Fernando hernandez at&t biography of alberta

Fernando Hernandez is revolutionizing how supplier diversity is evaluated. After growing Microsoft’s supplier diversity program to $ billion from $ million, Hernandez is now championing governance, social, and environmental performance of suppliers within procurement.

Hernandez, Microsoft’s supplier diversity and sustainability director, sponsored the Committee on Supplier Ratings (COSR) to explore the vision of empowering purchasers globally to engage their suppliers on sustainability issues by leveraging existing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research ecosystems.

Prior to Microsoft and sponsoring COSR, Hernandez executed comprehensive multicultural marketing strategies for Washington Mutual Bank, and created a new $4 billion market segment when he established multicultural business-to-business and consumer marketing for AT&T.

He describes his background as eclectic, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Saint Peter’s College and a master’s degree in in