Dr. Maria Aiolova

Dr. Maria Aiolova is the Director of Global Innovation at SJ Group, where she leads AI adoption and builds AI fluency across the enterprise, develops the Global Innovation Strategy, and fosters cross-functional collaboration and open innovation ecosystems across a 16,000-employee global organization. She is an award-winning architect, urban designer, inventor, and educator with over 20 years of experience driving AI and digital transformation, decarbonization, and innovation strategy across the built environment.