Aisha Bowe

Current Company

STEMBoard — Founder & CEO

From Rocket Scientist to Founder

Aisha Bowe spent years as an aerospace engineer at NASA, working on propulsion systems and rocket testing before founding STEMBoard, a technology company providing data engineering, cloud computing, and digital transformation services to federal agencies. Born and raised in Michigan, Aisha Bowe studied aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan, where she was one of few Black women in her program — an experience that later motivated her work in STEM education and accessibility.

STEMBoard serves clients including the Department of Defense, NASA, and other federal agencies, delivering mission-critical data platforms and analytics tools. Under Aisha Bowe's leadership, the company has grown steadily by combining deep technical expertise with the kind of security clearances and compliance knowledge that federal work demands. Bowe's NASA background gives STEMBoard a credibility advantage that few small tech firms can match.

Making STEM Accessible

In addition to STEMBoard, Aisha Bowe founded LINGO, an educational coding and electronics kit designed to make STEM learning accessible to kids who don't have access to expensive robotics programs or coding bootcamps. The product reflects Bowe's belief that the pipeline problem in STEM starts long before college — and that affordable, engaging educational tools can change who sees themselves as a future engineer or scientist.

As a Black woman who went from community college to NASA to founding her own defense technology company, Aisha Bowe's career path challenges every assumption about who gets to build technology companies and who gets left behind. She has become a prominent speaker on STEM diversity and was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list early in her career. Bowe represents the emerging generation of founders who are building businesses while simultaneously working to dismantle the barriers that made their own journeys unnecessarily difficult.