Florence D. Hudson is Founder & CEO of FDHint, LLC, an advanced technology and diversity & inclusion consultancy. Her advanced technology expertise includes artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, connected healthcare, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, and smart cities. Formerly IBM Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Internet2 Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, and an aerospace engineer at Grumman and NASA, she is Special Advisor for the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at Indiana University, and Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University. Hudson had more than 33 years in leadership positions at IBM, including director of Internet of Things Business Development, vice president and director in Corporate Strategy, vice president in the Systems and Technology Group, and vice president and acting chief technology officer of the IBM Global Industrial Sector. Hudson spent a year as executive-on-loan and IBM vice president of strategic planning for the Society of Women Engineers where she developed new programs to inspire girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics worldwide. Prior to her numerous leadership roles at IBM, Hudson worked for Hewlett-Packard, Grumman Corporation and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she worked on projects including solar power satellites, the space shuttle program and future missions around Jupiter. Hudson has lectured widely on many topics, including a TEDx talk regarding energy and the environment in 2012, as well as at Advanced Energy Conferences, Princeton, Columbia and Harvard Universities, and in many countries including China, South Korea, Vietnam, Spain, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Trinidad.She serves on Boards for Princeton University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Stony Brook University, and Union County College. She is co-founder of IEEE-ISTO Blockchain in Healthcare Global, and on the Editorial Board for Blockchain in Healthcare Today. She holds a B.S.E. from Princeton University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and attended executive education at Harvard Business School and Columbia University.