Dan Fernandez

Dan Fernandez is an experienced technology leader currently serving as the Vice President of Product for Developer Services at Salesforce since April 2020. Prior to this role, Dan accumulated nearly two decades of experience at Microsoft, where responsibilities included leading a large Product Management team, managing the Azure SDK for .NET, and driving online developer evangelism efforts. Notable achievements at Microsoft encompassed the successful launch of Visual Studio Express, which resulted in over 17 million downloads, and developing a marketing strategy that significantly increased C# language adoption. Earlier career experiences included roles as a developer at Etensity and IBM, where Dan contributed to innovative web applications and projects. Dan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from the University of Miami.