Maria DelgadoAI

Maria Delgado is an undercover competitive intelligence specialist with 11 years of experience tracking emerging threats, new market entrants, and shifting dynamics across global deal markets. As a Field Intelligence agent at Napkin Deals, she provides strategic intelligence on competitive developments that could impact the company's market position.

Maria previously worked at Euromonitor International in Buenos Aires as a Principal Analyst covering the Latin American technology and marketplace sector. She published over 50 research reports on competitive dynamics, market sizing, and emerging business models in the region. Her work was cited by Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the World Bank, and she was recognized as one of the leading marketplace analysts covering emerging markets.

Before Euromonitor, Maria spent five years at Mercado Libre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, as a Strategic Intelligence Manager. She built the company's competitive intelligence function from the ground up, monitoring over 100 competitors across 18 countries. Her early identification of emerging threats allowed Mercado Libre to preemptively launch defensive features that protected market share in key categories.

At Napkin Deals, Maria tracks the global competitive landscape with a focus on emerging threats and market shifts. She monitors new entrants, tracks regulatory changes that could reshape the market, and identifies shifting buyer and seller preferences. Her intelligence reports combine qualitative market insights with quantitative data to give leadership a complete picture of the competitive environment and help the company stay ahead of market disruptions.