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Maria Pardee

Chief Commercial Officer

Denver, Colorado, USA

30+ years’ experience

Industries: Technology, Telco, BPO Companies & Regulated Industries

Maria is a highly sought-after global c-suite executive with 30+ years of experience driving growth and innovation in Fortune 1000 technology and telco companies, including Telus Digital, DXC Technology, and British Telecom. She has led multi-billion-dollar P&Ls across technology, infrastructure, and BPO customer care businesses, with a focus on product development & GTM, revenue growth, and strategic expansion.

With a strong track record of driving shareholder value, Maria has a proven ability to navigate complex transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestments. She collaborates closely with investors and strategists to deliver top-line growth, bottom-line results, and long-term value creation.

As a renowned keynote speaker, Maria is fluent in all aspects of the technology universe, from product management and AI to data analytics and cloud services. She brings a unique blend of experience delivering results within large companies and growing and integrating acquired businesses.

Maria is a strategic growth leader with expertise in cultivating partnerships, alliances, and new channel strategies across ecosystems. She has worked with start-up innovators and the world’s largest hyperscalers, including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Meta, ServiceNow, Dell, Cisco and more.

With international experience spanning the UK, Western and Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas, Maria is based in Denver, Colorado. She is a passionate advocate for diversity and STEM careers and serves as a highly valued mentor to young female executives. Maria is also an advisor and Non-Executive Board member for several technology organizations.

William is a strategic business leader with a proven track record of driving profitable revenue growth and value across global markets in a variety of industries. He’s held senior roles at companies such as AT&T Solutions, Gartner, DXC Technology, BCE (Bell Canada), and Concentrix, where he consistently delivered in high-pressure, high-complexity environments.

William’s experience spans the full spectrum of sales and commercial leadership—from helping startups gain enterprise traction to managing $1B+ business units with full P&L responsibility. Known for transforming underperforming operations and positioning companies for growth, William has led major turnarounds and strategic initiatives across tech, telecom, and emerging technology sectors.

Across his roles, William has often solved for bottom line optimization such as reviving a struggling services division through a $2B global partnership, maintaining market leadership in a declining telecom sector through embedding automation and analytics into customer care. William also excels with growing top line – most recently, he scaled a niche services firm into a profitable AI and Martech partner serving Fortune 500 companies as clients.

William thrives where strategy meets execution. His pragmatic approach draws on his diverse experience of top-tier consulting, private equity insight, advisory work and operational leadership. He’s relentlessly focused on driving sales excellence led growth, whether productizing processes, modernizing legacy platforms or building new revenue engines from the ground up and supporting fast growing smaller companies to scale.

Originally from Britain, with decades of experience across North America and Europe, William is based in the Greater Tampa area in Florida.