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Maddie Bird
Audience Marketing Manager, Informa
Maddie Bird is the audience marketing manager for Channel Partners Conference & Expo and MSP Summit at Informa, the business intelligence and exhibitions group that also owns Channel Futures. They have worked in events and marketing for over a decade and joined the channel as part of the Informa Channel Partners/Channel Futures team in 2021. Before joining Informa, Maddie worked as an event marketer for software providers Semrush and Accelevents. Prior to joining the tech world, Maddie worked in event marketing in the food and beverage industry, serving as marketing manager for a Philadelphia specialty coffee shop, and later marketing and events manager for a local hard cider producer.
Maddie is a vocal supporter of DE&I efforts in the channel and is especially invested in advocating for the queer community. They are originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved to Philadelphia in 2013 to attend Temple University’s Fox School of Business, which they graduated from in 2017. When they’re not working, Maddie loves camping, hiking, reading, photography and being outdoors.