Technical credibility.
Real audience.
Real voice.
Senior engineer. Solo founder. On-camera voice for people who are tired of tech being explained by people who don't actually build things.
A decade in software engineering and UX. Now building two products publicly, talking straight about AI, and growing an audience of tech workers who trust real over polished. If that's useful to your brand, your event, or your team — let's talk.
Talk to someone who's actually doing it.
Not a consultant with a framework.
A senior engineer who left corporate, is building two AI-powered products solo, and has navigated the exact disruption a lot of people are staring down right now.
If you want to think through a career move, a product idea, personal branding, or how to actually use AI in your workflow — this is a real conversation, not a sales funnel.
One hour. No upsell. Come with your real questions.
Good for...
-
→
Career direction in an AI-disrupted job market
-
→
Figuring out your next move after a layoff or pivot
-
→
Thinking through a product idea before you build it
-
→
Understanding where AI actually fits in your workflow
-
→
A gut-check with someone who's in the trenches, not the sidelines
Book a Session
Let's make it real. Let's strategize.
Real credibility.
Rare combination.
I work with tech brands and event organizers who want something their campaigns usually don't have: a technical expert who can actually talk to people — and an audience that trusts her because she's building in public, not performing expertise.
Brand Partnerships & On-Camera Content
Video, social, and written content that actually lands with technical audiences. Formats that feel native to how your audience consumes — not polished corporate speak.
My audience is engineers, product people, and founders. They don't trust polished. They trust real.
Keynotes, Panels & Conference Talks
AI, career disruption, software engineering, and building in public. I speak from the stage and the codebase — not theory.
Available for keynotes, panels, podcasts, and company all-hands. Topics that resonate with technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Why work with Maria
- ✓ 10+ years shipping real software in production
- ✓ Immigrant, mother, solo founder — a perspective that's genuinely rare
- ✓ Currently building AI-powered products solo — not theorizing about it
- ✓ Understands both the engineering room and the stage
- ✓ Direct to work with. No middlemen. Human.
Book a Strategy Session
$100/hour. One conversation with someone who's in it. Come with your real questions.
hello@mariatalkstech.comBrand & Speaking Inquiries
For partnership proposals, speaking requests, and media collaborations. Reach out directly — no agency, no middleman.
hello@mariatalkstech.com