Maria Balosso

INFA STAR Informatica Mar 2020 Maria is proactive in everything she does. In INFAStar communications, the nominating category for Do Good describes "Employees who have an integrated focus on our customers, our partners, our employees, our community, and the world." The key to Maria's Do Good quality is "integrated". Maria sees problems and opportunities before other people do, and she acts on them - whether it is reaching milestones in a product release or engaging with the community in a spirit of Corporate Social… Show more Maria is proactive in everything she does. In INFAStar communications, the nominating category for Do Good describes "Employees who have an integrated focus on our customers, our partners, our employees, our community, and the world." The key to Maria's Do Good quality is "integrated". Maria sees problems and opportunities before other people do, and she acts on them - whether it is reaching milestones in a product release or engaging with the community in a spirit of Corporate Social Responsibility. As a program manager, Maria is a catalyst for coworkers on many teams. Maria's knowledge and awareness across teams means that she can encourage, motivate, remind, and request actions from team members, and they gladly respond. Maria is particularly inspiring in her desire to do good in the community. She has worked enthusiastically with schoolchildren in inner-city neighbourhoods as part of Dublin's CSR initiatives, and she kick-started the Dublin CSR team's initiative to provide PPE to front-line staff during the COVID-10 pandemic. In practical terms, Maria has made a difference to several releases in Dublin, tracking many complex data points and staying on positive terms with all teams involved. On an interpersonal level, Maria's style and daily work practice contribute greatly to the positive energy and professional culture in Dublin Show less

DUBLIN STAR Informatica Dec 2019 Maria has been working tirelessly to help make team interactions more structured and efficient across all teams delivering DQ and DaaS Solutions – Development, Architecture, Product Management, Operations and QA. Not only has she helped ensure better information flow and accountability between DQ/DaaS related teams, she is also playing a key role liaising with the wider teams for Cloud and On-Premise solutions across Informatica business units and locations including Cloud and on-premise… Show more Maria has been working tirelessly to help make team interactions more structured and efficient across all teams delivering DQ and DaaS Solutions – Development, Architecture, Product Management, Operations and QA. Not only has she helped ensure better information flow and accountability between DQ/DaaS related teams, she is also playing a key role liaising with the wider teams for Cloud and On-Premise solutions across Informatica business units and locations including Cloud and on-premise Platform teams in the US (Redwood City) and India (Bangalore). Maria was instrumental in getting our first Cloud Data Quality release into production earlier this year – her calmness under pressure and effective communication style ensured it was a success all round. Show less

IBM Agile champion IBM Apr 2017