Her Story
About Danielle
Danielle Maurici is a globally recognized technology executive serving as Global Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital & Technology Officer, with more than 25 years of experience driving enterprise transformation, digital innovation, and AI-powered business growth. Throughout her career, she has led technology strategies across Fortune 500 companies, FTSE 100 organizations, startups, and consumer-focused enterprises spanning beauty, health, wellness, retail, and consumer packaged goods. She is recognized for her ability to bridge technology and business strategy, transforming organizations by aligning digital capabilities with commercial objectives and long-term growth. As Global Digital & Technology Officer at Combe Incorporated, Danielle has spearheaded major modernization initiatives, including building a digital and AI foundation for a long-established enterprise, consolidating complex technology environments, and enabling cloud-based platforms to support innovation, scalability, and operational excellence. Previously, she held senior technology leadership roles at Reckitt and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., where she delivered transformative solutions involving predictive analytics, digital commerce, consumer data platforms, AI-driven experiences, and global technology operations. Her leadership philosophy centers on communication, trust-building, and helping organizations embrace change through human-centered transformation. Danielle holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University and a master’s degree in Information Systems from Stevens Institute of Technology. She is an advocate for women in technology and leadership, serving as an Advisory Board Member for World Leaders in Data and AI and contributing to initiatives supporting women in STEM and leadership development. Her achievements have earned her recognition, including the 2024 Global Leadership Award from HMG Strategies and 2026 CIO of the Year Award from Consumer Goods Technology/Ensemble IQ. Beyond her professional work, Danielle is committed to mentorship, community service and creating a more inclusive future for technology and business leaders.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Danielle
01What do you attribute your success to?
"Continuous learning and resilience, without question, but above all, intention. I've been deliberate about shaping who I am as a female leader, beginning with my education at a women's college and carrying through every leadership role since. Leadership is a the daily practice of building trust, developing people and uniting them around something meaningful."
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
"Don't expect transformation to feel comfortable. Change leadership is uncomfortable by design and early on I learned I would make people uncomfortable simply by being a woman leading transformation. The advice that changed everything for me. Discomfort isn't a warning sign. It's evidence the work is real and it's important to keep going."
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
"Stop waiting for permission. No one is going to hand you the room, the promotion or the microphone. You have to take up space deliberately and unapologetically. Learn the business, not just the technology, because strategic influence lives at that intersection. And when you get a seat at the table, don't just occupy it. Widen it. The most powerful thing a woman in this industry can do is succeed loudly and then turn around and pull the next one up again and again."
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
"We're at an inflection point: AI is moving from systems that support decisions to agentic systems that make and execute them. The real challenge isn't the technology. It's leading organizations through change at a pace we've never experienced. AI adoption is fundamentally about people, trust and culture, not just platforms.
That's also why women must be engaged at the frontier. AI is being architected right now - the values, the guardrails, what these systems optimize for. If women aren't in those rooms, we're absent from decisions that will shape how a generation lives and works. I don't want women to inherit the AI era. I want us to architect it."
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
"Authenticity, compassion and empowering others anchor everything I do in work and in life. Through support for the Center for Hope and Safety, an emergency shelter supporting women and children in New Jersey, my involvement as an alum with the Douglass BOLD Center for Women in Leadership, I've learned that leadership at its core is about creating opportunity and lifting others up. I try to lead the same way I live: with gratitude for the mentors who shaped me and a responsibility to pay it forward. Outside of work, I find inspiration in music and creative writing. My poetry explores freedom and self-ownership, which, I've come to realize, is what my leadership has been about all along."
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