The EMBA profoundly changed my approach to systematically analyze the facts and strategic options, using both detailed and big picture perspectives, covering : future of the organization, financial impact, collaborative approach, incorporation of ESG in the equation. This leads to a more global operating vision. That, combined with my IT and Analytics background, allows me to share action plans that articulates change in fact, and influences paradigm shifts in other decision makers with the result that all perspectives are covered as we move forward.

Freddy Robert Beltran, a current McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA participant, has recently been named Enterprise Architecture Manager for Americas/EMEA and Data/AI Governance Strategy at Rio Tinto.

Freddy is now a member of Rio Tinto’s Global EA (Enterprise Architecture) team, providing architectures, reviews and global enterprise principles and benchmarks. He is now working with colleagues all around the world.

In his new role, Freddy will be responsible for:

  • leading the Enterprise Architecture team for the Americas / EMEA region of Rio Tinto, serving, and supporting our IT and Business clients;
  • leading the team providing architectural reviews of projects compared to reference architectures, to oversee technological projects;
  • creating / updating recipes and reproducible metrics of the business capacity planning practice, supporting all BUs to create business roadmaps (business architecture), and produce technical roadmaps;
  • producing the EA interpretation of Data, Analytics and AI, influencing and maturing the strategy and governance of data, analysis and AI in all these perspectives: Data, Information, Production of AI models, Deployment / integration of models in production, Monitoring and ROI/Financial value of AI models;
  • “industrializing” the role of EA in the region, accelerating the incorporation of new EAs and the formation of new EAs.

Freddy’s objective will be to rationalize and define technical capacity strategies while optimizing investment and TCO (total cost of ownership).