LATIN AMERICA
TELEFÓNICA INAUGURATED ITS FIRST BIG DATA BUSINESS UNIT IN CENTRAL AMERICA IN APRIL 2018 LOCATED IN GUATEMALA
Business Chief Latin America had the pleasure of talking with José Jesus Hijón , current Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) for Telefónica Central America , about this transformational process and the challenges that await around the corner .
Hijón , with more than 10 years of work for Telefónica in European and Latin American locations , has developed his professional career in various departments within the company . His work has reported great achievements to Telefónica such as the company ’ s technological implementation in Costa Rica in 2011 ( where it operates under the name of Movistar ).
Currently , Hijón carries out his role as CIO from Guatemala , managing and leading Telefónica Central América ’ s immersion in the digital disruption .
“ Technology is the main axis of Telefónica , which revolves around the business . In the end , at Telefónica what you are trying to do is to be at the forefront of technology and almost all the products and services we sell are based or born of that technology ,” begins Hijón .
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