Valinda Kennedy

About Valinda Kennedy

Valinda is the IBM SkillsBuild Academic Specialty Programs Manager focused on increasing awareness and adoption of the no-charge academic programs: IBM SkillsBuild for faculty & students, the IBM SkillsBuild for Academia providing integrated curriculum including faculty training, industry built and maintained curriculum, hands on labs with exams or quizzes, IBM SkillsBuild University Awards and University Guest Lectures. These programs are focused on addressing the skills gaps in hot areas including: cyber security intelligence, artificial intelligence, data science, cloud computing and more.

Experience

1. Ibm Skillsbuild Midwest & Southeast Program Manager

   IBM

   Jan 2026 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Working with Higher Education leader to use IBM resources for free to teaching, learning and non-commercial research

Education

• West Virginia State University

  BS, Applied Mathematics

  1983 — 1987

• Bramwell High School

  Graduate

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• Strategic Partnerships
• Pre-Sales
• Solution Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Outsourcing
• Professional Services
• Sales Enablement
• Vendor Management
• Saas
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Outsourcing
• Integration
• Solution Selling
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Analysis
• Partner Management
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Crm
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• IT Service Management
• Program Management
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence
• IT Strategy
• Data Center
• Cloud Computing
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Big Data
• Team Leadership
• Storage
• Consulting