Maricla Pirozzi Quartey
Program Director of Master of Science in Information Systems Bridge, and Data Architecture, Multidisciplinary Graduate Engineering Programs
Contact
- m.pirozzi@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000
Office
- 505 Dana Research Center
Research Focus
Area of Focus: Information Systems and co-op program director for Cyber-Physical Systems, Data Architecture and Management, Information Systems, Software Engineering Systems, and Telecommunication Networks
About
Maricla joined Northeastern University in January 2017 and is currently the Director of Co-op for the Multidisciplinary team. Maricla speaks three languages and has lived and worked in many different countries. She is an enthusiastic and customer-centric sales professional with more than a decade of experience in management, software sales, and consulting services solutions for small to large enterprise.
Maricla completed her doctoral studies in Higher Education Administration at Northeastern. Her research is focused on developing new instructional strategies and tools for teaching and empowering college students with ADHD, especially in the developing world. She is interested in how educational strategies, AI, machine learning, and autonomous mobility manipulations technologies can help improve the quality of life for people with ADHD.
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Arts Foreign Languages and Literature with a Concentration in American Studies, Instituto Universitario L’ Orientale, Naples, Italy
- Master of Business Administration, International Marketing and Business, European School of Economics, Florence, Italy
- Doctor of Education, Higher Education Administration, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Professional Affiliations
- American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD)
Research Overview
Area of Focus: Information Systems and co-op program director for Cyber-Physical Systems, Data Architecture and Management, Information Systems, Software Engineering Systems, and Telecommunication Networks
Selected Publications
- The Perception of the College Experience for Students with ADHD

Oct 13, 2022
An Industry-Facing Master’s Program Leads to Career at Amazon Web Services
During her master’s program in information systems, Sonia Mahankali dove into a powerful co-op job at cybersecurity firm Appgate as a sales engineer. The experience she gained there set her up for her next career move to Amazon Web Services as a technical account manager.

Oct 04, 2022
What and Why, Not Just How: Journey from Software Engineer to Product Manager
Main photo: Shruti Kotian, MS’19, information systems, onsite on co-op at Copart where the company stores salvaged cars and trucks for online auction. She learned about the whole process of how salvaged cars are brought into the site and how the app she worked on is used to categorize and auction the inventory. Shruti Kotian […]

Mar 16, 2021
MS in Information Systems Co-op as Business Intelligence Engineer at Dell Technologies
The Master of Science in Information Systems program at Northeastern University always stood out to Jayshil Jain, ME’21, information systems, as being at the forefront of their domain by blending industry relevant experience with an innovative curriculum. Jain says, “The classes help students understand not only how to build, but how to work on real-world […]
Sep 10, 2020
Faculty and Staff Awards 2020
Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2019-2020 academic school year.

Mar 12, 2020
Taking Graduate Experience-Powered Learning to the Next Level
Northeastern has been building its worldwide network of co-op partners for more than a century and in 2020 was ranked No. 1 in the nation for co-ops/internships by U.S. News and World Report. Graduate students at Northeastern’s College of Engineering are gaining real-world experiences on co-op in industry and research, locally and globally, and also through our innovative Experiential PhD program.

Apr 29, 2019
Faculty and Staff Awards 2019
Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2018-2019 academic school year. See Photo Gallery Faculty Fellow Matthew Eckelman, CEE Yongmin Liu, MIE Outstanding Teacher of First Year Engineering Students Joseph Depasquale, Chemistry Brian O’Connell, FYE Sumi Seo, Mathematics Matthew Webber, […]