Mississippi Cureton attended Washington, District of Columbia public schools and was in the very first graduating class of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 1977. In 1980, she graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. She later received a Master of Science degree and post-Masters advanced certificate in Applied Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University.
Muse Technologies, Incorporated. will provide Information Technology-Enabled Leadership, strategic planning, program management and information technology consulting to both private and government sector organizations. Linda is well known as a strong leader and innovator. While Chief Information Officer, she created the popular National Aeronautics and Space Administration Chief Information Officer blog and continues to be a prolific blogger.
She received significant recognition for being a pathfinder for other federal CIOs in professional use of social media.
She has written several articles for Federal Computer Week, FedScoop, and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is a monthly contributor to Information Week Government. She currently serves on advisory boards for: the Open Systems Software Institute, the Professional Capture Management Forum, and the District of Columbia Youth Orchestra Program.
Some of her former professional affiliations have included the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Gartner Group Information Technology Executive Program, Women in Technology, American Council for Technology, Government Information Technology Executive Council and the Society for Information Management, Advanced Practices Council.She is the author of The Leadership Muse an educational and inspirational book that outlines lessons for today’s heroic leadership journey. 2008 Information Technology Service Management Forum (ITSMF) Heritage Award.
2008 Information Technology Service Management Forum (ITSMF) Heritage Award 2009 InformationWeek Government Chief Information Officer 50 2009 Washington Business Journal Women Who Mean Business 2011 Minority Enterprise Executive Council 50 Women of Influence and Power Award 2011 Federal Computer Week Federation 100 2011 Washingtonian Magazine Technical Titans 2011 Womensphere Global Leadership Award for Innovation 2012 National Urban League of Northern Virginia for Leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 2012 Business Insider 25 Powerful Women Engineers.
