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				<span class="staff-title">Catapult Founder, Creative Director</span><br />
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					<p>Maz designed and developed Catapult as a way to help address the huge global problem of gender inequality.</p>
					<p>Maz began as a musician, songwriter and synthesist in New York's downtown music scene at the center of the digital music revolution. In the '90s, she joined Microsoft's Social Interface Group, going on to co-found FunArts Software in San Francisco. FunArts helped pioneer socially intelligent and voice user interfaces, and clients included Microsoft, General Magic, Schwab, Bandai Entertainment, and BMW. In 2002 Maz helped to found Keep a Child Alive, an HIV/AIDS foundation focusing on families and children, then joined Advocacy International as Creative Director. At Advocacy International, Maz worked with Ann Pettifor to design and develop a multidisciplinary DfID program focused on increasing maternal and newborn survival across six countries. Maz has also consulted with Women Deliver, ICEC, AIDS-Free World, Options and DfID.</p>
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