María Teresa Arnal
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María Teresa Arnal | |
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 Arnal (2018) | |
| Alma mater | Andrés Bello Catholic University |
| Occupation | Industrial engineer |
María Teresa Arnal is a Venezuelan industrial engineer specialized in marketing, advertising, digital media, telecommunications and entertainment.[1]
She studied industrial engineering studies at the Andrés Bello Catholic University in her home city Caracas and holds a master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School in New York. She is founder and former president of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and co-founder and member of the Academic Council of the Instituto Superior para el Desarrollo de Internet (ISDI) in Mexico.
She is a member of the International Women Forum (Mexico), as well as a mentor for entrepreneurships such as Endeavor Mexico, Wayra Mexico and Naranya Labs.
She has worked in digital agencies such as Clarus, Mirum or J Walter Thompson and in technology companies such as ProdigyMSN. She has also been a consultant for firms such as The Boston Consulting Group and Booz-Allen & Hamilton International. In September 2016, she was named Twitter's general manager for Spanish-speaking markets in Latin America, specifically Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. In March 2017, she became the first woman to become CEO of Google Mexico.[2]