Monica Greenhalgh served as General Motors Chief Information Officer for South America from 2015-2018, leading a 400-person team responsible for Innovation delivery for South America. Today, she is the Chief Information Officer for First Mile at the GM Innovation Center in Austin, Texas.

Her innovative leadership has earned a nomination for the 2018 Women of Color in STEM President's Award.

As the CIO for South America, she was responsible for a 400-person team focused on innovation and running the IT business for the South American market. During her tenure in South America, she increased project delivery under the Digital Transformation strategy overseeing business benefit increases from $35 million to over $300 million in three years.

In doing so, she supported GM's South American business back to profitability.

"Monica Greenhalgh has more than 25 years of IT achievements including key leadership roles," said Alicia Boler Davis, executive vice president of Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations at General Motors and past Women of Color Technologist of the Year. "Believing in paying it forward, Monica has been an active champion for recruiting, hiring and developing women and minority IT talent both in South America and since returning to the States."

Monica revamped the South America IT leadership team to include diversity candidates and increase the participation of women by 25%. Additionally, she sponsored the Workplace of Choice team and was the executive sponsor of the GM Women SA employee resource group.

"I had many strong women in my life," Monica said. "My mother, a single mom raising 3 kids, had a professional career without a college education. My aunts also worked hard to make better lives for their families. But, none were as strong as my grandmother, Mary Smith Zuniga Gonzales. She grew up in poverty in Northern Ireland, married my grandfather during WWII and came to the US on a Navy warship, ultimately raising 5 children herself. The rock of our family, she danced to conjunto, cumbia and Tejano music and never turned away those in need. She taught me self-reliance, love of family, and service to others. I share this award with her."