Ms. Jeanne DiFrancesco is the Principal of ProOrbis, LLC and is one of the world’s leading experts in the economic valuation of intangible assets and sources of value including human capital, brands, and science and technology R&D as well as the intangible valuation of U.S. government mission objectives and national priorities in defense and other governmental operations. With over 25 years of executive and strategic level experience, Ms. DiFrancesco is the project architect and visionary for ProOrbis projects ranging in size and industry for applications including the International Space Station National Laboratory Reference Model to transformations of leading private and public organizations in health sciences, electronic materials, investment banking, insurance, financial operations, power generation, logistics, electronic warfare, and geospatial intelligence.
Ms. DiFrancesco authored the ProOrbis® Method, a proprietary framework of strategic and economic techniques that combine management theory and applications that set the standard for managing the value of investments in an enterprise and maximizing returns on investment. This methodology has been applied for over 10 years in real-world business situations including the design of new operations and businesses to large scale enterprise transformations.
Ms. DiFrancesco speaks frequently at conferences and has served as an expert advisor for various groups including: the American Nuclear Society (ANS), The Conference Board, Institute of Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), the Brookings Institution, Drexel University, The Harvard Club, and continues as a long-time guest lecturer at the Wharton School.
The ProOrbis® Method has been featured in articles written by Ms. DiFrancesco and in publications including The New Six Sigma, Nature News and CFO magazine.
Prior to ProOrbis, Ms. DiFrancesco worked as a Principal Consultant at Price Waterhouse and as an executive at DuPont for over 10 years. She holds an EMBA from University of Pennsylvania: Wharton School of Business and an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary.