Virtual reality speaker Mary Spio is a successful tech innovator and deep space engineer born in Ghana. When she was sixteen years old, she moved to the US thanks to her parents’ many sacrifices. She first worked at McDonald’s, working her way up to becoming part of the Air Force. In addition, Mary developed technologies and content for several international businesses like Lucas Films, Boeing, Miami Children’s Hospital, Universal Music, and Microsoft Xbox.

In 2015, Mary founded CEEK VR, a company specializing in cutting-edge content tools and solutions that enable augmented-reality and virtual-reality experiences distribution. Furthermore, speaker Mary Spio is part of the boards of Amazon Launchpad and Oculus VR for Good.

Mary wrote It’s Not Rocket Science: 7 Game-Changing Traits for Uncommon Success. She is famous for developing patents related to the technology required to distribute cinema content to specific demographic groups. In addition, these technologies are important for digitally releasing feature films over satellite. Lucas Films and Boeing Digital Cinema commercialized the technology, which is increasing in popularity as an approved, modern, and cost-saving alternative for films’ scores.

Mary Spio is listed in NBC News’ 100 History Makers in the Making along with Oprah.

Mary studied at Georgia Institute of Technology, where she obtained an M.A. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She also attended Syracuse University, where she obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Mary Spio received several awards, such as Essence Magazine’s New Power Generation. 

Moreover, she has a passion for writing and has contributed to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.