Founder & CEO
Speaker
Author
Board Member
Philanthropist
Shelmina Abji
Founder & CEO
Speaker
Author
Board Member
Philanthropist
About
Shelmina Abji
Shelmina is the Founder and CEO of Show Your Worth.ai. She is the best selling author of Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work, 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.
Bestselling Author of
Show Your Worth
Founder & CEO of
ShowYourWorth.ai
International
Keynote Speaker
A Philanthropist making a
Global Impact
Shelmina and her husband funded Amahoro secondary school in Mgraraganza village of Tanzania in 2012. Today 500+ children from 7 remote villages attend the school. Shelmina provides scholarships to young women from Amahoro to attend college upon graduation. They also funded an early childhood education center in Kanungu, Uganda.
Mgraraganza Village, Tanzania
Experienced Board Member
