Maria Avgitidis Pyrgiotakis

Maria is the Founder and CEO at Agape Match, a matchmaking firm that caters to busy professionals who value their time and privacy. Agape Match is a matchmaking firm based in New York City. Agape, meaning love and affection in Greek, is how her team measures success for her clients. Her success as a matchmaker has gained national recognition and awarded Best Matchmaking Agency at the 2016 US Dating Awards. Agape Match takes pride in the service that they are able to provide their membership through their date coordination efforts. The Agape Match team provides a stress free experience for their matchmaking clients by providing full date concierge up to the second date, where they take care of reservations, date confirmations and reminders of their dates. The day after their date, Agape's clients (and their dates) give feedback to help calibrate their search for their next match or help set up the following date. Agape Match provides a solution to "modern dating", an environment over saturated by dating apps and websites, to busy and/or discreet professionals that do not have the time or the opportunities to utilize modern dating methods. Using severals levels of compatibility (lifestyle, communication, family values, etc.) to help match their busy clients, Agape Match aims to be the best matchmaking service they can be for each of their client's relationship endeavors.

Co- created and launched successfully a social networking application to evolve internal communication among employees to build knowledge transfer, promote creativity, and assist company’s advancement to trending technologies. Conducted market research for Fortune 500 companies on brand- campaign digital strategy, measuring brand awareness and effectiveness in web and mobile based advertising technology, specifically Wal-Mart, Samsung, Harpo, GM, Volkswagen, Verizon, Coca- Cola, Miller-Coors, and Nestle. Evaluated campaign performance on a day to day basis and optimize to maximize best performance metrics and supported the management of projects from inception to successful completion including implementation of research and providing client service to partners and publishers.

Relationship management between buyers and distributors, to create a US-Greece network in export- import process. Heavy emphasis on NAFTA- EU international trading laws and best business practices. Conducted Market Research in the telecommunications, retail, and medical sector of Greece, to assist US companies with initial and extended trade with Greece. Organized trade events where US product Exporters could promote product and service to qualified buyers.

Assisted lighting department in pre-production building, event scheduling, . Managed talent for high priority projects of Internet and television time slots in gymnastics and marathon, including translation of, layout, and production building. Oversaw coordination of marathon, men and women, through NBC team building.

Concentration: Private Sector- International Business, Economics, and Development Regional Concentration: Europe Thesis: Showcasing Identity at the Eurovision Song Contest - Greece, Turkey and Cyprus