Women Internet Leaders
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Women Internet Leaders
Monique Jeanne Morrow
March 8 2013
Distinguished Engineer
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• History
• Internet Hall of Fame Inductees
• Donna Metzlar
• Monique’s View
• Summary
Agenda
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Front & Center: Women in Technology
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Front & Center: Mary Dixon KiesFirst woman to be issued a U.S. patent, for a process of weaving straw with silk or thread for hats
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Front & Center: Ada LovelaceWrote the specifications for Babbage’s Analytical Engine (world’s first general purpose computer) and was credited as the first-ever computer programmer
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Front & Center: Hedy LamarrSilver screen movie star co-invented with George Antheil a radio communication system that created unbreakable code, used by the allies in WWII
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Inventor of the compiler which is the foundation of the COBOL computer language still used today
Front & Center: Grace Hopper
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Internet Pioneer: Elizabeth FeinlerElizabeth Feinler pioneered and managed first the ARPANET, and then the Defense Data Network (DDN), network information centers (NIC) under contract to the Department of Defense (DoD).
Both of these early networks were the forerunners of today’s Internet.
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Global Connector: Nancy Hafkin
Among the first to enter the field of electronic communications in Africa, Nancy Hafkin has been a pioneer and innovator in the area of networking, development information, and electronic communications, working primarily with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa.
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Innovator: Mitchell Baker
As an instrumental player in the development of the Mozilla project and as founding chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation, Baker helped legitimize Open Source Internet applications.
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And Donna Metzlar: Women in Tech Freedom
The one aspect which remains constant is her commitment to social change.
Over the past 7 years she has actively been involved in the Genderchangers, a community of women enamoured with technology, especially free software, open source hardware and the universal interoperability of systems.
She takes a lead role in the annual event the Eclectic Tech Carnival (/ETC) and the Systerserver.
Her skills in ICT are self-taught.
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– Andree Putman
Towards Effecting Impact
I have no recipe for how to combine things. But you must be sincere. And if you are, strangely, it will succeed.
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© 2013 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 13Passion Risk Exp
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MindsetIngredients
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Changing Role of Women in Technology
Pioneer InfluencerTrail Blazer Community Builder
Be Different Be YourselfSolo Collaborate
Instruct Share Experiences
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Speaking from ExperienceLeadership
The easiest way to get recognition is to give it awayLead laterally, blur the boundariesBreak the mold to shape the opportunity
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It is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission. – Grace Hopper
Words to Live By
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Thank you.