Chris Fernandes

Chris Fernandes has over 20 years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership roles. Chris most recently served as the Head of Engineering - Digital at Perpetual Limited. Prior to that, Chris was the VP of Engineering at Lendi, where they led a team focused on continuous improvement in the home loan platform. Chris also worked as the Build Manager (Head of Dev and DevOps) at Toll Group, leading a $50M digital transformation project. Chris has held roles at ServiceRocket, Lorica Health, and Telefonica, where they managed Agile teams, delivered critical projects, and built enterprise systems. Chris started their career as a Software Engineer and has expertise in Java, PHP, JavaScript, and various digital technologies.

Chris Fernandes completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a major in Strategic Management of Information Technology from USP - Universidade de São Paulo, spanning from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, which they completed between 2003 and 2007. Chris Fernandes also holds additional certifications including being Atlassian Certified in Agile Development with JIRA Software and a Certified ScrumMaster® obtained in 2017 and 2016 respectively.