Jesse Carrillo

  Jesse Carrillo is founder and principal at Carrillo Advisors LLC where he provides strategic advisory and fractional CIO/CTO services. Jesse brings 25+ years of real estate experience having served as Chief Innovation Officer for The Howard Hughes Corporation where he led the strategy and operation of the company’s innovation and technology platforms across HHC’s national portfolio of large-scale master planned communities (MPCs) and mixed-use properties. Prior to joining HHC, Mr. Carrillo served as Chief Information Officer of Hines, directing all corporate technology, strategy and standards for the global real estate firm worldwide. He joined the Hines in 1994 and served in various technology roles before becoming the company’s Chief Technology Officer in 2007 and then its Chief Information Officer in 2009.He previously served on the Advisory Boards of Realcomm International, Quest Oracle Community, and the Houston Baptist University College of Science Engineering (COSE), Cyberhouston.org, and is Past-President of the Houston Chapter of Society for Information Management (SIM).A strong supporter of providing opportunities for young professionals from underserved communities and diversity/inclusion initiatives, he serves on the board of Genesys Works – Houston and GlobalMindED. Jesse has been recognized for his achievements by being named a Premier 100 recipient in 2016 by Computerworld Magazine, the Julie Devine Digital Impact Award presented at the 2017 Realcomm Conference, the Realcomm Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, recognized as one of the Top 50 CIOs by the National Diversity Council in 2020, Houston CIO of the Year ORBIE Award – Enterprise Category in 2021, and HMG Global Institute Leadership Award in 2021.Jesse is a graduate of Trinity University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, and received his MBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio.