Mary Ann Pierce, President and CEO

Since 1996, Mary Ann has produced integrated digital events for J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Novartis, Pfizer, Inc., Securities Industry Association, and American Dietetic Association. She was a recipient of MPIGNY's Rising Star Award for her work on 1998 Technology Institute and was an adjunct Professor at NYU where she lectured on Internet solutions for the Meetings Industry. Mary Ann is a frequent speaker at Industry conferences such as Meeting World, The Special Event, Corporate Travel World, SITE's Institute of the Americas, Agenda, and Beyond Borders, and has published a number of articles, the most recent being "Best Practices for Virtual Meetings" for Meeting News, December 6, 2002.

Ms. Pierce spent over ten years as a creative director and producer of Corporate Communications for Jack Morton Worldwide and other companies. She has worked on meetings, videos, training and special events for Sony, Xerox, IBM, Parke-Davis, Bristol Myers Squibb, and American Express. She was the Managing Director of David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company, and worked for Wunderman Worldwide as copywriter and commercial producer.

Michael Pierce, Director of Business Development

For over 20 years, Michael has planned and managed tradeshows, conferences and public relations specializing in the hospitality and foodservice industries. With a background in finance and a CPA, he has served for 15 years as senior vice president of Primavera Public Relations and was responsible for integrating the creative and financial aspects of all conferences, conventions and special events.

Kenneth G. Chin, Web Services Director

A BFA graduate of the School of Visual Arts, with a strong background in applications programming, Kenneth has applied his design and conceptual training to the development of Collaboration Websites that facilitate the management, onsite production and post event evaluations of all of MAP Digital's events.