Maritza received her diploma degree in Physics Engineering from the National University of Colombia and her Master degree in Photonics from the Friedrich Schiller Universität – Jena, Germany. After that she worked as a researcher in different institutions from Colombia and Germany, and in many different topics ranging from optical design, holography and micro-optics to laser metrology. At imec, she joined first imec’s Silicon photonics multi-project wafer service and worked in different fronts of this project. In 2019 she stepped up and started the GaN-IC MPW service business which she is currently coordinating.