Marisa Pacifico

About Marisa Pacifico

I’m a senior leader who does my best work in complexity: where problems are messy, signals conflict, and the right path forward isn’t obvious. I like to understand things deeply, ask the right questions, and challenge assumptions thoughtfully in order to surface what’s actually going on.My background spans audit, governance, enterprise transformation, and AI-adjacent initiatives, but my real strength is making sense of ambiguity. I’m often brought into situations where data, risk, technology, and business outcomes don’t align, and my role is to extract the underlying problem, frame it clearly, and help leaders move toward practical solutions.I’m fluent in the different “languages” of business, strategy, governance, information technology, risk, and compliance - which helps break down silos and translate concerns across engineering, legal, finance, and security teams. I focus on turning complexity into tangible frameworks, guidance, and executive-ready insight, establishing clarity, accountability, and momentum where things might otherwise stall.I prefer risk-driven, pragmatic approaches over checkbox compliance, and I care deeply about building teams and operating models that scale practically in the real world. If you’re navigating complexity, questioning whether the current approach is actually working, or trying to turn noise into clarity and action, we’ll likely have a good conversation

Experience

1. Senior Director, Program Management Generativeai

   ADP

   Jul 2023 — Present · Norfolk, VA, US

Education

• University of Massachusetts Amherst

  B.S., Computer Science

• Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Accounting & Information Systems

• Quantic School of Business and Technology

  Executive Master's of Business Administration, Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Internal Controls
• Organizational Leadership
• Computer Security
• Auditing
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Sec Filings
• Management
• Gaap
• Accounting
• Cpa
• Us Gaap
• U.s. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Gaap)
• Financial Reporting
• Teamwork
• External Audit
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Executive Leadership
• Network Security
• Financial Accounting
• Internal Audit