Dawne Morris

Co-Founder & CEO

proteus business solutions inc.

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Dawne Morris is the CEO and co-founder of PROTEUS Business Solutions, Inc., an online enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for businesses in e-commerce, retail, healthcare, and highly regulated industries, including alcohol and cannabis. Dawne brings decades of finance, digital marketing, and design experience to the organization. She previously helped grow and expand the digital agency PIXELED.net and developed a successful hosting enterprise, Illuminated Hosting Service, LLC.

 In 2008, Dawne pivoted her expertise to the cannabis market, partnering with her now-husband, David Morris, to establish PROTEUS420. Considered one of the first and most trusted cannabis seed-to-sale software systems, PROTEUS420 is focused on business growth and a streamlined user experience while addressing the complexities of industry compliance. Dawne was instrumental in integrating her knowledge of internet marketing into the technology platform to help businesses scale successfully. PROTEUS420 supports manufacturing, cultivation, distribution, and dispensary operators in markets throughout the U.S. and North America as a market-leading system.

Named one of the “Top Women to Watch” in leading industry publication Marijuana Venture, Dawne’s entrepreneurial drive, coupled with her proficiency in product and software development, has allowed PROTEUS Business Solution, Inc. and its industry-specific platform PROTEUS420 to thrive in the technology space and become an operational staple.

Her intuitive understanding of business operations and supply chain needs has made Dawne a sought-after industry spokesperson specializing in branding and identity, software, web development, design, human resources, finance, and management. She has spoken at industry conventions across the country, including: CannaTech in New Jersey, CannaCon in Los Angeles, California, and at multiple Lucky Leaf events in Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, and Virginia. She is also slated to speak at the upcoming PBC conference in late September 2023 in Washington, D.C., an exclusive B2B conference for payments, banking, and compliance in the cannabis industry.