Marlin G. Williams has over 20 years experience as a Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer for two Fortune 500 Organizations, speaker, media contributor, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Technology Entrepreneur. Passionate about diversity, inclusion, and empowering women in tech, Marlin founded Sisters Code. Most recently Marlin was appointed to serve as the Diversity and Inclusion Entrepreneur-In-Residence for TechTown Detroit.

After college, Marlin was an aspiring mortician until she learned to code in seven languages in 13-weeks. In less than a year she emerged as a mainframe programmer developing and maintaining code for the transportation and banking industries. Marlin was ultimately asked to serve as the first Global Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Compuware Corporation and later held the same position at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

During her time as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the City of Detroit, Marlin and her team successfully developed the City’s first e-government initiative and led the collaboration across ten unique agencies to support the technology and infrastructure required for Super Bowl XL.
In 2013, Marlin founded Sisters Code with a simple goal to educate, empower, and entice women ages 25 – 85 to explore the world of coding and technology. Essentially she wanted to “Awaken the Mature Geek.”

As a diversity and inclusion leader Marlin works passionately to bridge the racial and gender gap in technology by engaging organizations and the tech ecosystem in candid conversations related to barriers, unconscious bias, real experiences, and solutions to create an inclusive environment for “untapped” individuals and communities.

Marlin’s speaking and media contributions include Microsoft's International DigiGirlz Program, SXSW, Techonomy, MSNBC, Meeting of the Minds, Tech Week, Yes We Code and WDIV amongst others.