Maria I. Alvarez
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Maria I. Alvarez Vice President of the Experimentation Platform and Business Services M.S., Computer Science, 1995 |
Maria Alvarez is a global product and technology executive and board member who delivers transformations for public and high-growth technology and security businesses, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Symantec Corporation. She has over 20 years of experience in software development, security, Internet, cloud (SaaS) and AI industries. Maria is immediately qualified to serve on boards or C-Suite positions seeking guidance on all aspects of product and technology.
As the Vice President of the Experimentation Platform and Business Services, Maria and her team provide experimentation authoring, assignment, and related analysis tools to all Microsoft teams to make data-driven product and feature decisions via controlled experiments. Her team also provides business services and programs that support the Artificial Intelligence Platform Group at Microsoft (1800 FTEs WW). She also serves as the Executive Sponsor for diversity and inclusion across the entire organization, focusing on driving diverse recruiting, culture and people programs. Before joining the C+AI division Maria served as the General Manager of Shared Engineering Services in the AI + Research division at Microsoft. Maria led a team that supported a 5,000-engineer organization, providing internal tools, compliance services (privacy, security, accessibility) and programs that support Bing, Microsoft News, Ads, Consumer applications and Microsoft Research, with significant OPEX and COGS budget oversight. Maria devised the creation of diverse teams by design, which led to the creation of best practices that are followed at Microsoft today.
Previously, Maria led as Chief Technology Officer and Product Head of Panda Security, the first and leading IT cloud antivirus security company in Spain, directing all aspects of a €100M portfolio leveraging Microsoft Azure as a platform. Maria held full fiscal responsibility for two lines of businesses – Enterprise LOB (cloud security management and protection) and Consumer LOB (free/ad-based – freemium and subscription-based). She led the functions of product management, commercial software product development, Quality Assurance, and 24X7 collective intelligence platform serving corporate and consumer markets, as the fourth largest antivirus vendor worldwide.
Previously, Maria held positions at HP, Symantec Corporation, and CoCreate Software.
Currently Maria serves as an independent board member in two companies: 1) Alkami Technology Inc., is a public, leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the United States, and 2) BB Imaging, a private company that offers diagnostic Ultrasound services, delivering accessible care for at-risk patients and turn-key solutions to providers.
Maria has served on several non-profit boards, including, Steam:Coders Advisory Board, a non-profit organization that teaches underrepresented students the fundamentals of STEAM education.