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Maria is that unique person who is extremely passionate about the projects she works on. The passion can be found not only in her deep knowledge of Digital Media but the respect of her peers in the in…
Steven ChesterVice President, Global Media & Entertainment
Maria has an excellent understanding of both the technical and business issues involved in launching an internet film and TV venture. Her approach to launching a service is; calm, clear, focussed and …
George RobertsonPrincipal IP Engineer
Thank you for speaking at our Women in IT Advantage Session. We really appreciate you giving up your time and your presentation was very well received by all our attendees. The information in your…
I worked with Maria as a business partner during the launch of several VOD services for FilmFlex Movies Ltd. The services required the close collaboration of a number of organizations at both a techni…
Rob HoughtonProgramme Director
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Loved this Maria, beautifully explained.
I have had a pleasure to work with Maria as a client during my time at Ascent Media, she was very detailed, delivery focused yet keeping in mind the big picture commercial implications of a number of …
Samir FarajiVP - Director Finance & Commercial Affairs
What a great speaker you were at our Mobile World conference! Always good to have fantastically smart tech speakers especially when they are senior women like you.
Julia HobsbawmFounder and CEO
Maria has always represented herself well in discussions and articulates herself well in a debate. She is easy going in conversation and social.
Bob HannentSenior Technology Manager
In my role at Informa, I have utilised Maria’s expert knowledge of the industry in a number of events I have organised. She has acted as an excellent moderator, panellist and thought leader giving val…
Laurence ColdicottResearch Manager, Head of Content & Partnerships, TV Connect
As Head of Technology, Maria has always delivered services and products for a wide range of our clients to the highest standard. Playing a key role in the development of the original platform archit…
Jeff HenryCEO
I am meticulously making my way through the great work you did.
Jean-Louis AçafrãoGeneral Manager: Video On Demand
I had the pleasure of working with Maria who ran a Seminar for Women in Tech as part of Salt’s official diversity partnership of London Technology Week 2014.
She is a fascinating speaker who has an ‘e…
Sarah DeSilvaClient Services Manager - Diversity
I worked with Maria on the launch of a new project for our various companies at the time.
I found her to be most helpful in all of our dealings and clearly an expert in her field. During the time we w…
Steve JamesBusiness Development
Maria spoke recently at the 2013 CSI Multimedia Home Gateways Conference alongside a number of distinguished presenters and panellists. Maria’s depth of knowledge and insight on the topic of multisc…
Tiro BestonsoCommercial Manager
I have had the pleasure of working with Maria whilst understanding and developing partnership opportunities for VOD on Freesat’s new service Freetime. Not only is Maria an expert in the technology tha…
Sevan BrownCommercial Manager
Maria consulted to our company on developing an OTT Strategy and evaluating various technology options for our OTT implementation. It was a pleasure working with Maria, she is not only very knowledgea…
Yokow QuansahHead: Innovation & Solutions
Thanks for doing a great job as a presenter. You are very well-spoken and you made everyone on the panel look better.
Martin KatzConsulting Producer
I have worked with Maria for 5 years at FilmFlex Movies. Maria is an unusual combination of a total film fan, extremely bright but also happy to teach us all the new technology. I have learnt so much …
Paula HolmesService Manager
Maria and I negotiated the security and content protection requirements between some major UK services and the US Studio I worked for.
Having now moved on to work directly for services similar to thos…
Stephen GrangeDirector, Technology and Operations
I was introduced to Maria while she was Head of Technology at FilmFlex to help them iron out some finer points of transcode profiles they needed for delivery. What immediately impressed me about Maria…
Daniel LoshakRegional Manager
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