Maida Kasper

Leader
Written By Matthew Mottola

We all know Upwork. Some things are good, some things are bad. But there’d be no freelance economy without them (technically Upwork was Elance and oDesk, then merged in 2015). Today Upwork has over 16 million freelancers, and is the clear leader for clients to find and hire freelancers.

Which brings up Maida, Director of Product Management at Upwork.

No one cares deeper about the freelancer experience. Specifically, Maida makes sure freelancing can be a sustainable career path by driving the product required for clients and freelancers to connect and get sh** done.

To Connect With Maida:

Matthew Mottola

Matthew R Mottola builds the human cloud, the digital and remote model of work that over half the US workforce will transition to within the next seven years.

Matthew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Venture L, the leading platform for freelancers to run their business, and author of upcoming book The Human Cloud.

Matthew has led and transformed today’s leading companies.

At Microsoft, in joint partnership with Upwork, he built the Microsoft 365 freelance toolkit - the unlock for enterprises to embrace the human cloud at scale - bringing Microsoft from nascent to an industry leader in under two years. At Gigster, he built Ideation - a service that used freelance developers, data scientists, and product managers to consistently generate what should be built in the software development lifecycle. At Georgia Tech, he helped develop the entrepreneurship curriculum with Faculty of the Year awardee Arn Rubinoff and guest lectures.

Matthew is a recognized voice for leadership teams, public investors, and media. His work has been featured by Forbes and Fortune to name a few. He is an international keynote speaker, speaking at leading conferences Remote Work Summit and YPO’s Innovation Week to name a few. He is the author of StartUp Not StartDown, upcoming book The Human Cloud, and contributor to leading industry reports.

https://matthewrmottola.com/
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