John Fernau

John Fernau is a seasoned technical consultant with extensive experience in virtualization and infrastructure management. Currently serving at AHEAD since October 2025, John previously held the role of Lead Systems Platform Engineer at Mastercard from August 2017 to October 2025, where responsibilities included acting as the primary escalation point for operations and managing virtualization optimizations. Earlier roles included a consultancy position with TEKsystems, where John supported Oracle VM cluster deployments, and an infrastructure specialist role at Ameren, where John executed updates across UCS/ESXi environments. John began a long tenure at Monsanto Company as a Senior UCS/Hypervisor Administrator, where significant contributions involved designing and supporting complex VMware environments. Educational background includes an Associate of Science degree in Electronics from ITT Technical Institute.