PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Monique Morrow

Also known as Monique Jeanne Morrow, Monique J. Morrow

Monique Morrow is a technology executive and public voice on AI ethics, digital identity and extended reality. She studied French at San Jose State University, began network engineering at AMD in 1982, and worked at Ascom Hasler and Swisscom. At Cisco she helped develop its Service Provider Next Gen Network business and became its first Distinguished Consulting Engineer in 2005. In 2017 she co-founded The Humanized Internet, published AI essays in 2023 and 2024, co-authored The Humanized Internet: Dignity, Digital Identity, and Democracy with Akram Alfawakheeri, and won Gold at the Women in Tech Global Awards in 2025. As of October 2026, she is President and Co-Founder of The Humanized Internet and chairs IEEE P7016 and P7030.

Now at
The Humanized Internet and Hedera
Born
1951
Works
55
Citations
2,277
h-index
13
Badges
Links
Website and LinkedIn

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1980–2000

    French studies and network engineering

    She graduates in French from San Jose State University in 1980. In 1982, she begins as a network engineer at Advanced Micro Devices; she works as a network engineer at Ascom Hasler from 1990 to 1994 and designs networks at Swisscom from 1994 to 2000.

  2. 1999

    A European MPLS-VPN deployment

    In 1999, she leads the engineering project team for one of the first European MPLS-VPN deployments for a service provider.

  3. 2005–2014

    Cisco service-provider leadership

    At Cisco, she backs MPLS as a service-provider technology and helps develop the Service Provider Next Gen Network business. The company names her its first Distinguished Consulting Engineer in 2005. In June 2013, she becomes the first CTO of Cisco Services; in November 2014, she becomes CTO-Evangelist for New Frontiers Development and Engineering.

  4. 2018

    The Humanized Internet award

    She co-founds The Humanized Internet in 2017, a Swiss nonprofit that uses blockchain and other technologies to give people secure, sovereign control over their digital identity. In 2018, the organization wins Tech Non-Profit Organization of the Year (Global) in BWM's Brand of the Year Awards.

  5. September 2023

    AI weaponization essay

    In September 2023, she publishes “Artificial Intelligence & Ethics: Addressing the Weaponization of AI,” warning that generative AI can serve as a tool for cyberwarfare.

  6. February 2024

    AI accountability essay

    In February 2024, she publishes “Who is Responsible for Gen AI? The Matter of Accountability,” asking whether the company that made an AI, its users or the government should answer for its actions.

  7. 2023–2025

    The Humanized Internet book

    She co-authors The Humanized Internet: Dignity, Digital Identity, and Democracy with Akram Alfawakheeri. In 2025, the Women in Tech Global Awards name her a Gold winner.

  8. As of October 2026

    President and IEEE standards chair

    In 2024, she chairs the IEEE working groups P7016 and P7030. In December 2025, she says she will step off Hedera’s board in 2026 after serving as an independent director. As of October 2026, she is President and Co-Founder of The Humanized Internet and chairs P7016 and P7030. As of October 2026, she co-chairs the IEEE Ethics in AI and Autonomous Systems Mixed Reality Committee.

Career

  1. Since 2017The Humanized InternetCo-Founder, President
  2. NowHederaIndependent Director
  3. 2005–2014Cisco SystemsDistinguished Consulting Engineer, CTO of Cisco Services
  4. 1994–2000SwisscomNetwork design engineer
  5. 1990–1994Ascom HaslerNetwork engineer
  6. 1982–1990Advanced Micro DevicesNetwork engineer

Education

  1. 1980San Jose State University

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. A Comprehensive Survey on Fog Computing: State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges2017 · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 1,010 citations
  2. Blueprint for the Intercloud - Protocols and Formats for Cloud Computing Interoperability2009 · International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services · 370 citations
  3. Wireless sensor network virtualization: A survey2015 · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 327 citations
  4. Internet of Things: Architectural Framework for eHealth Security2014 · Journal of ICT Standardization · 117 citations
  5. A platform as-a-service for hybrid cloud/fog environments2016 · IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN) · 101 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. Among employers with 30+ full-time cases, OpenAI leads primary technical role H-1B pay at $310,000, and Amazon, Google and Microsoft file 57% of all casesIncludes Advanced Micro Devices. Across 440,669 certified US H-1B filings from 44 employers (FY2020–FY2026), OpenAI leads primary technical role base pay at $310,000 and xAI leads overall base pay at $290,000.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Cisco Systems. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes San Jose State University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Alumni Updates – Washington Square: The Stories of San Jose State University blogs.sjsu.edu. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Monique Morrow - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Monique MORROW itu.int. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Monique Morrow, Former Cisco Technologist & IEEE Chair Keynote Speaker at Speakers Associates speakersassociates.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Monique Morrow, Author at Cisco Blogs blogs.cisco.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Harnessing the web for humanity – CERN Courier cerncourier.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Monique Morrow's Bio — Monique Morrow moniquemorrow.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Artificial Intelligence & Ethics: Addressing the Weaponization of AI — Monique Morrow moniquemorrow.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Who is Responsible for Gen AI? The Matter of Accountability — Monique Morrow moniquemorrow.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. Recognitions — Monique Morrow moniquemorrow.net. Checked 21 October 2026.
  11. An End-of-Year Note to the Hedera Community | Hedera hedera.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  12. SSIT Newsletter - May 2024 engage.ieee.org. Checked 21 October 2026.