Monique Jeanne Morrow | Girls In ICT

Contact

email: mmorrow@cisco.com

School and Degree Awarded

City University of Seattle MBA 1994 – 1996, City University-Seattle Zurich, Switzerland Program

Golden Gate University M.S, Telecommunications Management 1984 – 1988

University of Southern California Grad Certificate, in Information Systems-Decision Support Systems 1983 – 1984 Graduate Certificate in Information Systems, focus on Decision Support Systems

San Jose State University B.A, French, European History 1979 – 1980, Activities and Societies: Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi

Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV) Diplome Sup, French; Geography; 1978 – 1979 Diplome d’Etudes Superieures de la Civilisation Francaise, L’Universite de Paris- Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1979.

Previously held position(s)

Monique has held various positions from Network Engineer, IP Engineering Manager to Service Provider CTO

Swisscom; Ascom Hasler; Advanced Micro Devices

Monique Jeanne Morrow

CTO Cisco Services

Cisco

http://www.cisco.com

Monique continues to move the needle both at Cisco and in the industry.

Monique has been recognized at Top Ten Influential IT Women in Europe 2014:

http://www.think-progress.com/nordic/en/business-insight/top-ten-influential-women-europe/

Monique is one of 6 Global Achievers recognized for the ITU and UN Women 2014 GEM-TECH Award:

http://www.itu.int/en/action/women/gem/Pages/achievers.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Cdg6l4cYU

Monique is the 2014 IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering Clementina Saduwa Award Recipient.

http://www.ieeer8.org/member-activities/women-in-engineering/clementina-saduwa-award-2014-winner/

Monique IEEE Young Professionals Webinar on “Why Engineering Matters for Women”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JWXZK79HeA

Monique on Women ROCK IT Series

http://www.cisco.com/web/SG/partners/emails/woman_rock_it.html

Monique at New Your Institute of Technology [NYIT] 21st Century Leader Series

http://www.nyit.edu/index.php/engineering/announcements/cisco_services_cto_welcomed_by_a_full-house_at_nyit/

Monique on Innovation:

http://newsroom.cisco.com/video-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1123490

Digital EU Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbacL_0KnI

ITU-T Interview:

https://itunews.itu.int/En/3028-Interview-with-Monique-Jeanne-Morrow.note.aspx

http://www.telecomtv.com/groupdetail_videoDetail.aspx?v=4144&id=ef454a12-4591-45b7-89fb-f8ca5b3932d7

Monique is passionate about Girls in ICT and has been active at the ITU on this topic and presented at the EU Parliament on April 25 2013 as an advocate for Cisco and our company’s CTSO, Padmasree Warrior.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/monique-morrow/

http://www.cio.co.uk/news/workforce-development/technology-must-shed-uncool-image-attract-more-women/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbacL_0KnI

Monique is on the Strategic Advisory Board for the School of Computer Science at North Carolina State University.

https://www.csc.ncsu.edu/directories/sab/76

What would you say are the most challenging and the most satisfying aspects of your work?

The sky is the limit for me; and I have the opportunity to shape my platform for technology development mapped to standards engagement and business opportunities globally.

I tend to see potential inflection points quickly ;and, agility in execution can be a challenge especially in large companies with implications that it is absolutely essential to ground your stakeholders as to avoid frustration, an art in diplomacy!

What qualifications or certifications did you attain in order to reach your professional goals?

I was one of the first women globally to have attained a Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert [CCIE] Certification, http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/index.html [December 1995] and re-certified twice thereafter .

Additionally, taking on high risk projects have been pivotal to my success. I once stated:

"If you do not toot your own horn, someone will use it as a spitoon" and to have the courage to be the change agent.!

See:

http://ghcbloggers.blogspot.com/2008/10/transforming-yourself-into-technical.html

If there is one message you would like to convey to young women to encourage them to consider a profession in the ICT sector, what would it be?

This is YOUR time and the field of ICT is exciting especially for young women; YOU CAN SHAPE THE WORLD DO YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO DO SO?

On line bio/story

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/careers/get_inspired/it-career-profi...

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-1551

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