Esteban is the Global CIO and Digital Leader at Iochpe-Maxion, S. A. & Maxion Wheels, the world's largest manufacturer of steel and aluminum wheels and a global leader for the automotive industry. He has over 20 years of experience in IT strategic leadership, governance, and innovation, with a focus on smart manufacturing and industry 4.0.

He leads the corporate IT and digital strategy definition, development, and deployment, as well as the due diligence and integration process for strategic acquisitions and mergers. He also leverages on new and existing IT and digital technology best practices for manufacturing and the automotive industry, enabling IoT and big data solutions. Esteban holds a PMP certificate and a postgraduate diploma in digital strategies for business from Columbia Business School. He is also a founding member and the current chairman of the China CIO Alliance, a platform for exchanging best practices and insights among CIOs in China.Esteban is the Global CIO and Digital Leader at Iochpe-Maxion, S. A. & Maxion Wheels, the world's largest manufacturer of steel and aluminum wheels and a global leader for the automotive industry. He has over 20 years of experience in IT strategic leadership, governance, and innovation, with a focus on smart manufacturing and industry 4.0. He leads the corporate IT and digital strategy definition, development, and deployment, as well as the due diligence and integration process for strategic acquisitions and mergers. He also leverages on new and existing IT and digital technology best practices for manufacturing and the automotive industry, enabling IoT and big data solutions. Esteban holds a PMP certificate and a postgraduate diploma in digital strategies for business from Columbia Business School. He is also a founding member and the current chairman of the China CIO Alliance, a platform for exchanging best practices and insights among CIOs in China.
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Iochpe-Maxion is a global company, the world leader in the production of automotive wheels and a leading producer of automotive structural components in the Americas. We have 31 manufacturing plants located in 14 countries and approximately 15,000 employees, which enables us to serve our customers around the world according to their delivery terms, quality standards and competitiveness requirements. We operate our core business through two divisions: Maxion Wheels and Maxion Structural Components. At Maxion Wheels, we produce and sell a wide range of steel wheels for light and commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery and aluminum wheels for light vehicles. At Maxion Structural Components, we produce side rails, cross members and full frames for commercial vehicles and structural components for light vehicles. In addition, through AmstedMaxion (joint venture), we produce railway wheels and castings, industrial castings and freight cars.