Nicole Del Tio

Nicole Del Tio is an information governance professional based in Cary, Illinois, who currently serves as Information Governance Manager. She began her career in 1997 as a programmer / analyst for a large international retailer. Over nearly two decades there, she advanced through roles in IT, Audit, Strategy and Finance. She later brought her audit expertise to the insurance industry as an IT Audit Manager, leading risk-based audits and partnering with senior executives to secure agreement on corrective actions. Nicole then moved into information governance, where she built the function and team. She is responsible for shaping and carrying out the North American information governance strategy in support of both global and regional priorities. Her work includes building a data inventory framework, implementing an application and onboarding other functions to create alignment with the processing of data. She also coordinates retention and disposition efforts, identifies gaps, and guides the business through remediation. She holds a Certified Information Systems Auditor designation and has earned the Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer credential. She completed bachelor's degrees in Business Information Systems and International Business, with a Spanish concentration, at Illinois State University. Nicole has built her career in a male-dominated field, drawing motivation from those who questioned her abilities and using it to prove them wrong. She credits her current manager with believing in her and giving her the guidance and autonomy to build a new function and program. Although governance is rarely glamorous and her greatest challenge is gaining executive attention for its value, she remains committed to it. She guides her work by a firm commitment to ethics and to doing the right thing, while keeping her family her first priority. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, dancing, reading, and spending time with loved ones.