Maria Acosta Voltolini

Adapting, iterating, and delivering results no matter the landscape. Passionate innovation manager with a track record of success across Europe and Latin America. If you’re looking for someone who thrives under pressure, welcomes change, and masters complexity with a smile and resilience, you might just have found your smartest hire yet. Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Embedded Systems Department of Informatics Technical University of Munich

Project Manager of technology transfer programs that supports and develop new technologies and business ideas of students, researchers and professors of Politecnico di Milano and local with the collaboration of big companies interested in innovate their businesses.

Head of the Marketing and Communication area, Media relationships and Institutional Relationships.

Coordination of the Startify7 Work Package for the implementation of seven tech and entrepreneurial summer academies. Elaboration of the 2015 and 2016 Trento budget and coordination of the purchase process.

Organisation of international business and tech events for the matchmaking of IT experts, investors and startups for TechPeaks the People Accelerator, EIT Digital Idea Challenge, EIT Digital Access to Finance, and FINODEX project. Internal and external communication in Italian and English.

Coordination of the President's agenda. Elaboration of financial and commercial reports. Organisation of corporate events.

Management of the Marketing and New Members Department and coordination of the Trainees’ Program. Coordination of the trainees selection process. Trainees mentoring at the Marketing and New Members Departments of the German Chambers of Commerce of Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina.

Sales competition of partnership contracts between the AHK Paraguay and the local companies. Sales training a the German Chamber of Commerce of Brazil in Sao Paulo. Recognition: Best Trainee-Paraguay and Best Trainee-MERCOSUR for the general performance during the internship period.

Supervision of the Transcription Department (30 people) at the MORECIV Project: Modernization of the National Civil Registry of Paraguay, supported by the Organisation of American States

Deep dive into emerging philosophy, approaches and methods from the startup world. Evaluation of potential innovative projects characterised by high market and technology uncertainty. Practical knowledge of design tools, evaluation and development of new business models. Corporate Entrepreneurship.

2 years: Master Degree Thesis: Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategic tool for Corporate Communications. Recognition: Winner of one of the five full scholarships “Università a Colori” that the Province of Trento offer every year exclusively to foreign-born Trentinian descendants.

5 years: Bachelor + Master Degree. Thesis: General analysis of the Corporate Performance - A textile industry case. Top 5% of class - Honourable Mention for excellence for the final grade of the thesis. Top 10% of class - Honourable Mention for excellence for the final grade of the admission test.