Maria Gutierrez

Maria Gutierrez has extensive work experience in various leadership roles within the technology industry. Their current position is as the VP of Engineering and Operations at Personio, a role they began in April 2023. Prior to that, they served as the VP of Engineering - Strategy and Operations at Twitter from May 2021 to December 2022. Maria also held the role of Advisory Board Member for the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review (STER) Programme at The Scottish Government from May 2021 to October 2022.

Before their time at Twitter and The Scottish Government, Maria worked at Intercom as the London Head of Engineering and Co-site Lead, as well as the Global R&D Operations Lead from September 2018 to May 2021. Maria was the VP of Engineering (Exec team member) at FreeAgent from January 2016 to September 2018.

Maria has also held various positions at LivingSocial, including Senior Director of Engineering - Product Platform from March 2015 to April 2016, Director of Engineering - Merchant Solutions from February 2013 to March 2015, and Engineering Manager/Tech Lead - Merchant Solutions from September 2011 to February 2013.

Earlier in their career, Maria worked at Adobe Systems as a Developer Technologies Engineer from March 2008 to September 2011. Maria also served as a Software Engineer at I-play from April 2004 to March 2008, and as an eCommerce Analyst Programmer at Aegon UK - Scottish Equitable from September 2001 to April 2004.

Overall, Maria Gutierrez's work experience showcases their expertise in engineering, operations, and leadership roles within the technology industry.

Maria Gutierrez completed a Postgraduate Diploma (PgD) in IT and Financial Services from Edinburgh Napier University in 2001-2002. Prior to that, they pursued a degree in Journalism and Communications from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 1996 to 2000.