Maria

Director, Public Sector Marketing

Red Hat

A high energy, dynamic, results-oriented marketing professional with proven success managing strategic marketing plans that map to critical business objectives. Over 15 years of marketing, partner programs, and public relations experience with the last 8 years focused on the Government IT Industry. Proven team leader who consistently met lead and marketing campaign revenue goals that increased year over year by at least 15%

Currently run a team of marketing professionals to promote open source software to Federal, State & Local, Healthcare, and Education markets.

Prior to joining Red Hat, Maria was the VP of Marketing at Merlin International and also held several marketing management positions within TIBCO Software, FileNet Corporation, and IBM Software Group---all focusing on the development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns to increase market share and brand awareness within the Public Sector, Maria manages all marketing, public relations, and media efforts targeting government agencies as well as Federal Systems Integrators and Partners.

Before entering the Government IT industry, Maria was the VP of Marketing for the Fox Modeling and Talent Agency and was not only was in charge of marketing agency services to corporate clients and for the choreography and production of fashion shows throughout the DC area, she also lead a team placing models and actors in commercials (print, TV, and radio), movies, and fashion shows around the world. The producer of modeling competitions all around the United States and Canada, Maria also served as a talent scout for agencies out of New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Tokyo, and Japan.
Specialties:

Broad experience with Partner MDF and B2B marketing, branding, integrated marketing plans, demand generation, event management, and web-based marketing campaigns. Proficient in opportunity identification/tracking, pipeline analysis, and campaign metric tracking using Salesforce.com, Eloqua, Siebel, Silver Pop, Goldmine, and other application tools.

http://www.redhat.com/open-source-government/

http://www.redhat.com/solutions/government/