Fernando brings more than 27 years of experience at the intersection of business and IT, the last 10 focused on cloud from a variety of perspectives including product development, managed services and strategic partnerships with top public cloud providers like Microsoft and AWS, at global and Europe level.Having created impactful business development teams from scratch at NTT and Wipro, he has proved repeatedly his ability to nurture rich collaboration networks between practice and sales teams and the cloud service providers, with a remarkable understanding on the meaning of success for both partners in the business. He knows successful partnerships are based on commitment, trust, hard work, and confidence as core ingredients to face the challenges of navigating top alliances.Prior to Wipro, he held senior roles at NTT Ltd, now NTT Data, and ASG Software, with extraordinary capabilities to sync and collaborate with diverse cultures and mindsets, identify the right priorities in rapid-changing circumstances, and to energize the teams to elevate their performance even during headwinds in the market. He enjoys an active lifestyle with regular practice of several indoor & outdoor sports and is always eager to learn new disciplines both inside and outside the workplace.Fernando is responsible for the Partnership with Microsoft across Europe at Wipro, focusing on Azure, DAAI, and Sustainability. He holds a Master degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Polytechnic University Valencia and MBA from ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. He has several Azure-Microsoft and AWS certifications.