Maria Distner is an accomplished leader with over 25 years of experience in business growth, digital transformation, and project management. Her focus on quality, efficiency, and people has led her to success in global and local contexts. Maria has extensive leadership and sales management experience at the management team level, overseeing business development and innovation while cultivating a culture for change. She has also established learning as a core strategy for company success, becoming an agent of change in HR work, rules, and regulations. Maria is a certified coach, a user-centered design enthusiast, and an efficient communicator and process manager. Her extensive education includes Strategic Management, Coaching, Digital Acceleration, and Transformational Leadership, among others. Maria has held numerous leadership positions throughout her career, including Head of Learning and Culture at Liber AB, CEO of Hyper Island Sweden, and Global Director of Education and Global Recruitment at Hyper Island. Her background also includes positions at Stixy, Doberman, and Macromedia Inc. in San Francisco. Maria's expertise, skills, and interests include leadership, sales, change management, learning, HR, user-centered design, process management, and communication.