Meghan DiGiacomo, Global Location Strategies
Global Location Strategies (GLS), one of the world’s leading corporate site selection firms, has announced the addition of Meghan DiGiacomo to its consulting team. In this role, DiGiacomo will provide global location consulting services for manufacturing and industrial companies looking to add capacity, anywhere in the world. She will also advise economic development clients on foreign direct investment attraction and industrial site readiness and competitiveness.
“Meghan’s passion for the industry and prior experience in economic development equips her with a strong command of our specialized subject matter,” says Didi Caldwell, president and founding principal of GLS. “Meghan is an excellent addition to our talented consulting team.”
DiGiacomo joins GLS with nearly a decade of experience in the economic development field. After graduate school, DiGiacomo began her career at the Small Business Development Center in Orlando where she managed research and data analytics, export marketing plan services, and government contract procurement. She then joined Enterprise Florida, the state’s chief economic development organization. While there she was Director of Business Development for the life sciences industry establishing projects resulting in over 2,000 new or retained jobs, $110 million in capital investment, and incentive negotiations. She later returned to her hometown of Highlands County where she restructured and led the County’s Economic Development Department. DiGiacomo earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and an MBA from the University of Central Florida.
For more information about GLS, visit www.globallocationstrategies.com or follow them on Twitter and Facebook @glsconsults and on LinkedIn @Global-Location-Strategies.
Established in 1974, Global Location Strategies (GLS) is one of the world’s most experienced and reputable site selection firms specializing in the data collection and decision analytic methodologies to inform corporations where to add capacity worldwide. GLS has conducted site searches in more than 50 countries for companies in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, chemical and petrochemicals, metals, polymers, composites, paper, and automotive. Since 2012, GLS has supported domestic capital investment and foreign direct investment projects valued at $32.4 billion and generating 12,575 jobs. The company offers a full suite of site selection services, including location benchmarking, site identification and evaluation, technical site due diligence, and incentives negotiation. Economic development services include industrial site identification, readiness, and competitiveness. In 2021, GLS launched the Site Selection Tech brand and the software platforms Lasso and Site Shepherd. The firm is headquartered in Greenville, S.C. For more information, visit www.GlobalLocationStrategies.com.
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