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Introducing Maria Thomas
Story by pesmou, Rokali
Published on July 22, 2008 in Etsy News 		Photo by

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UPDATE: Maria Thomas is now Etsy's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Read more about her role and other additions to the Etsy team in this post from July 2008.

[The following was originally published on April 22, 2008.]

We're super excited to introduce Maria to everyone. She's our new Chief Operating Officer (COO). At the moment she's in the Southern hemisphere, taking a brief break before jumping into Etsy. So in the meantime, here's a video portrait we shot just before she left.

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April 22, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. marymary

Great video Maria!

We are so excited to have you join the team!

xoxo,

Mary

April 22, 2008 at 7:23 p.m. neile

What a great video. Her energy made me smile, happy for such a great addition to Etsy.

April 22, 2008 at 7:59 p.m. SteppingStones

Hi Maria! Nice drum set!! Hopa!

April 22, 2008 at 8:11 p.m. JJMFinance

Awesome! I'm glad to see someone who loves excel spreadsheets and numbers like me!

April 22, 2008 at 8:15 p.m. stilettoheights

welcome to etsy!!

April 22, 2008 at 8:31 p.m. mermaidclaire

Hi Maria! Welcome to another West Virginian Etsian!!!

April 22, 2008 at 8:59 p.m. ebbandflo

welcome! your passion for what you enjoy doing is infectious - thanks for sharing it.

April 22, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. ClaudiaLord

Welcome to Etsy, Maria! I love your enthusiasm! (I love excel too).

April 22, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. littleputbooks

This calls for Pie!

:)

Welcome Maria, I hope you love your new job here!

April 22, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. MewPaperArts

Welcome, welcome, welcome! You'll fit right in! Glad to have you!

April 22, 2008 at 9:34 p.m. EarthArt

Welcome to the fold Maria!

April 22, 2008 at 10 p.m. beyondtherockz

Wonderful, Maria, to hear you drum up excitement about joining the team. Welcome!
~Al and Caroline

April 22, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. SandFibers

Welcome, Maria! How exciting for us all :D

April 22, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. XtremeDream

Wonderful! Welcome Maria. :-)

April 22, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. MissCrowland

Seems like a cool woman...and we share the same first name, so of course she's awesome.

April 22, 2008 at 10:36 p.m. bayousalvage

Viva la COO d'etat!
peace and beignets,
kerry

April 22, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. HeyMichelle

Hey Maria! Welcome! We're so excited to have you, and I'm certain you'll love working here as much as we all do...see you soon!

April 22, 2008 at 10:59 p.m. daniellexo

You play some mean drums! We'll have to get you in on our Rock Band sessions!

Welcome to our crafty family :)

April 22, 2008 at 11:12 p.m. aplanetnamedjanet

Welcome Maria. Looking forward to your input.

April 22, 2008 at 11:45 p.m. staceyrebecca

Pie indeed!

Welcome Maria! Hope to see more of you soon!

April 23, 2008 at 12:33 a.m. madelaine

How awesome to see a WVian working for etsy! Welcome, Maria, and have fun! :D

April 23, 2008 at 1:02 a.m. FrucciDesign

Welcome Maria!!

April 23, 2008 at 1:49 a.m. Chillionaire

!!!

welcome to the team ^-^

April 23, 2008 at 7:11 a.m. hobbledehoy

Hi Maria! Hope you love it here, I know you will!

April 23, 2008 at 8:29 a.m. sweetestpea

Welcome to Etsy, Maria!

April 23, 2008 at 9:53 a.m. SecretLentil

hurray!
welcome to etsy, Maria!

April 23, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. missbatch

Welcome! We can't wait to have you here!

April 23, 2008 at 11:08 a.m. adam

Dude, our COO's got chops. Welcome to the fold!

April 23, 2008 at 11:10 a.m. TeenAngster

Sounds like you've got the skillz to pay the billz. Can't wait to start working with ya!

April 23, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. misscourageous

Welcome Maria!!

April 23, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. ArtMind

She seems like an energetic and enthusiastic woman - I'm sure she'll be a great asset to Etsy! Welcome Maria! :)

April 23, 2008 at 12:37 p.m. littlepurls

exciting news! it'll be fun to see what changes (if any) happen to the site. congrats on the new job Maria! i'm totally jealous.

April 23, 2008 at 1:55 p.m. matsudabunch

This is really exciting that Etsy has grown to have a COO!

You have mad drum skills!

April 23, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. TheSingingBird

So glad you've joined Etsy Maria...I have very high hopes from someone who comes to us from Amazon AND NPR!
Wow!!

April 23, 2008 at 7:13 p.m. magickalrealism

Nice intro and amazing credentials. I can't wait to see what she does for the place. :)

April 27, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. fernfiddlehead

HI Maria. Welcome to etsy!! Looking forward to "meeting" you.

April 27, 2008 at 6:42 p.m. operatic

We're very glad you're here :)

Sept. 6, 2008 at 8:19 a.m. MoonMystic

Looking forward to getting to know you. . .

Sept. 10, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. daveschappell

Maria Thomas rules -- worked with her at Amazon, and think she's just fantastic. Etsy got even more amazinger in April!

Dec. 19, 2008 at 1:29 a.m. Fyvebydora

Hi Maria,

I would love to work for Etsy! I registered to sell my fyvebydora knit accessories and I wanted to learn more about the business side of Etsy, so I saw your posting for the Vice President, Customer Support.

I am very interested in this job, because it is one of those rare opportunities where the position marries my business and customer relations skills with my passion for creativity and service.

I am based in San Jose and would fly on my own dime to come out and meet you to hear the details of what you are looking for and tell you about my successes and what I would bring to you and the Etsy customers.

Thank you,

Linda Bidrossian
415-806-2159
lindabidrossian@gmail.com

April 2, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. kariusdeparius

THANK you for popping by PARIS yesterday!!!
I was so happy to see you all! Thanks for all the answers!
I congratulate your down to earth attitude, all you energy and the initiative for building this worldwide craftsmanships community! This is a modern tribute to William Morris !
I'm sorry I arrived late and had to leave you before end - ...thats life with kids... I gladly work in and support your projects! J'aime etsy.com !
FARE FORWARD VOYAGERS, LOVE, Karianne.

April 14, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. bottary

MARIA, porfavor podria ayudarme o orientarme que hago mal que no he vendido mas que 1 cosa en 9 meses y tengo tanto en mis manos ,mi ingles no es bueno y se que si mis cosas que hago son buenas la busque a usted por su nombre,y porque nunca he aparecido al frente si me podria ayudar usted o alguien en espanol gracias.

April 17, 2009 at 5:18 p.m. brownbunnybyiris

Great to have met you in Berlin, Maria! Love your cool presentation!

April 20, 2009 at 12:38 a.m. Mariadelosangeles

Great !!! I would like to met you....you are welcome to Arkansas :)
Hugs :)

May 29, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. IceCreamCandy

Welcome Maria!!!!!!!

May 30, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. antoniaart

Welcome Maria! Cool drum set!

June 3, 2009 at 11:40 p.m. mruxndesign

what a cool woman - open minded, full of energy and hope- fully ;) lots of cool ideas for the business and us sellers!
greetings and good luck to you, maria!
kris
http://www.mr-uxn.com

June 10, 2009 at 2:49 a.m. smallthreads

It was super fun meeting you in San Francisco tonight! I had a blast. It was great to see your enthusiasm in our success. :]

June 10, 2009 at 3:18 p.m. TheNightjar

it was great hearing you speak last night at Crossroads, you have so much positive energy...I only wish you were not so surrounded by fellow Etsians so I could say hi personally!

July 15, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. ItsMadeAtHome

Maria,
It was great meeting you in Seattle! Such a small world it was so cool finding out you too were from WV. We thoroughly enjoyed having you guys here. Maybe next time we can come to you? ~Meghan

Sept. 2, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. hoganfe

Terrific video - Welcome to etsy Maria!

mary

Sept. 2, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. Yayahandicraft

Great artist!!!

Sept. 18, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. QuiltFinger

OMG, OMG! A fellow female drummer is the head of Etsy. Too cool!

Oct. 26, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. lynnsavon

I need to talk to etsys ceo , i have had a seller with 4 out of 5 sales neg feedbaced and when i gave him a neg for not sending what i paid for and proved it to etsy ABUSE,SUPPORT,content,flagged,billing, AND EVERY OTHER .COM THEY HAVE THEY CLOSED HIM AND LEFT ME HANG WITH A BIG FAT NEG FEEDBACK AND HERES THE PROF , IT IS A PRINT OUT FROM THE POST OFFICE THAT CLEARLY SAYS IT WAS ATTEMED ON 10/08/09, AND TWO NOTICES SENT ONE ON 10/10/09 AND THE OTHER ON 10/16/09 ... YET I AM STUK WITH A NEGITVE FEEDBACK !!
I guess i will have to keep going up the chain of comand until it is removed . this is so dis apointing i have a score of with what i just bought 112 and he had 5 with 3 being neg and one nutral .
that is no way to do business ......
HEEEEEELLLLP

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