Gutierrez, Carlos M. (Carlos Miguel), 1953-

<p>Carlos Miguel Gutierrez was born November 4, 1953, in Havana, Cuba, and in 1960 his family fled to the United States. After living in Miami, Florida, and New York City, he moved with his family to Mexico. He studied business administration at the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Queretaro, Mexico.</p>

<p>In 1975, Gutierrez joined Kellogg Company as a sales representative. Throughout his career, he held various positions, moving up through the company. In 1998, he became President and chief operating officer for Kellogg, and a year later he became chief executive officer. In 2000, he became chairman of the board for the company. During his tenure at Kellogg, Gutierrez built a reputation as an innovative and efficient business leader with extensive international experience; he became one of the most prominent Hispanic business executives in the country. In 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Gutierrez to become the secretary of Department of Commerce. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 24, 2005. As secretary, Gutierrez worked to improve the U.S. economy by expanding global markets. He also served as an adviser to the President on U.S.-Cuban policy and immigration reform.</p>

<p>Carlos Miguel Gutierrez (originally Gutiérrez; born November 4, 1953) is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of EmPath, a Skills Intelligence Software as a Service machine learning company that uses proprietary software to enable large and complex organizations to discover and grow employee's skills by identifying their proficiencies and deficiencies and enabling their efficient redeployment, up-skilling, re-skilling, and training.</p>

<p>Gutierrez is a former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kellogg Company. He served as the 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009.</p>

<p>Gutierrez is of Spanish descent. He was born in Havana, Cuba, the son of a pineapple plantation owner. As a successful businessman, his father was deemed an enemy of the state by Fidel Castro's regime. Faced with the expropriation of their property following the Cuban Revolution, Gutierrez's family fled for the United States in 1960, when he was six years old, settling in Miami.</p>

<p>Carlos Gutierrez is Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG). Secretary Gutierrez served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, where he worked with foreign government and business leaders to advance economic relationships, enhance trade, and promote U.S. exports. Secretary Gutierrez also played a key role in the passage of landmark free trade agreements that remove trade barriers, expand export opportunities, and boost global investment.</p>

<p>Previously, Secretary Gutierrez spent nearly thirty years with Kellogg Company, a global manufacturer and marketer of well-known food brands. After assignments in Latin America, Canada, Asia, and the United States, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Kellogg in 1999 − the youngest CEO in the company's hundred-year history. In April 2000, he was named Chairman of the Board of Kellogg Company.</p>

<p>Secretary Gutierrez joined ASG from Citi, where he was Vice Chairman of the Institutional Clients Group and a member of the Senior Strategic Advisory Group.</p>