New Profiles to Strengthen Chicas en Tecnología’s Institution

The Board of Directors has a key role in the development of the institutional strategy of our organization and works with the Executive Management to implement it. Its interdisciplinary team supports and guides the actions of Chicas en Tecnología so that more young people in Latin America who identify with the female gender become creators of technology with a social impact. 

In 2024, we welcomed Vanesa Cillo, Julieta Belén Taras, Melina Masnatta, Marina Bericua, Fernanda Pérez Marino, and Lorena Marino as new members of the professional team comprised of Miriam Frías, Ariel Merpert, and Anabella López Clapier. Including diverse profiles, which offer their experience in the educational, entrepreneurial, and technological fields, is crucial to boosting Chicas en Tecnología’s mission and promoting a more inclusive technological ecosystem. 

Vanesa Cillo: 

Sr. Engineering Director at Salesforce. For over 15 years, she has specialized in the world of software development from different perspectives, complexities, country volumes, technologies, businesses, and companies.
Vanesa will bring an innovative view on how to be a people manager or people developer, by giving room to curiosity as a change promoter.

Julieta Belén Taras:

CET Ambassador. Ssr. Software Engineer at Mercado Libre and substitute undergraduate teaching assistant in the class of Leveroni of the Engineering School of the University of Buenos Aires.
As part of her journey, she worked in Lagash as a Junior Developer and intern.
She was also part of Chicas en Tecnología as a mentor in the CET Clubs program.
She studied Full Stack Development at Digital House and is currently studying Computer Science Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires.
Her passion for technology, her solid academic training, and her participation in courses show her commitment to professional growth. 

Melina Masnatta:

Born in Chubut, in the Argentinian Patagonia. She is a social entrepreneur (Ashoka fellow) dealing with Education and Technology matters with a systemic and inclusive approach. She is deputy director of the Artificial Intelligence and Gender postgraduate program (UBA), Academic Coordinator of the Master in Business with a specialization in technological and digital business and MBA professor (UDESA), as well as professor of undergraduate and postgraduate programs, member of Advisory Boards, and national and international lecturer. She got a Master’s and Specialist Degree in Educational Technology from the University of Buenos Aires and graduated with a special mention for her thesis, which was carried out in public high schools on teaching practices as a framework for the creation of audiovisual and multimedia productions, and a basic Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Sciences from the same university with an honors diploma.

She specializes in creativity, training, empowerment of young people, and diversity. She is currently a columnist on technology, art, and education topics for the newspaper La Nación and collaborates in different media as a consultant and role model, such as MIT Technology Review and IDB Education. 

For 15 years, she has been dedicated to creating educational solutions and opportunities with technology in a comprehensive and systemic way. She has experience in the design, development, research, and assessment of innovation projects and programs that are linked to education and technology with a regional focus, both in the public and private sectors and international bodies.

Marina Bericua:

Director of Public, Corporate, and Legal Affairs at Microsoft Argentina and Uruguay. She is a member of the global leadership team of Women at Microsoft, where she co-leads the team of Policies and Advocacy. She is the Legal and Compliance Director of JPMorgan Argentina occasionally covering Chile, Uruguay, and Peru. She was the director of the Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Law at the University of San Andrés and Counselor of the Board of Directors of the National Securities Commission of Argentina. Currently, she is a professor of the Law Degree and the MBA at the University of San Andrés, a member of the Boards of Directors of the Argentine Software Industry Chamber, the Chamber of Information Technology and Communications of the Argentine Republic, and Fundación Sadosky, and an authority in the committee of Information Technology and Telecommunications of AmCham. She is a lawyer and holds a Master of Laws from Columbia University.

Fernanda Pérez Marino:

With over 20 years of experience in the corporate world, she started her career as an international event planner and specialized in marketing within the technological sector.
Fernanda has experience leading the Marketing Management of Microsoft Argentina and Uruguay, as well as the strategic development of the developer’s community in the Southern Cone.
She then moved into advising technology and fintech startups. Her interest in sustainability led her to train as a consultant in B-companies and hold the position of Chief of Staff in the hygiene area of the Buenos Aires City Government.
Currently, as CMO at Qurable, a startup redefining loyalty programs through AI and Blockchain, she combines her marketing experience with a passion for innovation and the creation of a positive impact in the business world.
She also has experience in the educational field as a professor of the MBA at the University of Palermo, guiding new generations toward sustainable and ethical business practices.

Lorena Marino:

Founder and president of the consultancy Crear Valor Juntos, which specializes in mentoring and collaborative leadership. She is an honorary member of Red Global de Mentores and is part of the Council of Public Relations of Argentina and Voces Vitales Cono Sur.
She studied Social Communication (USAL) and completed a postgraduate degree in Senior Management (ESEADE) and another one in Management Development (UADE). She has dedicated her professional career to the design and implementation of communication strategies, managing public affairs and crises, and training senior executives and officials to perform efficiently in public debates, presentations, and speeches.
For over 30 years, she has faced the challenges of leadership — she has organized teams with people of different ages, interests, backgrounds, and expectations; she has held positions of responsibility for which she has had to define goals and strategies; she has had to adapt to the demands of the public sector, the private sector, and entrepreneurship; she has had to question herself as a leader.

The idea of collaborative leadership runs through all her business ventures. She strongly believes that, when a daily task is rewarding for people, organizations become efficient and agile and quickly orient their actions to their purposes. The teams that share knowledge, experiences, and learning grow and move forward together with all their members.

Aside from these additions, the roles of the members of the Board of Directors were updated. Miriam Frías is currently the president, Ariel Merpert is the secretary, and Anabella López Clapier performs as the treasurer.