About
Goddess of Technology (GT) is an edutainment brand and podcast specializing in business, psychology, culture and art. GT is dedicated to culturally diverse women of color who work in the technology industry – women who we define as 'goddesses of technology'. GT is based in Haarlem in the Netherlands where it was founded in January 2023.
GT's founder, owner, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), content developer and podcast host is Marie Gonzales, M.Sc., M.A. Marie is a German citizen who originates from Germany and the Philippines, was raised in Germany and is currently based in the Netherlands. Previously, Marie resided in other locations including the US, England, Scotland, France, Spain and the Czech Republic for work and study purposes and traveled to even more places world-wide.
Due to Marie's international environment since birth, she's multilingual. She's fluent in written and spoken German, French, Dutch, English and Tagalog (Tagalog is one of the Philippines' official languages). Marie is a proud woman of color herself. She's proudly European and equally proudly Asian.
Furthermore, Marie is a Senior Customer Success Manager (Senior CSM) and a Mentor for CSMs in the technology industry in which she has been working since 20 years, at multinational technology corporations such as Oracle, Zoom and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Today, she works at Scantrust.
Marie is invested in her continuous education. She successfully graduated with 5 university degrees including a Master of Science and a Master of Arts in International Business Management and Psychology. Moreover, she enjoys life-long learning through podcasts, books, documentary films, museums, art galleries and meaningful conversations with people.
In her leisure time, Marie enjoys creative and artistic activities such as photography, painting, drawing, song and poetry writing as well as singing. Also, she feels energized by regular meditation, walks in nature, martial arts and combat sports.