She is the author of Real-World Selling for Out-of-this-World Results. A reader comments: "It's the most practical book on professional selling I have ever read in my 15 years as an account representative." She also wrote Monday Morning Sales Tips and writes several business columns including "Customer Connections" for the Dallas, Austin and Houston Business Journals. She writes the Real Deal: Success for Women in Business blog for Allbusiness.com and is a Sales Coach for Allbusiness.com.

Maura has been quoted in the New York Times, Selling Power and Entrepreneur. Her clients include UPS, Fujitsu, the Houston Texans, Fannie Mae, Conoco and Chevron. She was Mobil Oil's first female lubrication engineer in the U.S. She was one of Chevron's top 5 salespeople in the country. Maura has her M. S. from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. from Cornell University.