Jack in the Box Inc. has announced that Guillermo Diaz, Jr. has joined the company’s board of directors, effective September 26. Diaz now serves as the chairman of the Hispanic Technology Executive Council (HITEC), the global executive leadership organization of senior business and technology executives building outstanding careers in technology. Diaz is also the founder and CEO of Conectado Inc., a Web 3 digital platform with the mission to accelerate access to opportunities for underrepresented minorities, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Blue Shield of California.
Diaz joins the Jack in the Box Inc. board with more than three decades of experience in telecommunications and information technology. Prior to his current roles, Diaz served as CEO at Kloudspot, Inc., a predictive AI and IoT analytics platform provider, and as global chief information officer at Cisco Systems, Inc. In addition to his role as CIO at Cisco, he led the customer digital transformation program, where he and his team leveraged Cisco’s own digital journey and thought leadership to partner with customers to develop their own digital transformation programs.