Virginia Rometty on P-TECH expansion
From Innovation and Inclusivity: IBM's Ginni Rometty and P-TECH's Rashid Davis in CNBC Inclusion Forum · · CNBC Events
“we are at we were at 220 schools around the world a pipeline of about 150 000 kids but we now in that 220 we're taking the number of u.s schools doubling them so we'll be at 300 schools around the world double the number in the united states and it'll be a pipeline of then 250 000 kids coming through these schools so the news is that we are doubling the p-tech schools in the united states”
On , Virginia Rometty, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at IBM, spoke about P-TECH expansion during Innovation and Inclusivity: IBM's Ginni Rometty and P-TECH's Rashid Davis in CNBC Inclusion Forum on CNBC Events.
About Virginia Rometty
Ginni Rometty, former Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM, has been speaking about leadership, artificial intelligence, and workforce development. In a 2023 SXSW conversation, she discussed her book "Good Power," which outlines five principles for using power positively. She described her personal background, including her mother's return to community college after her father left the family, as shaping her belief that "no matter how bad it gets there is always a Way Forward." Rometty advocated for a "skills first" movement in hiring, stating that "half the jobs in our country are over credentialed" and that IBM had hired 100,000 people in two years under that approach. She also reiterated her view that AI should "augment Humanity" and be built with "principles of trust and transparency." Earlier in her tenure, Rometty frequently described data as "the world's new natural resource" and argued that cognitive AI would impact every decision within five years. She promoted IBM's "Watson" platform as a tool for domains like healthcare and education, emphasizing that AI systems must be transparent and trained on unbiased data to avoid perpetuating historical biases. Rometty also spoke about the importance of corporate social responsibility, citing an IBM program that grew from a single school partnership to 300 high schools and 150,000 students globally. She has called for public policies that support data movement, skills upgrading, and investment in research, and has stated that companies must balance the interests of customers, shareholders, and communities.