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Episode 966

AI, Clean Data, and New Flavors: McCormick’s Digital Playbook with CIDO Guy Peri

April 10, 2025
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Guy Peri

Chief Information & Digital Officer of McCormick Company
Guy Peri is the Chief Information and Digital Officer at McCormick & Company, where he leads enterprise digital transformation initiatives across infrastructure, ERP, data platforms, and AI. Prior to McCormick, Guy spent 28 years at Procter & Gamble, where he became the company’s first Chief Data & Analytics Officer. He is known for driving business-focused data strategies and embedding AI capabilities across global operations.

Episode Overview

From predicting the next flavor trend to revolutionizing procurement with AI, Guy Peri is leading a bold digital transformation at McCormick & Company. In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Guy about how he’s bringing AI and data strategy to life at a 135-year-old flavor giant. Drawing from nearly three decades at Procter & Gamble, Guy shares how McCormick is building a modern digital backbone, using AI to forecast demand and ingredient pricing, and upskilling employees into citizen data scientists.

Highlights include:

  • McCormick’s digital transformation pillars

  • How AI predicts procurement costs and retail trends

  • The making of the Flavor Forecast

  • The future of Agentic AI and human-machine collaboration

  • Upskilling and shifting organizational culture through digital fluency

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