Courtney Munroe; Episode #126

The promise of the Metaverse is a wholly immersive, virtual experience. One where we use an avatar to present ourselves to the world in a way that we believe best represents who we are. Whether this is a good thing or not is a philosophical conversation for another day. Today we are focusing on the technology needed to deliver on this promise, in particular the bandwidth. Courtney Munroe is Vice President Research for Worldwide Telecommunications for IDC. He joins me today to help us understand this conversation – so join us – on the next QTS Experience

Courtney Munroe
Research Vice President, Worldwide Telecommunications Research

Courtney Munroe is responsible for supporting IDC’s continuous research on global Telecommunications trends. The core research includes the evolution of WAN networking to Software Defined Hybrid Wide Area Networking, and the impact of Digital Transformation on the WAN architecture. His research focus also includes consumer and Enterprise networking requirements and analysis the Communications Service Provider strategies as they transform to implement new business models.

BACKGROUND
Mr. Munroe was formerly Vice President at Probe Research, where he established and directed Probe's Telecom Services programs. Prior to joining Probe, Mr. Munroe was Associate Director of Global Telecom Service Markets at Northern Business Information. He has also worked at DRI/McGraw-Hill, an economic forecasting company.

EDUCATION/INDUSTRY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· B.A. in Economics from Columbia University
· Attended the University of Wisconsin
· Frequent speaker, presenter and moderator at industry conferences as well as participating in numerous consulting projects and providing analysis for multiple media outlets.