Mary Ann Pierce is the founder and CEO of MAP Digital, a global event agency. With a career spanning over two decades, she has demonstrated her expertise in orchestrating business conferences across diverse sectors such as financial services, healthcare, media, and social good. MAP Digital’s MetaMeetings platform, her proprietary enterprise platform, has revolutionized the conference landscape by compressing workflow, engaging audiences, generating sales-driven data and enabling her clients and their customers to get to business faster.

MAP Digital, under Mary Ann’s leadership, is at the forefront of transforming traditional conferences into dynamic communities through the strategic integration of content marketing and cutting-edge data analytics engines. The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies further underscores the company’s commitment to innovation and excellence.

Mary Ann’s dedication to social impact is woven into the fabric of MAP Digital’s ethos. The MetaMeetings platform has been instrumental in powering socially conscious events such as the Equality Moonshot, the Global Green Inclusive Innovation Summit (G2i2) at the UN, the Global Summit of Women, and Capital as a Force for Good. Her role as Global Ambassador to the Awaken Hub, an all-Ireland woman founder community and accelerator, as well as AwakenAngels, a platform democratizing investment by empowering women to fund women entrepreneurs, showcases her commitment to fostering inclusive entrepreneurship.

Recognized as a “Meetings Today” Trendsetter in 2020, Mary Ann Pierce has been lauded by “Meetings & Conventions” Magazine, which noted her ahead-of-the-curve approach in embracing data capture and analytics as the industry’s next frontier. Her unwavering commitment to innovation, social responsibility, and empowering women in entrepreneurship solidifies Mary Ann Pierce’s status as a prominent figure in the dynamic world of global events and conferences.