Michelle Munson is an Emmy-award winning technologist, and the co-founder and CEO of Eluvio. She is co-creator of the Content Fabric protocol, a next-generation content distribution and storage protocol transforming the distribution and monetization of premium video and digital media–in contrast to legacy cloud workflows and CDNs. The Content Fabric has won multiple product awards from leading organizations at global industry events including HPA, IABM, IBC, NAB, and SEIcon. Examples of Eluvio users include Amazon Studios/MGM, European Professional Club Rugby, FOX, Gladius Sports, SONY Pictures, Telstra Broadcast Services, UEFA, Warner Bros., WWE, and others. Michelle previously co-founded Aspera in 2004 and led the company as CEO until May 2017, including through acquisition by IBM in 2014. She co-invented the Aspera FASP™ transport technology used in the digital media supply chain for high-speed, low-cost secure digital content transport, replacing satellite and traditional tape-based delivery technologies, and won an engineering Emmy.  Michelle is a recipient of the David Sarnoff Medal from the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) for technology innovation with lasting impact in film and television; the Charles Swartz Award from the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA);  and IABM’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. Michelle holds fourteen US patents and is a frequent speaker at major industry events (CES, NAB, IBC, etc.) on AI, content networking, machine learning, block chain and distribution infrastructure. She holds dual B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Kansas State University, where she was a Goldwater Scholar for achievement in Science and Mathematics, and in 2022 became the youngest person inducted into the Kansas State University Engineering Hall of Fame. She was also a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University where she received a postgraduate diploma in Computer Science.