In 2017, Meetings & Conventions named Mary Ann Pierce, founder and CEO of MAP Digital, as one of the Top 25 Women in the Meetings Industry, noting, “Pierce is ahead of the curve, as the rest of the industry now embraces data capture and analytics as the next frontier.” For 20 years, Mary Ann worked with her financial industry clients to build MetaMeetings, a secure, compliant platform to manage event content, webcasts, attendee engagement and data. She recently deployed MetaMeetings for Masters & Robots and SingularityU Warsaw.

Mary Ann sits on the boards of Digital Irish, Irish International Business Network New York, the Cuala Foundation, and is an advisor for Dublin’s Inspirefest.

She has worked with J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, the Wall Street Journal, Novartis, Pfizer, and Havas. She taught at New York University and has been a speaker at Evolve or Die, PCMA Educon, and MPI Conferences. MAP Digital is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.