Bill Higgins is VP of IBM’s AI for Developers efforts, Chair of IBM’s internal technical community, the IBM Open Innovation Community, and co-executive sponsor of IBM’s Developer Profession. Bill has worked at IBM and in the tech industry since 2001, he has a strong track record for achieving good outcomes in terms of both helping to create new platforms (like watsonx) and transforming culture at scale. He lives in Raleigh NC with his beloved wife, three kids, one mother-in-law, and two doggies.