ED FERNANDEZ
BOARD DIRECTOR
Palo Alto. California. USA
Public Listed Companies [USA . Australia]
< Independent Board Director > :
Arowana International [ASX:AWN] . [2018.present] Private Equity & Fund Management . $145M AUM
. Audit & Risk committee chair
. Remuneration & nomination committee member
< Independent Board Director > :
VivoPower International [NASDAQ:VVPR] . [2018.present] Global Solar Energy . 1,8 GW assets
< EVP, Managing Director & Board Member > :
BlackBerry (South European Subsidiary): Blackberry Spain S.L . [2009.2013] Smartphones FMCG and Enterprise Services SaaS . $750Mn P&L
. Board Member & Board Secretary
Private Companies [USA]
< Board Director > :
BigML Inc . [2015.present] Machine Learning SaaS Enterprise Platform
< Board Director > :
MyPark Corp . [2018.present] On demand Smart Parking IoT Platform
< Strategic Board Advisor > :
Arowana Alicorn Venture Fund [2018.present]
Board level Competencies & Milestones:
{ Corporate Development - M&A
Venture Capital & Early Stage Financing
Technology Innovation & Corporate Venturing
Digital Transformation, Machine Learning & AI
Environmental, Social and Governance Responsibility & Sustainability: B-Corp certification }
Arowana:
. DDLS - EdventurCo acquisition & merger [Dec.2017]
. Thermoscan strategic review and M&A
. Alicorn Fund capital raising .$150M
VivoPower:
. Solar energy assets sales:
[Express Power project sale Oct.2018]
[North Carolina projects sale May.2018]
. ISS Joint Venture development of 1,8GW portfolio [Apr.2017]
BlackBerry:
. Scroon acquisition & merger . interim MD [May.2013]
BigML Inc:
. Series B capital financing [May.2018]
. PreSeries: Telefonica JV spin off [Mar.2016]
MyPark Corp:
. Seeding & Series A capital financing [Aug.2018]
. AI, Machine Learning & Predictive Analytics strategy
Public Venture Capital financing: early stage IPO . [TSX-V: Toronto Venture Exchange]
Board Advisory on Corporate Innovation & Digital Transformation: Silicon Valley Innovation Center [SVIC: 2015-present]
Governance, Social Responsibility & Sustainability, B-Corp Certification [Arowana & VivoPower May.2018]