Entrepreneur, Advocate for women and latinos in tech in a mission to build bridges so more underrepreseted and diverse talent have access to opportunities in tech. Forbes Technology Council Member, HITEC100 (The 100 most influential Hispanics in the technology industry in the US), EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women class 2021, Bloomberg 100 Most Influential Latinos 2022. Immigrated from Medellin, Colombia to the US after earning a Software Engineering degree thanks to a scholarship, 20+ years experience in the Technology Industry, from Developer to Consultant for Oracle, now leading MAS Global, a Software Engineering, Data and AI services firm with midsize to large clients in the US and delivery teams across the Americas including Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. After a succesful carreer in Tech in Corporate America, leading large scale global IT initiatives in the US and Europe, I founded MAS Global in 2013 to offer a more effective real time collaboration model to enable business success, and as a way to give back to my home country Colombia. MAS is based in Tampa, Florida with Development Hubs in Colombia and across LATAM, with time zone alignment to increase delivery velocity. We combine the best talent onshore and nearshore to build high performing teams that collaborate with clients to accelerate their Software Engineering, Data and Artificial Intelligence projects, using technologies like Azure and AWS, and .Net, Java and Python in the development world.MAS has been ranked by Inc. Magazine's Inc5000 5 times as one of the fastest growing companies in the US, Florida Minority Business of the Year by FSMSDC-Florida Supplier Diversity Council, Top 3% Latino Owned Company by Stanford University Research) Our clients are globally recognized brands including Fortune 500 companies, like JPMorgan Chase, Johnson Controls and Dell. Started MAS with the idea to advance more diversity in tech and give others the opportunities I had to get an education in technology and collaborate with impactful brands in North America. I wanted to build more than a company, which is why we like to say MAS is More, a way to impact the community with a bridge between my two worlds as a latina immigrant in the US. To achieve this, I started a foundation called MAS Future to provide tech education opportunities. That’s what fuels my entrepreneurial journey (and of course my amazing kids, the big support of my family and an unstopabble team)Lets chat monica@masglobalconsulting.com