Andre Arbelaez is a Global Technology Executive and a Leader in the Hispanic community nationally as the President & CEO of the Hispanic C-Suite Corporate Council (HC3). He is a frequently sought speaker on Technology, Diversity & Inclusion and Globalization issues including Smart Cities and Smart Grid technologies.Professionally, Andre has had global technology executive roles with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Globant, Argentina's Digitial and Cognitive Transformation Leader, and previously with Softtek USA, Mexico’s largest private nearshore firm as their SVP and Chief Strategy Officer. He also has served in Leadership roles in Global Business Development with T-Systems and Covisint LLC, the automotive global portal owned by General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, PSA and Renault. Andre leads HC3, a non-profit organization, in 2018 to increase the number of successful Hispanic executives in public and private companies. HC3 is focused on the promotion, advocacy, connectivity and development of the Hispanic Executive. Andre also helped develop HITEC during its inception in 2007 and became HITEC’s President in 2011-2017. He has cultivated a premier group of relationships including CEO’s, CIO’s, CTO’s and both VP’s of IT and Diversity and Inclusion leaders from Fortune 1000 global companies and was named by Latino Leaders magazine as the “Technology Diversity Guru”. Andre serves on two privately held boards, iWorker Innovations in Michigan and KlearExpress in California.He also serves as Oakland University’s (Rochester, Michigan) Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Information and Decision Sciences Department and is on Baker College's Advisory Board. Andre received the 2018 Maestro Award in Leadership in August of 2018 and was also named one of the “101 Most Influential Latino Leaders in 2017” by Latino Leaders Magazine. He received the 2016 Alumni of the Year award from Northwood University in Midland, Michigan.