Dr. Jamika Burge
CEO, blackcomputeHER.org
Jamika D. Burge, PhD is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and executive leader who drives business impact by solving problems at the intersection of design, technology, and research. With over 15 years of strategic research and program leadership experience across academic, corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors, she brings a rare combination of technical depth, organizational scale, and human-centered design expertise to every engagement.
Dr. Burge has managed programs and research portfolios at budgets exceeding $70M, led cross-functional teams of 200+ across Fortune 100 and federal government environments, and raised over $2M in grants and philanthropic capital for mission-driven initiatives. She is a nationally recognized authority on AI/ML experience design, HCI, and inclusive computing, and serves as an advisor to federal agencies, universities, and technology companies. She currently serves as AI Research & Cyber Scholar at Spelman College, as CEO of blackcomputeHER.org (nonprofit), and as Founder and Principal of Design & Technology Concepts, LLC. Her acquisition thesis applies her proprietary UX Debt methodology — developed across a career in applied HCI research — to identify and modernize established B2B businesses whose underlying profitability and market position are strong but whose internal systems have not kept pace with available technology.
Dr. Burge has managed programs and research portfolios at budgets exceeding $70M, led cross-functional teams of 200+ across Fortune 100 and federal government environments, and raised over $2M in grants and philanthropic capital for mission-driven initiatives. She is a nationally recognized authority on AI/ML experience design, HCI, and inclusive computing, and serves as an advisor to federal agencies, universities, and technology companies. She currently serves as AI Research & Cyber Scholar at Spelman College, as CEO of blackcomputeHER.org (nonprofit), and as Founder and Principal of Design & Technology Concepts, LLC. Her acquisition thesis applies her proprietary UX Debt methodology — developed across a career in applied HCI research — to identify and modernize established B2B businesses whose underlying profitability and market position are strong but whose internal systems have not kept pace with available technology.
