Ricardo Fernández Email & Phone Number

San José, Costa Rica

Entrepreneurial cofounder of FETIZO, with a passion for innovation and a proven track record of success. Skilled in identifying market opportunities and developing strategies to capitalize on them. Experienced in fundraising, product development, and team management. Committed to building sustainable businesses that make a positive impact on society.

Costa Rica

Independent Executive Coach, Mentor and Career Counselor. Coaches individuals to reflect on their whole self (work and life) and validate and define their objectives through to realization. He also coaches and trains on corporate development programs.

Costa Rica

• Effectively reorganized, governed and developed Latam team, leveraging best practices and performance, improving regional metrics at world-class level.
• Efficiently developed cross-teams/regions communication and relationships, facilitating multi-team participation and negotiations, enabling, region wide, projects' development and implementation.
• +18 mayor ramp-ups were successfully completed, meeting client and contractual terms.
• +20 cross-regional projects finished on time… Show more
• +20 cross-regional projects finished on time, within scope and under budget, resulting in +275K savings.
• Successfully support a 24x7x365 operations to a community of 5000 users in six different locations. Show less

• Achieved annual savings of $540K/yr. while increasing revenue, quality of products and customer satisfaction.
• Reorganized three Caribbean offices and procedures resulting in more business alliances and better brand recognition.
• Modeled new business processes and procedures through management and analytical skills
• Proved excellence resolving internal conflicts and miscommunication situations, creating alternative solutions
• Increased effectively 14 local offices processes… Show more
• Increased effectively 14 local offices processes and quality of services through IT solutions and standardization of procedures while attending local specific needs.

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• Achieved improvements in organizational structure, management and quality systems to meet organizational objectives and maximize human and environmental expertise.
• Complied successfully with Sarbanes-Oxley rules for General Computer Area in Application Development cycle.
• Defined and implemented a successful SDLC Methodology in Latin America development teams
• Implemented more than 76 Lotus / Notes Developments and 6 years supporting Notes Mail.
• Undertook additional… Show more
• Undertook additional cross-functional responsibilities such a strategic business planning and development, oversight of the regional development / support practices and process, contract negotiations, project.

Bachelor'S Degree, Dirección De Empresas

Foundation

Cisa

Cerfified Developer

Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional

Certified Developer, Certified Developer

Certified Administrator

Ciencias De La Computación E Informática