The CIO as Matchmaker: How América Móvil Finds and Scales External Innovation

Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)

What if your innovation team operated more like a venture fund than a lab?

In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Andres Vazquez, Chief Digital Intelligence Officer of América Móvil, about how he leads open innovation at scale, evaluating thousands of companies a year to drive customer value, operational efficiency, and revenue.

Key topics explored include:

• How Andrés acts as a “VC without capital” inside a $46B telecom

• Why América Móvil avoids trendy tech experiments without clear ROI

• Three strategic filters for external innovation: revenue, efficiency, and CX

• The company’s infrastructure advantage in the AI age

• Lessons from building a telco empire alongside Carlos Slim