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Judith Spitz, Ph.D.

Break Through Tech Founder and CEO at Cornell Tech

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Overview

Judith Spitz holds a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from The Graduate Center, City University of New York [10], along with a Master of Science in Speech and Language Communications from Washington University in St. Louis [11] and a Bachelor's degree in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University [12]. Spitz served as Chief Information Officer at Verizon from October 1986 to December 2016 [8] and founded Break Through Tech in January 2016 [3]. Since January 2020, Spitz has held the position of Break Through Tech Founder and CEO at Cornell Tech [4], having previously served as Founding Program Director of the Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship in New York Initiative at Cornell Tech from January 2016 to January 2020 [5]. Spitz has also served as Director at Noodle since August 2022 [6].

Profile introduction
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I’m passionate about driving systemic change in the tech ecosystem by redesigning the pathways to power and influence in our tech and AI-enabled world. At Break Through Tech, we’ve built the capability to democratize access to advanced technical fields, like AI, so that anyone and everyone with the talent, potential and passion to change our world for the better - can not only participate in but can lead and define what the future looks like for all of us. In 2015, as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Verizon, it was clear to me that more than half of the available talent pool was being le…

Career history

  1. Founder and CEOJan 2016 to presentBreak Through Tech
  2. Break Through Tech Founder and CEOJan 2020 to presentCornell Tech
  3. Women in Technology and Entrepreneurship in New York Initiative (WiTNY) Founding Program DirectorJan 2016 to Jan 2020Cornell Tech
  4. DirectorAug 2022 to presentNoodle
  5. AdvisorJan 2019 to Jan 2022ASAPP
  6. Chief Information OfficerOct 1986 to Dec 2016Verizon
  7. Research Associate and Adjunct ProfessorSep 1980 to Sep 1986The City University of New York

Education

  1. Ph.D., Speech and Hearing Sciences at The Graduate CenterSep 1979 - Dec 1983City University of New York
  2. WUMaster of Science (MS), Speech and Language Communications1976 - 1978Washington University in St. Louis
  3. Bachelor's Degree, Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist1972 - 1976Boston University

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