Maria Heriz

Executive Vice President | Chief Product Officer | Sales & Marketing Executive | High Tech industry | Board Member

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

As the Executive Vice-President of our Embedded Processing Group, I am in charge of all our roadmaps definition, strategy and execution of new products introductions with our product management, marketing, R&D and operations teams. With over 20 years of experience in sales and in general business management, I have a proven track record of growing businesses in various industries with extensive experience in Semiconductor, Test & Measurement and Electronics. I have worked for leading companies such as Tektronix, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments and lived in 6 countries. I have served as a board member for VAT, a company based in Switzerland leading the vacuum valves technology for Semiconductor manufacturing equipment. I am committed in sharing my voice to promote STEM careers, technology innovation, coaching and creating extraordinary teams that deliver results.

Experience

  • Executive Vice President Embedded Processing Group at STMicroelectronics
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Tektronix (7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Chief Product Officer
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Chief Marketing Officer
      Apr 2023 - Jan 2024 · 10 mos

    • Vice President EMEA & India Global Sales Operations
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Member Board of Directors at VAT GROUP
    May 2022 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    As an independent member of the Board of Directors at VAT, I supervised the ESG strategy of the company to ensure we were meeting current industry standards and expectations from our shareholders, customers and employees.

  • NXP Semiconductors (3 yrs 8 mos)
    • Vice President Sales, EMEA Mass Market & Distribution
      Dec 2016 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Senior sales director - Secure Identification Solutions
      Feb 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Texas Instruments (4 yrs 11 mos)
    • North & West Europe sales director
      Sep 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • West Europe Area sales director
      Dec 2010 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • France & North Africa sales manager
      Apr 2010 - Dec 2010 · 9 mos