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Currently, I'm finishing my Master in Pedagogical Supervision, working part-time as a conversational English Teacher in Valencia, Spain, and as a social media creator. For 2 years, I traveled the world as a volunteer teacher, an experience that changed my life. Before, I worked in corporate finance and management in my native country, Portugal. I have a business degree, a postgrad in Pedagogical Supervision finished, and a lot of additional training in graphic design, digital marketing, and content creation. I am looking forward to new opportunities online that allow me to be myself to the fullest.

My name is Maria Benitez, and i have a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Hospitality Management, with over 15 years of experience in business operations. My background includes leading operations, managing teams, and overseeing customer relations to ensure efficiency and seamless operations while maintaining exceptional guest experiences and top-tier service quality. In addition, I have extensive experience as an Executive Assistant to C-level executives. I specialise in: • Calendar management and meeting coordination: Managing complex schedules, optimizing your time, and ensuring that meetings are well-organized and productive. • Email management: Handling your inbox with professionalism and discretion, prioritizing key communications, and maintaining smooth correspondence. • Project execution: Supporting task delegation and overseeing progress to ensure that projects are completed efficiently on time. • Corporate travel arrangements: Booking travel, creating detailed itineraries, and handling last-minute changes to provide seamless travel experience. • Confidentiality and data security: Safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the protection of all sensitive information. I am dependable and flexible, available across multiple time zones to deliver high quality work consistently on time. Clear communication is central to my approach, ensuring that your business operations run smoothly and efficiently. Whether you are a C-suite executive, entrepreneur, or business professional, I am committed to providing exceptional support, executive assistant, and project management. My extensive experience ensures reliability and professionalism in every task. I look forward to the opportunity to help you streamline your operations and enhance your productivity.

Full-Stack Developer with 5+ years of experience in building custom websites, web apps, and scalable platforms. I specialize in both front-end and back-end development, delivering high-performance, SEO-friendly solutions using modern stacks. ✅ Core Skills & Technologies: - Front-end: React.js, Next.js (TypeScript & JavaScript), React Native, HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind, Bootstrap - Back-end: Laravel, .NET (C#), WordPress (custom themes & plugins, headless), REST APIs - Databases: MySQL, MS SQL Server, Firebase Realtime DB - DevOps & Tools: Docker, GitLab CI/CD, AWS, Cloudflare, CDN, Firebase, Nginx - Platforms: Linux & Windows servers, VPS, Shared Hosting - Other: SEO optimization, Page Speed, Mobile Optimization, UI/UX best practices I build responsive, fast-loading, and scalable websites from scratch or can jump into existing projects. Whether it's a B2B/B2C platform, a WordPress site with custom features, or a React/Next.js, I deliver clean code and clear communication.

🌍 In a world of over 3.6 billion professionals, I belong to an ultra-specialized niche: about 0.02%, roughly 1 in every 5,000 professionals, engaged in remote strategic and operational consulting with ethical and impact-driven organizations. As an Ethical Fractional COO (interim/part-time executive), with 10+ years of international experience in business development, sales, marketing, operations, partnerships and project management, I help startups, SMEs and non-profits scale with measurable outcomes, sustainable growth and strong ESG foundations. I use automation, process optimization and AI with an ethical approach to maximize results: increasing revenue and sales, attracting more donors, creating new revenue streams, and cutting costs and time, all while building sustainable growth. How I work: - Fractional model: 2–4h/day, outcome-based, focused on KPIs and real impact. - Operations & Growth: OKRs, playbooks, dashboards, revenue & partnership strategies. - Automation & AI: process optimization, donor/sales funnels, new revenue streams, cost & time reduction. - Ethical leadership: aligning innovation with sustainability and ESG principles. I believe authentic relationships and ethical growth are the true drivers of long-term success and realization. If you’re a startup, SME or non-profit seeking a catalyst for sustainable impact, let’s connect and explore how I can help turn bold visions into measurable results and meaningful realization.

I help companies map their end‑to‑end operations, identify bottlenecks, and design custom internal systems that automate work across CRM, contracts, finance, production, logistics, and more. I work with companies that are growing and feeling the pain of scattered information, manual tasks, and processes that depend on “how each person does it” instead of a clear, shared system. This includes: Fast‑growing startups that have outgrown spreadsheets Established service companies that want to modernize their operations Teams that need a tailored internal system instead of forcing their reality into a generic ERP What I actually do Before writing code, the focus is on understanding and designing your operation: Interview key team members across areas (sales, operations, finance, logistics, etc.) Map your current processes from lead → contract → delivery → billing → post‑sale Identify gaps, bottlenecks, duplicated work, and opportunities for automation Then, design and build a system tailored to your company, for example: CRM and sales pipeline with automatic follow‑ups, reminders, and internal tasks Contract and e‑signature workflows with version control and addendums Finance and cost control per project, event, or client, including post‑event billing Production, scheduling, HR/freelancer allocation, and logistics modules Inventory, purchasing, and reverse inventory (returns, damages, losses) This is similar to a project where an internal ERP was specified for an events/bar company, covering Commercial & CRM, Contracts, Finance/Controlling, Production & Staff Scheduling, Inventory & Warehouse, and Fleet/Logistics in a single integrated flow.