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Nelson Enriquez
Multicultural Executive and Business Leader with more than 20 years of experience in the IT,
Strategy and Planning, with specialized Business studies at Stanford (USA), INSEAD (France) and
EGADE (Mexico).
International experience with several projects in other geographies including Asia, Europe, Middle
East and South America, mainly for Business Integration: valuing companies (Due Diligence) and
integrating the operations to CEMEX standards (Merge & Acquisitions), Experience includes retail,
pharma, services and manufacturing industries.
With analytical savvy, problem solving and drive to make the highest possible business impact in all
the initiatives and projects where I participated, and a penchant for Technology.
Personal experience includes participating as a speaker in different international IT events and
Technology vendor’s user conference since 2000 (Microsoft Tech Ed, Gartner, Microstrategy, Tibco,
Informatica, SAP.)
Current CIO of Tier 1 Retail Company @ Mexico, responsible of Global IT Strategy and
transformation projects (Point of Sale, Merchandising, Demand Planning among others), budget
control and optimization (35 MUSD) and maintain the business continuity leverage IT services and
platforms
Experience includes the responsibility of Innovation Manager Role at CEMEX, my main
responsibilities was to sale, engage and implement Innovative Technologies and practices to change
the way in which CEMEX works, operates and serves its customers globally, being recognized by
specialized publications for our achievements (Forrester, Forbes, Huffington post, Gartner,
Technology Review by MIT, Computer World honors program Winner).
Other functions with experience are Enterprise Architect at CEMEX, responsible for Enterprise
Architecture Services (SAP and Non SAP Technologies, corporate function with global accountability)
and CTO Role responsible of IT Security Strategy, IT operations projects and CEMEX SAP
Architecture with global accountability.
Education
CEMEX CIMP alumni 2008 (CEMEX Executive program at Insead, Stanford and ITESM
EGADE)
BS in Computer Systems, Universidad Autónoma de La Laguna, Magna Cum Laude, Torreón,
Coahuila, México 1996
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, 1997
Specialties
Highly developed communication skills for Executive Committees and Top Management
audiences (CEO, CFO, Regional VPs, Corporate VPs)
Strategic thinking to design solutions and leadership for Business Transformation and
process reengineering.
Strong analytical skills to understand Technology, Processes and Organizations.
Strategic, Tactical and Operative IT experience for Business Operations.
Understand and capitalize the business value of emerging Technologies.
Leading and developing of high performance, cross-functional & multi-cultural teams
Virtual Teams design and development
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Personal
41 years, Married, 2 Children’s (9, 14 years old)
Residence at Monterrey, Mexico, Willingness to Travel and relocate
Hobbies: Running, Boxing, Motorcycles (Ducatist)
Experience & Accomplishments
CIO, Farmacias del Ahorro (April 2015 - Present)
o Leader of Transformation Initiatives: Point of Sale, Merchandising, demand planning
towards to improve the business processes and support the accelerated growth of the
business
o Redesign of the IT function aligned to the business, reduction of cost without affecting
the Service level
o Implement, maintain and evolution of the foundation technologies: corporate and
stores networks, security program, Information Management and enterprise
architecture
o Definition and improvement of Budgeting process (control, optimization and
improvement), stared in IT and replicated in other areas of the company
o Define and optimize Service Level Agreements of operational services and processes
(stores, distribution centers, corporate and branch offices)
IT Planning Director, Farmacias del Ahorro (July 2013 - April 2015)
o Responsible of the global IT strategy definition and implementation: design, control
and execution of a 3 years’ program of transformation
o Implement the Enterprise Architecture, Technology Evolution/Innovation and Vendor
Management Processes
External Director – Big Five Consultant Firm EY (2012 - 2013)
o Lead IT transformation projects in Mexico and Centro America: IT governance,
Enterprise Architecture and Technology evolution
Innovation Technology Manager, CEMEX Corporate (2009 - 2012)
o Responsible to define, promote and implement Innovative Technologies for the
Collaboration and Innovation Strategy at CEMEX with a Global scope, include new
offer and services and practices for business operations (Applied Technology
Program)
o Define strategies to promote and implement global initiatives towards to Transform
CEMEX operations, presented to CEMEX executive committee members:
One Top Management :Propose, promote and delivery a new platform for
business Results KPIs for CEO and Executive Committee in order to improve
the analysis and decision making of global business results, leverage
innovative technologies (BI, advance analytics, mobile, tablets) in a secure
and collaborative schema
BYOD (Bring your own device program): allow CEMEX employees to bring
their own devices to work in a secure al legal compliance framework in order
to improve their productivity and attract new talent.
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Email & Documents @ Cloud: Evolve email and documents current services
to the Cloud in a secure and policy aligned schema , 25,000 users with a
business sense narrative managed at CEMEX Committee Level
Mobile solutions for business operations :Define and promote in top
executives audiences Innovative mobile technology integrated to SAP in order
to improve our commercial services for Colombia and Mexico sales force and
Poland end customers
Telepresence business case definition and project Implementation for CEMEX
top Management and Country Directors (2 board rooms, Madrid and
Monterrey, and 15 head offices around the world)
Open Innovation Marketplace, Develop, promote and implement an open
innovation market place for employees and CEMEX customers in order to
capture innovative ideas to evolve the business.
o Responsible of Shift CEMEX Platform(web 2.0 technologies, social networking applied
to business challenges) Strategy and Implementation at CEMEX with a Global Scope
o Responsible of a team of 9 senior consultants, accountable of a 2.5 MUSD budget
portfolio and delivery business results according CEMEX business Goals; Develop and
coordinate technology partners network for solutions delivery.
IT, CEMEX Corporate (2001 – 2009)
Technology Office Manager
o Manage all the Technology Projects at CEMEX, global basis, from definition of new IT
business services (SAP, Web services and applications) to operative projects
(networking, storage), including IT Security domain (Intrusion detection, e-discovery,
network access control).
o Implementation of Total Cost of Ownership Model at CEMEX in order to reduce Cost
of IT services without impacting business operations with a result of more the 2 MUSD
of recurrent yearly savings
o Design and Implement the CEMEX application landscape optimization and
rationalization program in order to reduce application complexity, cost and optimize
business operations, more than 300 services and applications were decommissioned
o CEMEX Net optimization project in order to support HD videoconferencing and
reduce the cost of telecom with a global scope
o Responsible of a team of 3 Managers and 7 senior consultants plus extended
network and responsible of 1.0 MUSD budget portfolio
Enterprise Architect Manager
o Enterprise CEMEX Solutions Architect, direct responsible of SAP Landscape
Architecture (ECC, BW, CRM) design and implementation for RMC Integration
(CEMEX acquired operations in Germany, UK, France and Ireland) in to a single SAP
Instance and business model (CEMEX Way)
o SAP ERP and CRM Upgrade for Europe Region, direct responsible of the business
case design and presentation to business owners and the project implementation
leadership without any business impacts in the go live with Historical data migration
and integration with local systems
o Responsible of the Design and Implementation of Enterprise Application Integration
program in order to connect our SAP centric systems to local applications in all CEMEX
countries (Cement and Ready Mix dispatch systems) al legacy systems (BI, Legacy
ERPs, financial consolidation systems) with more than 600 real time interfaces were
implemented
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o Responsible of a team of 7 senior consultants plus extended network (100 resources),
responsible of an 8 MUSD budget Portfolio during 2008
Technology Evolution Manager
o Technology Evolution Manager, responsible of bring new technologies to the Company
with business value:
Responsible of e-selling first e-commerce portal (Mexico and South America)
Definition and implementation of the CEMEXID concept (Single Sign On
schema for all IT services,
CEMEX Employee Portal (CEMEX Plaza) architecture definition and
implementation for 20,000+ users
o Due Diligence IT Leader for Korea (Dolphin project) and Malaysia (Snapper project)
supporting CEMEX Expansion in ASIA
E-Business Consultant, CEMTEC / NEORIS (1998 – 2001)
o CX Networks Business startup (Neoris) in conjunction with BCG, direct responsible of
the valuation and selection of Acquired Companies in the IT services domain, including
Dot Com companies evaluation in USA, Middle East (Israel) , Europe (Portugal, Spain)
and South America(Brazil, Argentina)
o PMI(Post Merge Integration) team member for Solid and Rizal Cement Companies
at Philippines, including Due Diligence Phase in the IT domain for both companies
o Definition and construction of First Intranet site at CEMEX for travel and expenses
process
o Responsible of define the first Internet professional services branch at CEMTEC in
order to support CEMEX e-enabled strategy and other customers
Universidad Autónoma de la Laguna (1995 – 1997)
o Technology Infrastructure Manager.
o Data Center Administrator
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Media and External References: Nelson Enriquez Initiatives and Interviews
Computer World Honors
o http://bit.ly/qHQiXZ Source: Computer World
SAP Success History
o http://bit.ly/o2XdNz Source: SAP AG
SAP Architecture
o http://bit.ly/pRxSaI Source: Hyperformix
SAP Integration
o http://bit.ly/nk3EfS Source: Informatica
Innovative Business Solution Conferences & Interviews
o http://bit.ly/qcmafj Source: Microstrategy / ebizlatam.com
o http://bit.ly/yPlyzg Source: InformationWeek Brazil
o http://bit.ly/fV6ISJ Source: Technology Review MIT
CEMEX Shift
o http://bit.ly/dtpldm Source: Cemex.com
CEMEX Shift Awards & Media
o http://bit.ly/bPHr10 Source: Forrester
o http://bit.ly/og2RHn Source: Management Information Exchange
o http://huff.to/lcF3x2 Source: Huffington Post
o http://amzn.to/iEIm54 Source: Gartner Group books
Contact Information
eMail: juannelson.enriquez@gmail.com / twitter : jnenriquez
Mobile: +52 81 19 11 63 03 / Skype: juannelson.enriquez
References
Gilberto Garcia / CEMEX Innovation Director
+52 81 8888 4285/ jesus.gilbertogarcia@cemex.com
Roberto Chaverri / CEMEX IT VP (CIO)
+52 81 8888 8888/ Roberto.chaverri@cemex.com
José Molares / CEO profexor.com
+1 954 249 4454 / tony.molares@profexor.com
Jose Tam / CIO ITESM
+52 1 81 1555 8028 / jose.tam@itesm.mx
José Luis Luna / CIO PEMEX
+52 81 8114 0000/ <Upon request>