Cecilia Ortega Lagos

Senior enterprise executive and independent advisor with more than 20 years of experience leading digital transformation, organizational design, and strategic operations across financial services, healthcare, government, technology, telecom, and automotive sectors, including more than a decade at the forefront of AI strategy, governance, and enterprise adoption. Governed more than $25 million in transformation investments across 130-plus global organizations on four continents, with direct accountability for enterprise architecture, build-versus-buy decisions, vendor governance, and responsible AI adoption across some of the world's most technically complex and regulated environments. Trusted advisor to C-suite and board leaders on AI strategy, operating model design, and enterprise governance; author of enterprise AI reference architectures adopted as official global standards across an ecosystem of organizations worldwide; and de facto Chief of Staff across multiple executive leadership structures spanning North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.