Palo Alto. California. USA
Ed Fernandez
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - BOARD DIRECTOR
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Technology Transformation - Machine Learning & AI · Corporate Development · International Expansion · Venture Capital & Private Equity Investment · Diversity & Sustainability
YPO member · Faculty @ Northeastern University
Member of the Young Presidents' Organization - YPO - a worldwide non for profit association of leaders and entrepreneurs.
Electrical & Electronic Engineer · GSMP post-grad at University of Chicago Booth School of Business & IE Business School · ELPP post-grad at Berkeley's University Center for Technology & Entrepreneurship.
Mentor & Advisor at Singularity University Ventures & Berkeley's Center for Technology & Entrepreneurship.
Faculty at Northeastern University - Silicon Valley, USA
Board of Trustees, Polytechnic University - Madrid, Spain
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Independent Board Director, chair of Audit & Risk at Arowana International, a Private Equity, Fund & Assets management company (ASX:AWN).
Advisory Board & Investment Committee member at Alicorn, a venture fund investing in later stage, pre - IPO technology companies.
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Board Director at BigML Inc, AI and Machine Learning platform company - USA.
Member of the Technical Experts Stakeholder Group on SME at DG FISMA - European Commission.
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Two decades of corporate experience in the mobile telecom industry: latest tenure as EVP and Managing Director for BlackBerry. Joined BlackBerry back in 2007, overseeing SouthWest territories in EMEA. Moved to US to head LATAM north markets. Previously, nine years at Nokia in different roles: sales, marketing and operations.
Received Nokia Circle of Excellence award back in 2005.
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Faculty member at Northeastern University, AI, Machine Learning & data analytics, and lecturer at Financial Times Corporate Alliance & IE Business School (Headspring), regular contributor to CNBC and CBinsights in USA and author at publishing house Plataforma Editorial.
Palo Alto ·California,USA · Madrid,Spain