Maryanne Morrow
Chairman, Founder & CEO
Fintech, Entrepreneur
Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Maryanne Morrow is a Chairman, Founder and CEO, and brings more than 25 years as a corporate veteran in the financial, marketing and advertising industries to her role as founder and CEO of 9th Gear Technologies where she is responsible for leading corporate strategy, scaling the company and investor relations.
She is a capital markets specialist, launching a family of mutual funds and architecting fee-based asset management platforms for banks, broker dealers and insurance firms. Maryanne previously served as CEO of SurgeXLR, a boutique accelerator she founded that focused on faster paths to monetization. She was also involved in two successful exits (to Standard & Poor’s and BNP Paribas) and consulted on the custom content and advertising efforts of many financial firms while working at The Wall Street Journal. Maryanne is an active angel investor and an expert on distributed ledger technology, ICOs and cryptocurrency.
Maryanne was educated at Cornell University (Material Science Engineering), LeMoyne (Finance) and Whittier Law School with continuous learning at Stanford University (Scaling Blockchain, Valuation Modeling, Angel Investing and part of the Blockchain Club).
Maryanne Morrow states in her LinkedIn Profile”
Seasoned strategic leader. Unique experience directly managing every major function: strategy, development, marketing, sales and service. Focus on FinTech and DLT. Skilled at defining, motivating and executing new business models, re-imagining and energizing businesses, and delivering rapid results: revenue growth, operating efficiencies and breakthrough financial performance.
When things are dynamic and moving fast, I am most energized. I believe in acting boldly to accelerate things that are working and change those that are not. I am at my best leading teams of inspired people to drive tremendous results.
Passionate about building great cultures and positive work environments while scaling growth, revenue and profits. Hands-on, collaborative team-builder who cultivates relationships and provides coaching and feedback to inspire, motivate and drive engagement.
Expect: a lot of questions, to be inspired and for things to get done!
