Jaime Montemayor is Chief Digital and Technology Officer at General Mills, where he leads the company’s global digital and technology strategy to drive innovation, growth, and operational excellence. Since joining in 2020, he has built out the enterprise’s IT, data and analytics, digital, and cybersecurity functions to advance speed to market and consumer-centric transformation.
Before joining General Mills, Jaime spent more than 20 years at PepsiCo, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. During his tenure, he led major business transformations, developed the analytics-at-scale strategy, and deployed innovative capabilities across global operations. He also served as Chief Technology Officer at 7‑Eleven Inc., leading enterprise commercial, innovation, and data teams.
A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Jaime holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. He is a member of Northwestern Mutual's board of trustees and is known for building diverse, high-performing global technology teams.
On the 58th episode of Enterprise AI Innovators, Jaime Montemayor, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at General Mills, joins the show to share how his team is turning a 160-year-old food company into a data-driven, AI-native enterprise. He explains how AI is optimizing supply chains, cutting waste, and accelerating product innovation while enabling 30,000 employees to work smarter with generative AI.
On the 58th episode of Enterprise AI Innovators, Jaime Montemayor, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at General Mills, joins the show to share how his team is turning a 160-year-old food company into a data-driven, AI-native enterprise. He explains how AI is optimizing supply chains, cutting waste, and accelerating product innovation while enabling 30,000 employees to work smarter with generative AI.
Read about Jaime’s perspective on how General Mills is using AI to become a faster, more intelligent, and more predictive global food company. Learn how his team automated complex logistics decisions across 5,000 daily shipments, deployed generative AI to 30 percent of the company’s workforce, and used machine learning to cut waste across global manufacturing lines. Jaime also shares his personal practices as a CIO leading from the front by testing tools, staying hands-on, and embedding AI across every level of decision-making.
