Dr. Maria A. Nelson Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsibilities include: - Leadership of the ATI Hub, a portfolio initiative supporting game changing innovation in the aerospace sector, www.ati.org.uk/hub- Leading collaborative thought leadership and research, including topics such as private investment in aerospace, AI opportunities for aerospace, and whole systems costs and benefits - I lead ATI’s internal decarbonisation initiative

London, Uk

London, United Kingdom

As Head of Open Innovation, I have built a team of twelve Innovation Consultants who develop and deliver Innovation Services for commercial clients and Innovation Programmes for technology start ups and scale ups. The Innovation Team supports businesses large and small in co-innovating and collaborating with researchers and users. Our goal is to accelerate the adoption of advanced digital technologies in the UK.

London

Innovation Management at Cisco CREATE (Collaborative Research and Emerging Technologies), Cisco's hub for technology innovation projects in the UK. My responsibilities include: innovation program management; innovation project development; ecosystem development; partner and stakeholder management; financial management; project development; team lead for marketing and communications; advocacy and presenting to a variety of audiences at conferences and meetings, including senior clients, stakeholders and media representatives.

London, United Kingdom

Project management and marketing & communications for the Innovate UK funded RAPTOR SME incubation programme. RAPTOR offered grants and mentoring to UK start-ups in IoT and smart cities. Over the course of the programme, we successfully incubated 14 start-ups. The programme was accompanied by networking events, product demonstrations, pitches to major national and multinational companies, and an ongoing communications and stakeholder engagement strategy. I was responsible for the planning, delivery and monitoring of the incubation programme and related activities.

• I wrote a book that analyses how creativity and innovation are becoming core assets of contemporary economies. "Art/Commerce: The convergence or art and marketing in contemporary culture" is available online and in bookstores.• I developed content, copy and and translations (press releases, project collateral, reports, business publications) for Triad Berlin, an international strategic communications and design agency, as well as various clients from different industries.• I tested and edited online and print products for the business education unit at Cornelsen Educational Publishing, one of Germany’s biggest publishing houses; I successfully delivered projects such as the award-winning “Career Express – Business English C1”

Triad Berlin

• Project Management and Project Development for strategic communications projects• Business Development• Stakeholder Management• Concept and content development, editing and writing for various projects including the Urban Planet Pavilion at Expo 2010• Copywriting and editing of press releases, articles, presentations and publications

• Project Management and Project Development for special projects and VIP events• Among other projects, I was responsible for organising all aspects of the inaugural Henry A. Kissinger Prize ceremony in the presence of Henry A. Kissinger, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt and 400 VIP guests

Berlin Area, Germany

Independent post-graduate research on creativity and innovation

Berlin Area, Germany

For the Biannual International Arts Festival that took place in Berlin in 2001 and 2003:• Event Manager (preparation and stage management of numerous concerts and performances, venues included the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra House)• Team coordinator (10 people) • Translator/interpreter for German, English, Polish and Spanish

Mba Essentials

Business And Climate Change: Towards Net Zero Emissions

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), American Studies / Cultural Studies, Summa Cum Laude

Wrote a book on the convergence between art and commerce, analysing how creativity and innovation are becoming core assets of contemporary.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), American Studies / Political Science / Theatre Studies

Teaching and Research Assistant for the Department Chair from January 2004 to September 2006 Scholarship by the German National Merit.

American/United States Studies/Civilization, First Class Honours

Attended Yale Graduate School with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service

Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Attended Johns Hopkins College Summer Program with a Fellowship from the German National Languages Competition