Maria Consuelo Gonima

Maria Consuelo Gonima is the founder of Big Smile Co., a strategic communications practice at the intersection of entertainment and technology. She has led communications and launches for major media brands including Warner Bros. Discovery, Hulu, NBCUniversal, Telemundo, and Rooster Teeth, and for boundary-pushing immersive and creative ventures including Tribeca Festival, the MGM-funded VR studio Survios, Meow Wolf, Jon Favreau's Gnomes and Goblins, and Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup. A leader in AI and entertainment, Gonima served as COO of the sports and esports AI video company Reely, guiding its acquisition by VideoVerse. She also helped shape an early framework of AI and labor by announcing SAG-AFTRA's first voice-AI agreement with Replica Studios at CES. She once rapped on NBA 2K and is a DJ under the moniker oonceoonce.