Maria Aiello of PwC Joins The IT Media Group’s Advisory Board
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- Monday, 09 January 2017 19:10
Toronto – Jan 9, 2017 – We’re pleased to announce the most recent addition to our Advisory Board, Maria Aiello, Managing Director, Real Estate Technology Advisory practice at PwC.
Maria has been a great supporter to The IT Media Group and a key contributor at our CIO roundtables.
Prior to joining PwC, Maria held CIO positions at Morguard Corporation and Regal Lifestyle Communities (acquired by Revera in 2015).
Maria is a strong advocate of the CIO and real estate communities. Her previous positions include: Vice President of the Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association; chair of the Real Estate CanTech Conference; panel moderator for the Homebuilder and Renovator Expo; and advisor for the Realcomm Conference. She was nominated one of the Top 35 People to Watch by Realcomm. Maria has been featured in CIO Magazine and has appeared in interviews produced by The IT Media Group, IT Canada and IT World Canada. In addition, for most of her career, Maria has been involved in various peer groups in North America for Real Estate. As a result, she has strong relationships with peers globally and many technology vendors and service providers in the industry.
Maria is a graduate of McMaster University with Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and French. Maria has also completed Innovation and Project Leadership Executive courses with Queen’s Business school along with Leadership and Strategy Education with the Rotman School of Business.
“We’re thrilled to have Maria join our advisory board”, said Nasheen Liu, Partner and Vice President of Strategy of the IT Media Group. “Maria has been wonderful in sharing her insights on issues and topics that are important to the CIO and the technology vendor communities”.
“The IT Media Group is instrumental in furthering the collaboration of the Canadian technology community. I’ve benefitted immensely from participating at their CIO roundtables. I look forward to working with the team and other board members on strategic initiatives”, said Aiello.
The IT Media Group is an award-winning producer of programs and content for senior IT executives. Based in Toronto, our leadership team includes some of the most experienced and well respected technology, media and business professionals serving the IT executive community in Canada.






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