President and Founder of SilverEdge Systems Software, Inc., Maria has led the company from its roots as a 1988-startup software consulting business to become an award-winning Deltek Premier Partner. Under her leadership, SilverEdge services clients in North America and even South Africa.Maria founded SilverEdge to leverage technology’s innate ability to automate tedious work, freeing up time for businesses and their leaders to focus on more valuable and rewarding functions.Maria’s passion for helping companies succeed has led SilverEdge to become the No. 1 partner for Wind2 Software – 11 years in a row - then as one of the select few Deltek Premier Partners in the world since 2006. SilverEdge also has taken on Maria’s management philosophy of partnership, which enables its consultants to integrate the technology and automation needs of clients with the human elements of that company’s processes to achieve the most successful results. Her comprehensive and astute approach has led to industry recognition including the Deltek 2008 Project Excellence Award Winner, 2009 Project Excellence Award Finalist, 2010 Project Excellence Award Winner, 2012 Project Excellence Award Finalist and 2017 Project Excellence Award Finalist for exceptional Deltek implementations. PlusTechnology Pacesetter 2008–2011 and a VAR Star 2011-2017.In January 2013, Maria was awarded the coveted Deltek Leadership Award.Prior to founding SilverEdge in 1988, Maria worked in the accounting field, including audit experience in the hospitality industry. Maria also continues to be proactive in providing support to a variety of local service organizations. Maria holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in education from DePaul University in Illinois, and spent almost three years at the University of Dallas including a semester at the Rome, Italy campus. She also has completed numerous computer-programming courses at McHenry County College, McHenry, Illinois.

I believe that Technology is a Gift. And as Paula D'Arcy so eloquently states in her book, The Gift of the Red Bird, "You treat a gift differently than you do a possession."I am very excited to introduce the Double. There are so many ways that it can be used to enhance our human experience including: 1. Reduced travel (time and expense) so that we can be at our clients and other venues including conferences and trade shows without leaving our home towns.2. Provide an option to truly be in our offices and collaborate even when we are away.3. Invite our clients to a meeting at our office with our team and save them the time and expense of travel.If you are not convinced, I encourage you to read, "10 technologies That Took a While to Really Catch On!" and check out the web site for more ways to use the Double!https://meandmydouble.com/hello-world/

Responsible for all accounting functions. Transitioned Builders Unlimited, Inc. from manual accounting to Timberline Construction software thereby allowing the company to double revenues without increasing administrative staff.

Worked in all areas of accounting including General Cashier. Responsible for reconciliation of credit card charges, performing for positions when personnel on vacation and investigating charges on behalf of the customer.

Part of the Hotel Opening Crew- Developed Food and Beverage Night Audit procedures. The "grave yard" shift as it is affectionately called is not for me.

Implemented the Remanco POS (Point of Sale) system and terminal system to improve the customer experience (close timing between restaurant charges and checkout), eliminate any discrepancies between kitchen/bar orders and the monies collected, and provide more real time data to executive management.This technology was ahead of its time. Today it is common!