Dr. Athina Kanioura

CEO

United States20 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Led PepsiCo's $10 billion food business in Latin America.
Pioneered AI and analytics transformation at Accenture.
Established global analytics centers in multiple countries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven analytics and business transformation within the food and consulting industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business TransformationStrategyArtificial IntelligenceAnalyticsMachine LearningMarketing AnalyticsAi/ml CapabilitiesCustomer Analytics

Other Skills

Business AnalyticsBusiness StrategyCustomer AnalysisPredictive AnalyticsManagement ConsultingSegmentationBusiness IntelligencePredictive ModelingBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Process DesignBusiness ProcessBusiness AnalysisChange ManagementCRMCustomer Insight

About

As CEO of Latin America Foods, I lead PepsiCo's food business of more than $10 billion across 34 markets, including two of PepsiCo’s largest worldwide markets: Mexico and Brazil. Our network of 30+ manufacturing sites produces more than 20 beloved brands across nine categories, powered by a team of over 80,000 associates. As the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for PepsiCo, I oversee PepsiCo’s end-to-end digitization to become a Faster, Stronger and Better company. As an accomplished innovator, I bring extensive experience in transformation business with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and analytics. I love working in technology because I’m always learning and looking for new ways to bring digital solutions to real world problems. I believe that the human experience should be at the core of every digital practice. I’m extremely fortunate to have a career that has taken me across the globe, but my favorite destination will always be my hometown of Athens, Greece. Those picturesque sunsets bring me a lot of joy, but nothing makes me smile more than being with my family. Proud #boymom #womanintech, leading the charge for the next generation of female innovators.

Experience

Pepsico

2 roles

CEO, Latin America, and Global Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer, PepsiCo

Promoted

Dec 2025 – Present · 3 mos · New York, United States

Business AnalyticsBusiness StrategyCustomer AnalysisAnalyticsPredictive AnalyticsManagement Consulting+20

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Sep 2020 – Dec 2025 · 5 yrs 3 mos · New York, United States

Accenture

4 roles

Chief Analytics Officer and Global Head of Applied Intelligence

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos

As Accenture’s Chief Analytics Officer and Global Head of Applied Intelligence, I led a team of 20,000 professionals (data engineers, data scientists, ML engineers and AI architects) focusing on Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Automation. I helped clients apply AI and analytics to drive long-term business value. In that context, I developed a blueprint for scaling AI and created new capabilities around AI Engineering, to help my clients capitalize on AI at scale and generate the true value of these technologies.

AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceAutomation

Global Data Science Lead

Promoted

Sep 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

I led Accenture’s Global Data science practice comprising 3,000 deep ML/DL experts delivering differentiated industry and functional solutions for our clients. I was able to bring my many years of practical experience in applying AI and analytics to industries such as telecommunications, oil and gas, consumer packaged goods, and financial services, among others.

Machine LearningDeep LearningAnalytics

Global Sales, Customer and Marketing Analytics Lead

Promoted

Oct 2005 – Aug 2017 · 11 yrs 10 mos

In this role, I was responsible for all marketing and commercial analytics capabilities, solutions and assets to optimize Accenture clients’ marketing outcomes. My remit was to drive differentiated offerings to market and develop deep AI/ML capabilities around CVM, NBA, Recommender Systems and Revenue Growth Management.

Marketing AnalyticsAI/ML capabilitiesCVMNBARecommender SystemsRevenue Growth Management

Global Customer Analytics Lead

Oct 2005 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs 3 mos

In my first role at Accenture, I led the global customer Analytics agenda and established the global Customer Analytics Center of Excellence in Athens (Greece) and our Centers in Poland and India.

Customer AnalyticsAnalytics