Mariya Kucherenko, Vice-President / Managing Director, MWDPlanet & Lumen Corporation, www.mwdplanet.ca www.lumen-art.ca
Mariya is a Professional Engineer and Lighting Designer with 25 years’ experience in a wide project range: public, museum & exhibits, education, sustainability /LEED, planning, site streetscape, roadways, bridges, LRT and bus transit centers, and exterior buildings/structures. As a result of completing projects in Canada and Europe, and coupled with finding practical resolutions for design issues, she has been recognized with several Awards of Merit from the IES of North America. Since 2011 Mariya has been involved in the operation of this family business on a regular basis in the capacity of Managing Director.
Mariya will be attending the 10th Annual IWEC Conference, held on Nov. 12-14th in Redmond, Washington, to accept her award.
The 2017 IWEC conference, whose theme is “Connecting Women Businesses Globally: Accelerating Growth through Innovation & Technology”, celebrates a milestone: IWEC’s 10th anniversary. The conference is sponsored by Microsoft and hosted at their corporate headquarters in Washington state. The theme of the conference is very fitting not only for the venue, but for the emphasis that IWEC places on mentoring, education and cross-collaboration across borders. The conference agenda is a thought-provoking set of panels and presentations covering threads such as “Doing Business in the U.S.”, “Artificial Intelligence” and “Cybersecurity and Blockchain”, among others.