Maria combines experience from the private and non-profit sectors and academia. She began her career in New York working with a number of stakeholders including start-ups, regional economic development agencies, multi-nationals and governments to help build and promote communities throughout the US and Latin America for investment and talent attraction. After moving to Stockholm, she completed her Masters in General Management at the Stockholm School of Economics. She then returned to industry to work with strategic questions around digitalization in a media company before resuming at SSE as a PhD Candidate, where her research focuses on digital innovation within the food and agriculture sector.
Key Words
Values-based Innovation, Markets & Marketing, Digital innovation, Sustainability Transitions
Areas of Expertise
- Marketing and market strategy development
- Agtech and food tech
- Multi-actor collaborations/ecosystems for digital innovation
Teaching & Outreach
- Taught in courses on Supply Chain Management and Strategy in
a Global, Digital World - Guest Lectures on Values-based innovation and digitalization in the
agri-food sector
Nationality
American
