Speaking
Intelligence is becoming abundant. Agency is not.
The signature keynote. Why the organizations that win the next decade will not be the ones with the best models, but the ones that redesigned who decides, how fast, and with what information.
Talks and sessions
What audiences book
Keynote
Intelligence Is Becoming Abundant. Agency Is Not.
The signature talk. For executive audiences confronting AI adoption and finding that capability is not the constraint.
Keynote
Every Organization Has an Operating System
Most were never designed. What that costs, how to see yours, and the questions that surface it in a single session.
Session
The Strategy-to-Execution Gap
Why the gap is usually a work design gap. Practical, built for leadership teams rather than general audiences.
Panel
Moderation and roundtables
Executive roundtables and panel moderation. Twenty years of operating context means the follow-up question actually lands.
Workshop
Keynote plus working session
The talk in the morning, the leadership team working their own operating model in the afternoon. The format that produces change.
Virtual
Virtual keynote
Same content, built for a remote executive audience, with a facilitated question segment rather than a chat window.
Why Maria
Most retail experts have never owned the plan.
Analysts observe. Agencies advise. Maria spent twenty years inside the organizations, including fifteen at Under Armour across global go-to-market, merchandising and marketing operations, commercial execution, and transformation, with earlier roles at Macy's, Fashion Accents, and Jos. A. Bank.
She is known for simplifying complexity, translating strategy into action, and building alignment across large, matrixed organizations. She is currently in the MIT Technology Leadership Program, 2025-26 cohort.
Booking
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Fees vary by format and travel, with reduced and pro bono rates for mission-aligned and academic engagements.
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