Maria DeGiglio, M.A.

Maria DeGiglio, M.A., Principal Analyst, has over 25 years as an IT executive, professional, and industry analyst with broad industry experience and expertise in business process design and improvement, continuous improvement, business/IT alignment, business case development, and contingency planning.  Ms. DeGiglio has been president and principal of Maria DeGiglio Consulting Group since 2005 working with clients in both higher education and health care as an education/health care specialist, online and classroom instructional designer and developer, and adjunct faculty. She has comprehensive knowledge of both the business and IT issues affecting higher education and health care and has legal and policy expertise in privacy and regulatory compliance. Ms. DeGiglio was previously employed as Principal Business Analyst and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Practice Leader by the Robert Frances Group. She advised C-suite executives on best practices in project/program management, IT governance, and risk management. She published extensively on service level agreements (SLAs) and talent management, conducted contract review and analysis, and performed vendor evaluations/comparisons.