Marilyn Cade is the Principal and CEO of mCADE, ICT Strategies — providing strategy and advice in Internet governance, Internet policy, cyber security; global IP networking services and related policy issues.
Cade has a unique focus on policy activities that promote economic growth and sustainability. She is an expert in several policy areas related to Internet, online commerce, and emerging application. She brings a unique perspective that has helped to bridge the interests of global corporations with developing and emerging economies. Her background includes US State Government, non governmental organizations, corporate business, and start up initiatives within a major global corporation. She has also developed, launched, and supported major policy initiatives on a wide variety of online topics.
Cade’s focus is working at the nexus of information and communications technology (ICT) and global public policy in global forums in relation to the Internet and its changing role as a critical communications infrastructure. She is actively involved in discussion regarding global economic recovery; Internet Governance and post WSIS activities, organizing and representing industry perspectives on Internet Governance, including the Internet Governance Forum. Cade has extensive expertise in multi lateral organizations, such as the ITU, OECD, APEC, ICANN.
Cade is a principal in G20 ICT Policy Network (www.g20ict.org), focused on organizing and representing the ICT sector’s perspectives on the role of ICTs in economic recovery and sustainable growth to the G20 leaders. As its primaryobjective, G-ICT is launching a G20 Innovation/ICT Ministers Forum in 2011.
She is also the Chief Catalyst at IGF-USA, one of the national IGF Initiatives (www.igf-usa.us).
