Using Impactful Technology to Drive Change Processes and Increase Team Engagement

  • Looking back at the journey of making a digital transformation the foundation of our business strategy
  • Focusing on a successful transformation by paying attention to three fundamental aspects: People, processes and technology
  • Utilizing data to focus on our consumer-centric strategy and enable us to be more agile and responsive to market trends and needs
  • Gaining a complete view of sustainability efforts by integrating data from multiple sources across operations and supply chain

Juan José Pajon
Business Technology Global SVP
Grupo Bimbo

Juan Jose Pajon is the Business Technology Global Senior at Grupo Bimbo, where he has been recognized as Mexico CIO of the Year in 2021 and one to the Top Ten Influencers in Latin America for Digital Transformation. He is one of the leaders responsible for GB’s digital transformation globally, where he leads Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Apps and Cloud.

Prior to this role, he was CIO Global Operations IT Latin America for GE, where he was responsible for the digital transformation of General Electric´s Shared Service Center for Latin America and Corporate IT lead for the region. Previously, he led the Apps Globalizations team at Oracle for Latin America working directly with the ERP development’s team to ensure market competitiveness.

He has also extensive experience in relevant topics such as ERP, Applications, Blockchain, and recently, in all Web3 technologies including Metaverse. He currently gives CIO Certification classes in one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico.

Juan Jose earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting at the University of Buenos Aires, and a General Management certification degree at IPADE Business School (including a Stanford Graduate School of Business General Management certification).

He was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and resides in Mexico City with his wife Laura and his children Juan Cruz and Lara. He is also an avid Boca Juniors’ fan.