Trusted by founders, operators, and teams
Strategic marketing leadership for founders, startups, and growth-stage teams across positioning, brand, go-to-market, and execution.
What Founders and Leadership Teams Say
Fractional CMO Leadership
Maria served as Uplink's Fractional CMO for approximately 18 months, joining at a pivotal time when we needed to refine our brand identity and expand community outreach to drive adoption in underserved areas. She led a comprehensive rebrand, including logo and visual updates, while educating our team on maintaining brand consistency across all channels; additionally, she spearheaded brand awareness campaigns, laptop distribution programs, and key partnerships with organizations like BEAM, Delta Access, and Digitunity, alongside enhancements to our website and social media presence. These initiatives resulted in increased awareness, higher engagement metrics, more device installs, strengthened partnerships, and better-equipped internal teams for sustained growth. Working with Maria was seamless—her communication was prompt and clear, her strategic insights were precise, and she balanced high-level planning with efficient execution. I highly recommend her for any organization seeking a results-oriented marketing leader.
Brian Smith, CEO
Brand Strategy & Messaging
I had such a lovely time working with Maria. She made sure my branding was consistent for all avenues of marketing, and helped me develop a cohesive brand strategy that would guide all my decisions moving forward. I felt totally out to sea with my marketing strategy before I met Maria; after only a few months, I now have a clear direction and feel confident in my marketing tactics moving forward. Thanks Maria!
Josh Boardman- Founder, CEO
Founder & Startup Advisory
I was lucky enough to work with Maria for almost two years and see her marketing and strategy expertise in action. Maria brought her deep professional expertise to help the early-stage entrepreneurs in our Builders + Backers programs and it was exceptionally valuable for them. She could help them navigate the earliest of questions to the later, more in-depth strategy. Maria was not afraid to ask hard questions, challenge assumptions and encourage big thinking. She also had a deep respect and empathy for the people she was mentoring, regardless of the stage of their journey they were in. Maria also was reflective and iterative in her work, sharing adjustments she was making and encouraging our team to think about new approaches. Her expertise and experienced voice would be an asset to new, growing and established companies alike.
Kathleen Hale, Partner
Builders + Backers
Competitive Insight & Growth Strategy
Maria has deep experience and an ability to take a "30,000 foot" strategic view with ease. She quickly researched our industry, bringing competitive insight and exciting ideas for growth to the table.
Blake Mooser, CEO
Tomimach Capital
Working through a growth, launch, or repositioning inflection point?
I partner with founder-led companies that need senior marketing leadership to clarify the market story, align go-to-market strategy, and build the execution system needed for measurable growth.