Maria is a Strategy & Innovation CTO, specialising in video streaming and ethical AI strategy, innovation and advisory across Media and Entertainment.
She recently led global Solution Engineering and Bids & Proposals for Synamedia, the largest global video solution vendor for service providers and content owners.
As the former CTO for Disney / Sony JV, FilmFlex Movies, Maria delivered some of the most successful on-demand movie services in Europe from launch, including for Virgin Media cable and broadcaster Channel 4. FilmFlex was profitable from year one.
With her unique background in Computer Science and Art, Maria started her career at IBM and Ocean Software, helping invent the beginning of audio, video and games on personal computers.
Maria is also a global public speaker, BAFTA film and TV judge, and is doing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence.