Listen to Noomii's interview with Maria Marsala

About Me

An irrepressible entrepreneur, Maria entered the business world at age 14, landed on Wall Street at age 17, and shattered the glass ceiling at age 21. Fiercely determined and keenly insightful, she became a bond trader when female executives were as rare as pink diamonds. She helped the trading desk and RRs across the country increase sales by creating new marketing and operations procedures that were eventually used firm-wide.

Over time, she become more involved in the operations of the fixed income department. Realizing that she had a knack for streamlining operations and generating profits by reducing expenses, she shifted into management. As the first internal consultant at Bear Stearns, she worked with every department and branch office manager.

Maria has worked at financial firms such as Merrill Lynch, Reynolds Securities (DeanWitter), Bear Stearns, Carroll McEntee McGinley, and government broker, FBI. For two years, she owned her own Wall Street Consulting firm, working on GNMA AND REPO projects.

In 1998, brimming with over 25 years of experience, Maria founded Elevating Your Business, a company coaching and speaking company dedicated to advising financial professionals. With her “make no excuses” attitude, Maria customizes solutions to detect and overcome each client's unique obstacles, helping them create the business and lifestyle they only imagined possible.

When asked why they hire Maria, her clients consistently cite these three reasons:
1. Her ability to "give them their life back" by systematizing and simplifying the essential business functions.
2. Her insightful, kick-ass solutions to their business problems allow them to get "unstuck" quicker, and achieve more in a few months than they could after years of struggling.
3. Her focus on finances including budgeting, pricing, and productizing services increased their sales 25%-400% in 4 to 12 months!

Her concepts have been quoted regularly in prestigious media outlets.