBM executive and author
Shelmina Babai Abji is a former IBM Vice President turned speaker, mentor and author. She wrote Show Your Worth and leads ShowYourWorthAI.
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About Shelmina Babai Abji
Shelmina Babai Abji was the first in her family to graduate college. She went on to become a Vice President at IBM, among the most senior women of color there, while raising her two children as a single mother. Her career spans more than thirty years, including executive positions at large multinational companies. Barriers at work led her to underestimate her own worth, until support from others and her own determination helped her find strategies to move up. While her corporate career was at its height, she chose to leave her role and help others succeed. Since then she has mentored hundreds of women, spoken up for gender and racial equality in leadership, and written Show Your Worth. She is CEO of ShowYourWorthAI, and her degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics come from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.