Monique Morrow

Monique Morrow is a Swiss-American business woman, technology engineer and entrepreneur. She is president and co-founder of the Humanized Internet, a nonprofit focused on providing individuals, especially those most underserved, with a digital identity and the power to control their identity. She was previously Senior Distinguished Architect of Emerging Technologies at Syniverse, and CTO and Evangelist of New Frontiers Development and Engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc. She sits on a number of advisory boards, is recognized as an influential tech leader and has 17 patents related to digitalization, networks, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, and the safe handling of data.

Monique Morrow
NationalitySwiss-American
Alma materGolden Gate University (Master's)
University of Nicosia (Master's)
City University of Seattle (MBA)
San Jose University (Bachelor of Arts)
University of Southern California (Graduate Certificate)
University of Paris
OccupationIndependent board member for Hedera
Websitehttps://www.moniquemorrow.com/

Education

Morrow holds a master's degree in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University,[1] a master’s in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency from Nicosia University,[2] an MBA from City University of Seattle (Zurich, Switzerland Program) and a BA in French from San Jose University.[3] She holds a Graduate Certificate in Information Systems from the University of Southern California and a Diploma of Higher Studies from the University of Paris Sorbonne.[1]

Career

Morrow began her career in 1982 as a network engineer at Advanced Micro Devices.[3] From 1990 to 1994, she worked as a network engineer at Ascom Hasler. From 1994 to 2000, she was a network design engineer at Swisscom. She later joined Syniverse and became Senior Distinguished Architect of Emerging Technologies.[2]

Morrow worked at Cisco Systems Inc. for seventeen years, eventually being promoted to CTO and Evangelist of New Frontiers Development and Engineering where she led the exploration economics, technology, and research.[4]

The Humanized Internet

Since 2017, Morrow has been the President and co-founder of a non-profit organization, The Humanized Internet.[1][5] The nonprofit uses technology to build verifiable identities for the more than a billion people in the world who do not have one, including those displaced by war and famine.[6][1] The focus is not only on creating these identities, but on giving each person secure, sovereign control over their digital identity.[5] The organization was named Tech Non-Profit Organization of the Year (Global) in BWM’s 2018 Brand of the Year Awards.[7]

Boards and other work

Morrow is a venture partner at Sparklabs Accelerator for Cybersecurity and Blockchain, and advises tech companies and organizations.[3] She is one of the independent board members for Hedera and served as a Chair for GSMA-DLT Group, a working group that consists of mobile carriers and solution providers that are focused to create standards for Distributed Ledger Technology.[8] Morrow helped launch the Women in Standardization Expert Group for ITU and is an Associate Researcher at the Humboldt University’s Institute of Internet and Society.[9] She is co-chair of the IEEE Ethics in AI and Autonomous Systems Mixed Reality Committee and chair of the IEEEP7030 and IEEE7016 working groups.[10][11]

Patents

Morrow holds a number of American (USPTO) patents related to digitalization, networks, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, and the safe handling of data.[12]

Publications

Books

  • Internet of Women: Accelerating Culture Change[13][4]
  • The Humanized Internet [14][15]
  • MPLS VPN Security[16]
  • MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization [17]
  • Intercloud: Solving Interoperability and Communication in a Cloud of Clouds[18]
  • Developing IP-Based Services: Solutions for Service Providers and Vendors [19]

Research Papers, Articles, and other Publications

  • The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Extended Reality (XR) Report: Metaverse and its Governance[20]
  • Governance of Sustainability The Role of the Board of Directors and Management in Sustainable Value Creation[21]
  • GMPLS: The Promise of the Next Generation Optical Control Plane[22]
  • Internet of Things: Architectural Framework for eHealth Security[23]

Awards

  • 100 Women in Tech Leaders to Watch in 2022, WomenTech Network[9]
  • Global Technology Leadership Award 2020, WomenTech Global Awards[24]
  • 100 Most Influential People in Identity (2019) by OneWorldIdentity[7]
  • The World's Top 50 Women in Tech 2018[1]
  • Top Digital Shapers 2018 in Switzerland [7]
  • 2017 laureate from the Committee for the Henley & Partners Global Citizen Award[1]
  • Top 50 EMEA Influencers in Data Center and Cloud (2017) [7]
  • Business Worldwide Magazine's 2016 Visionary of the Year (Technology, Social Change and Ethics) and 2016 Social Media Champion of the Year[25]
  • Top 100 Chief Information Officer for 2016[9]
  • “Top 10 Women in Cloud” Innovations Award, CloudNOW, 2016[4]
  • AI's Social Media Presence of the Year 2016[26]
  • 10 Women in Networking/Communications You Should Know[27]
  • Top 10 Influential IT Women in Europe[28]
  • 2015 Women of M2M/IoT[29]
  • 2014 GEM-TECH Award (now the EQUALS in Tech Awards)[28]

References

  1. "Monique Morrow". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  2. "Heeding the call for women in technology careers | Provided by City University of Seattle". The Seattle Times. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. "Monique Morrow". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. "What is the 'humanized internet' and freedom-as-a-service? | #theCUBE". SiliconANGLE. 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  5. "Harnessing the web for humanity". CERN Courier. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  6. "Over one billion people worldwide have no identification – blockchain as proof of identity?". Lampoon.
  7. "Women Know Cyber" (PDF). Cybersecurityvensures.com.
  8. "Distributed Ledger Technology Group". Working Groups. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  9. Radulovski, Anna. "100 Influential Women in Tech to Follow in 2022". Women in Tech Network. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  10. "IEEE Standards Association". IEEE Standards Association. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  11. "IEEE P7030 Working Group". sagroups.ieee.org. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  12. "Monique Jeanne Morrow Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  13. Nada, Anid; Laurie, Cantileno; Morrow, Monique J.; Zafar, Rahilla (2016-09-09). The Internet of Women: Accelerating Culture Change. River Publishers. ISBN 978-87-93379-68-8.
  14. Alfawakheeri, Akram; Kovarski, Mark; Morrow, Monique J.; Greenberg, Ann; Kumar, Adithya; Gasteiger, Daniel; Hughes, Frances (2023-08-30). The Humanized Internet. River Publishers. ISBN 978-87-7022-032-3.
  15. "Harnessing the web for humanity". CERN Courier. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  16. "MPLS VPN Security | Cisco Press". www.ciscopress.com. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  17. "MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization | Cisco Press". www.ciscopress.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  18. "Intercloud: Solving Interoperability and Communication in a Cloud of Clouds | Cisco Press". www.ciscopress.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  19. "Developing IP-Based Services". ScienceDirect. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  20. "THE IEEE GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON ETHICS OFEXTENDED REALITY (XR) REPORT" (PDF). standards.ieee.org.
  21. "Hilb, Governance of Sustainability". issuu. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  22. "GMPLS: the promise of the next-generation optical control plane". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  23. "Internet of Things: Architectural Framework for eHealth Security". Research Gate.
  24. Radulovski, Anna. "Women in Tech Global Technology Leadership Award 2020". Women in Tech Network. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  25. "GLOBAL CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 | Business & Corporate News". 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  26. "AI Magazine October 2016 by AI Global Media - Issuu". issuu.com. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  27. "TEDxAUK | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  28. EQUALS (2017-11-20). "Catching up with women in tech "Global Achiever" award-winner Monique Morrow". equals. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  29. Corner, Speakers. "Monique Morrow - Keynote Speakers | Speakers Corner". www.speakerscorner.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
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