Be Equal

Pan-Asian

IBM is committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where Asian talent can thrive and be authentically themselves

Be Outspoken

Christina Altomare

“I am democratizing AI by helping it to better embrace the diversity in human languages and culture, including my own.”

Christina Altomare
Global Marketing Leader, IBM

Be Outspoken

Renjith V P

“What truly prevents you from falling into a habit is constant learning, and working here has proved this to me with new and exciting challenges”

Renjith V P
Content Specialist

Features

Podcast: Thriving through allyship
IBMers share personal and powerful stories that invite us to reflect about how our names play an essential role in our identities

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Features

Blog: Life at IBM
Varun Gupta shares his experience as an Asian American IBMer of Indian origin, and some tips on how we can all take the first steps to allyship

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Features

IBM and Ascend
IBM is proud to join the Action Agenda with Ascend Pan-Asian Leaders & 90+ companies in addressing the adverse impacts of COVID-19 & standing with all vulnerable communities

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Features

IBM India builds AI community with startups

Features

Video: Exceptional IBMers
Since its early days, IBM has been home to many notable Pan-Asian innovators, including Nobel laureate Leo Esaki, who won the Physics Nobel prize in 1973 for electron tunneling in semiconductors

Numbers

  • 54%

    of Asian immigrants aged 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher

  • 24M

    people in the US have full or partial Asian heritage

  • 13%

    of the US workforce are of Asian heritage yet fill only 6% of executive roles¹
¹Pew Research Center

Community

Meet Pan-Asian community members paving the way at IBM.

Bianca

Meet Bianca, who helps companies save time by automating tedious tasks

Kristie Curameng Bradford

Kristie Curameng Bradford, a second-generation Filipino American, talks about her passion for serving her community

Associations

We’re teaming with external organizations devoted to making a difference, leveraging research and offering resources to our employees

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP)

Ascend

Asian American Business Development Center

Perspectives

IBM and IBMers stand with the Pan-Asian community and call for change to ensure equality

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Reskilling China

Chinese leaders use workplace skills to redefine business and industry

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Upskilling India

Higher education plays a key role to close a growing cross-industry skill gap

Resources

Learn from established organizations about how to get involved and take action.

IBM SkillsBuild

A free education program focused on underrepresented communities in technology

IBV report: Asian American inclusion in the workplace

Asian American professionals report on the on-the-job obstacles they face

Asian American workers: Diverse outcomes and hidden challenges

An executive briefing from McKinsey and Co. on the hidden challenges Asian Americans often face at work

Ascend API Equity Research

Ascend leverages the power of research, thought leadership and development to advance API equity in the corporate sector and beyond

IBM Tech Re-Entry Program (India)

People experiencing an exhibit of the Second generation computer IBM 1401

The #StayAlertStaySmart

The #StayAlertStaySmart blog series helps candidates identify and counteract job scams

Champion diversity

Every one of us is a complex combination of diverse characteristics. Learn more about other communities and embrace all aspects of identity.

Pivotal moments

1971

First Asian executive,
Robert Howell, Boca Raton.

Pivotal moments

2011

IBM ranked most preferred employer by engineering students in India (Firstnaukri.com survey) and students in Singapore (Penn Olson survey).