Top 50 Hispanic Tech Leaders in Latin America, Spain & Portugal

HITEC, the global executive leadership organisation of senior-level business and technology executives, has announced the top 50 Hispanic tech leaders in Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

.The HITEC 50 award programme recognises and celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of the most influential and notable Hispanic executives and entrepreneurs in the technology industry across Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Those who are nominated, or submit themselves for the award, are evaluated based on their accomplishments in the ever-changing technology industry and landscape, and for their mentoring and professional development activities.

Awardees of the HITEC 50 recognition represent the top tier talent that is making a positive impact on the technology industry, and serve as role models to the next generation of leaders that are accelerating in their respective businesses and communities. Each year, HITEC receives countless submissions and nominations for this award, and each year, with an expanding pool of worthy candidates, the award becomes more competitive to earn. Those recognised within the HITEC 50 are the best of the best; the crème de la crème, according to HITEC.

INSPIRING HISPANIC TECH LEADERS

“In recognition of technology’s ever-increasing role in business transformation, HITEC continues to recognise technology and business executives that deliver outstanding results and drive transformational change while also inspiring and developing the next generation of technology leaders,” stated Lúcia Soares, Board Member and Chair of the Awards Committee. “We are honoured to have reviewed applications from many deserving leaders and are proud to publish the 2022 HITEC 50 – an elite representation of Hispanic technology leaders in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.”

The objective of this award is not only to recognise talented individuals and highlight their achievements, but also to foster business and professional growth for HITEC members, and finally to help build and develop strategic business relationships that will encourage growth within the industry globally.

“I continue to be amazed by the expanding global footprint of Hispanic Technology leaders as the world becomes even more technology powered,” added Guillermo Diaz, Jr, Chairman of HITEC. “What is even more powerful is seeing more gender diversity in technology and these top 50 leaders are the example for the next generation so they ‘can be what they can see'”.

HITEC’S TOP 50 LEADERS

This year’s Top 50 HITEC leaders in tech (in alphabetical order) include:

• Ana Albir , Chief Executive Officer, ADL Digital Labs
• Laercio Albuquerque, Vice President, Latin America, Cisco
• Mauricio Amaro, IT Corporate Director / Chief Information Officer,
  Avante Textil Group
• Salvador Aponte, Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer, ALSEA
• Erika Araujo, Latin America Channels, Ecosystem and Inside Sales Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Maria Teresa Arnal, Head of LATAM, Stripe
• Roman Baudrit, Vice President – Latin America Cloud Protection and License,
  Thales Group
• Olga Botero, Partner & Chief Executive Officer, C&S Customers and Strategy
• Gabriela Cadenas, Senior Vice President Digital and Technology Americas
  The Heineken Company
• Alvaro Camarena, Senior Vice President & General Manager Latin America Channel & Diversity Champion, Dell Technologies
• Patty Canales, Vice President Business Operations and Technology, Banco Interamericano de Finanzas
• Mario Chaves, President, Americas, CSA Division, Encora
• Ahide Contreras, Head of Mexico Citi Technology Infrastructure, Citi
• Tânia Consentino, General Manager, Microsoft Brazil
• Jesús David Díaz Garaygordobil, Chief Information Officer, CHRISTUS MUGUERZA
• Jerónimo Diez de Sollano, Chief Information Officer, AT&T México
• Cesar Augusto dos Santos, Chief Information Officer, Claro Brazil
• Carolina Florez Stutz, Vice President Women in Tech, Oracle
• Adriana Gamboa, BPO Global Delivery Talent Transformation Lead, IBM Costa Rica
• Rolando Garay, Lead Partner, Technology and Transformation Services, KPMG
• Natalie Gil, Chief Executive Officer, Darshana
• Ludmila Gragnani Wolf, Vice President, IT Consumer Health Latin America & WW Portfolio, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
• Carlos Granda, Vice President Cloud Customer Experience, Google Cloud, Google
• Arturo Grapa, Chief Technology Officer / Chief Information Officer Mexico,
  Bank of America
• Marcos Grilanda, Head of Multi-Country Organization, Amazon Web Services
• Ernesto José Gutiérrez De Piñeres, Digital Vice President, Ecopetrol
• Manuel Hinojosa, Partner, KPMG
• Flor López, Directora de HP Inc. Guadalajara, HP Inc
• Paul Maya, Chief Executive Officer Atos Mexico & CA, ATOS
• Luiz Meisler, Executive Vice President Oracle, Latin America, Oracle
• Claudia Minzi, Managing Director, Head of Cybersecurity and Tech Controls for Latam and Canada, JPMorgan Chase & Co
• Cleber Morais, Country Director Brazil, Amazon 
• Juan Carlos Ortiz de Montellano, IT Corporate Director CIO/CTO/CDO, Apollo Group
• Cristina Palmaka, President, SAP Latin America & Caribbean
• Jesus Palomino Echartea, Guadalajara Site General Manager, Intel
• Enrique Perezyera, President & Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Mexico
• Teresa Reyes, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, Infocenter S.A.
• Nicole Rodríguez Van den Branden, Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Mexico
• Ileana Rojas, Vice President, Design Engineering Group General Manager of Intel Costa Rica and, CR Manufacturing & Product Engineering Director, Intel
• Pablo Rotszyld, Executive Director, Head of Global Technology Infrastructure, Argentina & Enterprise Workplace Products Latin America, JPMorgan
• Alba San Martin, Senior Director, Cisco Systems
• Elvira Sánchez Chapa, VP Chief Information Officer, DHL Express México
• Guayente Sanmartin, General Manager and Global Head of Commercial Systems and Displays Solutions, HP Inc
• Jorge Sapien Almada, Chief Executive Officer, Kio Networks
• Jose Antonio Saracho Angulo, Chief Information Officer, COPPEL SA DE CV
• Lusmary Silva, Senior Technology Manager, Chief Information Officer Brazil Technology, Bank of America
• Elaine Souza, Managing Director, Head of Technology, Operations and Branch Operations, Latin America, Morgan Stanley
• Fernando Thompson, Chief Information Officer, Universidad de las Americas Puebla
• Patricia Vasconcelos, Managing Director, Accenture
• Susana Zumel Vara, Chief Information Officer, Cepsa

Check out last year’s top 50 HITEC Leaders here, and HITEC’s 100 most influential Hispanic leaders in technology here below.