Maria is a former Microsoft employee who started as a customer manager in 1999 and grew through the ranks into a position primarily responsible for major revenue generation and product launch. Her career arc is one any professional would envy. She left Microsoft in 2012 to start her own digital media company. Tre Digital is focused on start-up company growth through digital and social marketing. This experience provides Maria with unique insights on the journey for female entrepreneurs as they balance work and personal lives. Maria said the issue she sees for many women as they transition through the corporate world is getting lost in the shuffle of daily routines. With children and family it’s hard to know what to do during those major aspects of life change. Women in Wireless is a source of connection for those seasoned professionals as well as younger women to cultivate a network of like-minded people. Sharing experiences and knowledge will allow the leadership growth opportunities necessary for women to stay involved in the corporate and startup worlds. Women in Wireless has been involved with Startup Weekend events and will be deeply connected with Seattle Startup Week starting October 26 in Bellevue, WA. Events for the rest of 2015 and the coming year include more social events to assist in cultivating networks, and Mobile Mixers where founders and entrepreneurs hold roundtable discussions of the issues that women are dealing with today. With the background and connections each board member brings to this group, female professionals of any age now have access to a major accelerator network and resources never before available. The group is only three years only. However, given the focus on getting diversity into the technology start-up world, Women in Wireless is a great starting point for women at any point in their professional life.
