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About The Founder



President Claridad LLC



Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn is the CEO and President of Claridad and is a 22 year veteran of Cisco systems. Over the past 10 years she was vice president and general manager for Cisco Systems Inc producing industry leading growth and profitability in both large and small business. She also founded and chaired The Internet of Things Talent Consortium, a non-profit dedicated to building the next generation of digital success through developing new skills and an innovative culture. Jeanne also sits on the board of Xylem Inc., a smart water solutions company and serves on its finance and technology committee as well as its Leadership and Compensation committee. Before Cisco Jeanne was VP/GM of Micronics Computers and brought he startup to $400M before exit.

Jeanne is a recognized thought-leader on digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT), the future of work as well as technology that enables these new business models. The National Diversity Counsel recognized her as one of “The Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology”, in 2015. Jeanne is also a five-time Stevie award winner, and listed as one of the “2017 Women of M2M” (Machine to Machine) in Connected Magazine, for her leadership as a pioneer in IoT.




She is an expert on Cloud, Software, Cyber, AI and Big Data, connected business models and innovative new products and services that build new value for companies in the digital era. A pioneer and recognized expert in using social and collaborative technology she built over 3M loyal customers and a social community that are recognized by MIT and Harvard as best in class. She also successfully executed more than 100 products and services across her career. Technology disruption has demanded leadership in forecasting and developing winning talent strategies that identify and develop next gen skills for emerging business and technology markets and Jeanne has lead that charge for the IT industry.


Before Cisco she also brought startups to success through market leadership with successful exits



Jeanne has been at the forefront of several industry transitions



  • Created innovative and profitable connected products and services
  • Built long range, Industry specific IoT business plans for Cisco
  • Brought to market more than 100 successful products and services
  • Lead the industry’s highly profitable and fastest growing knowledge service
  • Consulted with thousands of customers on IoT-Digital business models
  • Developed the first successful social and cloud education system to the industry
  • Founded and lead Cisco’s first internet business consulting group – IBSG
  • Built the largest networking community user base and platform in the industry – 3M strong
  • Founded IoTTC bringing together IoT industry experts to advance organization success
  • Created the market for the first branch office network in a box (ISR)
  • Created Cisco’s first global partner organization and programs
  • Developed innovative software that significantly changed user experience
  • Lead connected supply chain strategies and solutions

Along with her public Board appointment at Xylem, Jeanne has served on a number of advisory boards for organizations such as Arizona State University, New York Academy of Sciences, and the Technical Services Industry Association (TSIA) among others.



Jeanne holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts focused on business, computer science and business law.



Recommendations



Dr. Peter Hirst



“One of the most influential women in technology is now available to share her expertise with selected companies”



Dave Vasko – CTO Rockwell Automation



“In working with Jeanne, it is obvious the she has a passion for helping people create sustainable success. But it is more than passion; she helps people plan, set goals and takes action to achieve this success”



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