Judith Spitz is the founder and chief executive officer of Break Through Tech, a national initiative on a mission to change the path to power and influence in a tech and AI-enabled world. Break Through Tech’s AI program is the largest of its kind in the nation, working with high-potential undergraduate students from across the country to train, empower, and connect them to influential tech opportunities.
From 2005 to 2016, Spitz was chief information officer at Verizon. Forbes named her to its 2021 50 Over 50 Women of Impact list. Crain’s named her to its 2019 list of Notable Women in Tech. The NY Business Journal listed her as a 2018 Woman of Influence. In 2017, she received the Above & Beyond Award for Outstanding Women in Business from City & State New York. InfoWorld named her a 2009 CTO 25 award winner.
She speaks frequently about gender‑based algorithmic bias and the future of work in an AI‑enabled digital world. Spitz earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University, her master’s degree from Washington University, and her doctorate from the CUNY Graduate Center — all in speech and hearing sciences.