Intelligent CIO LATAM Issue 39 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent CIO LATAM . This month we lead on BBVA Argentina improving its foreign trade operations using IBM Process Mining .

The country ’ s oldest private bank was charged with implementing faster processes and greater productivity – in the face of rapidly changing regulations .
On p49 , Leonardo Rojas , BBVA Argentina ’ s Head of Operations , talks us through the bank ’ s adoption of IBM Process Mining software to meet the challenge .
Process Mining allowed the bank to put real data to perception – seeing when and where teams were repeating tasks , quantifying the impact and start analyzing the root causes .
And it ’ s paid off – with requests from other teams wanting to do what Leonardo and his team have done .
On p39 , Alejandro Girardotti , Senior Director of Product , Innovation and Strategic Alliances , Cirion Technologies , shares his thoughts on the way Wi-Fi 7 will transform the way we work and live .
In Country Focus on p42 , we look at the partnership between MGI Tech , UNALM and Inca Tops enhancing Alpaca fiber in Peru .
A genetic sequencing project involving 1,500 alpacas aims to refine the quality and fineness of their fiber – a flagship Peruvian product driving the fashion industry .
In Get to Know on p79 Deb Goodkin , Executive Director , FreeBSD Foundation , tells us what time in tech since has taught her so far – from starting out on Pong .
Just a sample , then , of what ’ s inside – enjoy the read .
Have an innovative month .
Alejandro outlines the next generation of wireless networks as maximizing the use of Wi-Fi 7 .
Make stuff happen .
One of the highlights of Wi-Fi 7 , he says , is its ability to provide lightning-fast data transfer speeds than those offered by the Wi-Fi that is in most Latin American homes and businesses – with theoretical rates exceeding 30 Gbps .
Bill Tanner Editor
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