Maria serves as a Chief Product & Technology Officer at Personio, a company with an inspiring and ambitious mission to build the People Operating System that enables small & mid-sized businesses to unlock the power of their people, the biggest asset and success factor for any organization. At Personio, Maria leads the functions – from product to engineering to design to product operations and compliance – that come together to build Personio’s product and tech and deliver marketleading solutions to customers.Prior to Personio, Maria was a VP of Product and General Manager at Meta where she led and scaled multiple global marketplaces, including Facebook Groups and Events, as well as foundational products like Search and Profile. Maria also held the role of VP of Product and Head of Facebook Monetization at Meta, where she led the Facebook App monetization team, and launched and scaled many successful products, driving tens of billions of dollars in revenue.Maria holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan where she was a Fulbright scholar and a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Operations & Marketing from the Athens University of Economics and Business in Greece. A native of Greece, Maria regularly travels across the U.S. and Europe and currently resides in Munich with her husband, Tom, and their two children.