Rui Marreiros Cacao

Director Digital Manufacturing Operations at Nestlé Purina Americas

An Engineer with more than twenty years in project engineering throughout different international locations, Rui Marreiros is the current Director for Manufacturing Digital Operations at Nestlé Purina Americas.

Rui is a passionate Portuguese who thinks out of the box, connects the dots and constantly challenges the status quo paying close attention to detail, keeping the big picture in mind, and listening to internal and external consumers to achieve a common goal: bringing people and organizations to the next level, building a resilient organization.

A great example of this are the remarkable projects Rui has led, which include the operational deployment of a billionaire brand from scratch within a new market utilizing state of the art technology, and the definition and initial implementation of the Connected Factory Strategy for Nestlé Purina Latin America.

Rui truly believes that Digital Transformation must be business and consumer driven and that people are the foundation for achieving this transformation.