Hitachi Consulting: Biographies

John Maring

Executive Vice President , U.S. Integration & Development

John Maring is the executive vice president of our Hitachi Integration and Development business unit. He is responsible for directing the exploration and development of strategic go-to-market solutions that specifically leverage Hitachi enterprise products and services. To this end, his team is also responsible for managing Hitachi Consulting's "sell to" and "sell with" relationships with other Hitachi entities, both in the United States and Europe. In essence, John's team provides the strategic “synergy” with Hitachi. Previously, John led our Services Industry Group (Comm & Content, Financial Services and Healthcare) and the Comm & Content Industry practice in the United States.

John has focused primarily on the communications industry during his more than 22 years of consulting. He has worked for several companies during his career including Andersen Consulting, Hewlett Packard and Arthur Andersen. Prior to joining Hitachi Consulting in 2002, John was a world-wide Partner in Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting business unit.

John earned his bachelor and master degrees with honors in economics from the University of Denver. He has spoken at several communication industry events over the years, been a board member of several IEEE conferences, and was a pioneer male mentor in the Women in Cable and Telecom mentoring program.