In the early IBM team, that was a racially diverse team, a gender-diverse team.

Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.

I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.

There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea.

I discovered my path to independence through technology as well as the potential for a global lifeline for trans people around the world who were looking for the same.

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. Social Media was writing letters, making phone calls, beating the bushes.

I've always been fascinated with the juxtaposition of technology in music, not only in recording, but in the keyboard. It's amazing the way you can apply technology to an art form.

Technology is advancing at breakneck speed, upending old ways of doing business and resetting the social contract between employers and employees.